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Ask HN: Where do you get your images from?

14 points by chacham15 ↗ HN
I am currently trying to put together the landing page for my project, but I havent ever realized before how hard it is to find images for a commercial website. I have found a few that charge, have limited stock, or simply dont have licensing information. What sites do you guys go to?

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jeena
Often I find something on http://flickr.com on the advanced search at the bottom I click "Creative Commons" and "Find content to use commercially".
edwinp816
This was posted a few months back on HN, looked promising so I bookmarked it. Hope it helps and it is what you're looking for.

http://unsplash.com/

Website Title:

Free (do whatever you want) hi-resolution photos.

10 new photos every 10 days.

chacham15
Thanks for that link! Although the supply of photos is largely unusable for my purposes, I really enjoyed looking at them anyways!
sachin0235
I take help of google image search.....try to locate free one and use them. Make sure you read license terms before using them. It's fast and easy.
wikiburner
I've been in the position of having to pretend to be a graphic designer countless times, so please learn from my mistakes - just bite the bullet and spend ten bucks at istockphoto.com. You'll get by far the best bang for your buck, and you'll spare yourself hours of sifting through the free options some of the other HNers are recommending, searching for a diamond in the rough.

Some of the other stock photo sites that are being recommended here can set you back $50-100 an image - sometimes much more.