Hi All,

Does anyone have any suggestions on where to buy stock photo's? I am looking for an affordable solution (30$ a pic is too expensive for me right now) ... the quality does not have to be superb (let's say hemera.com quality, for those who know that). I already know hemera.com and Istockphoto's.com. Also happen to know gettyimages (too expensive). Any other affordable suggestions? Where do you get your pictures? I see a lot of designers here, offering templates for 50$ or less ... where do you get your pictures? Offers are accepted too ;) Has to be 100% legal though!

Thanks in advance.

Neppie

May be photos.com is OK for you ? Good and not so expensive.
Nat

www.sxc.hu - :agree:

I happened to save this list from a post a LONG LONG time ago by another dedicated member, plus I added some more. enjoy :)

http://www.iStockphoto.com/ - one of the cheapest high-quality stock sites... first download is free, then each additional is 50 cents
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/ - free stock photos, not sure about servers, but they have a decent tech/electronic section
http://free-stock-photos.com/ - not too bad..
http://www.sxc.hu/ - this is definitely my favorite source of free images! :)
http://www.free-foto.com/ - nothing special
http://www.deviantart.com/ - has a section of user supplied stocks.. most royalty free, but I'd check with the user first.
http://www.morguefile.com/ - decent selection
http://www.freeimages.com/photos/ - not much computer related.. and smaller size images
http://www.amgmedia.com/freephotos/ - small selection
http://www.freefoto.com/ - nice selection, free for non-commercial use.. check the business category for techie images
http://www.stockphotowarehouse.com/ - Pretend you don't see the banners and god-awful frames all over, and it's a decent resource
http://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm - once again, get past the banners and it's alright
http://www.freephotosforyou.co.uk/ - nothing computer related
http://www.barrysfreephotos.com/ - small file sizes
http://www.stock.b-man.dk/ - basically just different
http://www.photo.net/stock/ - most are copyrighted, so contact the guy before using any commercially.
http://www.freep.com/photos/index.htm/ - mostly press photos that have model releases already.. mostly just people pics
http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/ - majority are copyright-free
http://webshots.com/ - most are copyrighted
http://www.photo.net/ - decent quality and variety, some copyrighted
http://www.imageafter.com/ - Another high quality site with a large variety
http://www.bigfoto.com/ - mostly copyright free
http://aarinfreephoto.com/ - might find something in the home/office categories
http://www.getthepixel.com/ - no copyrights

Watch out - some of those sites are for non-commercial use only.

Thanks for the list!
I know what to do tonight :)

thanks for the list, been looking for a good resource like that for ages

ditto-i was just looking for a good stock photo site. sxc just got my vote for good stock photos :)