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I love stock photos, and don’t get me started on free stock photos, I mean if you’re a blogger, freelancer, or creative person you can probably relate. When you’re writing your blog post, need to make a pin, an add or whatever it may be, you’d like to add some pictures. Because we all know that a picture is worth a thousand words.
Unfortunately everyone can’t afford to pay for every single photo on the web, that’s where free stock photos come into the picture. There are so many sites that have amazing high quality stock photos and they’re all free for commercial use.
What are stock photos?
Let’s just explain what stock photos are, for the ones who have no clue what I’m talking about. Stock photos are photographs that people have taken and put up on different sites. Some put it up on paid sites, some on free sites. On some sites, you don’t have to do anything in order to get your free image, but some pictures need attribution, which means that you need to mention either the website or the photographer’s name when you use the image. But it will always say that on the picture or in their licence.
And some, like most of the ones I’ve listed down here, you don’t have to do anything in order to use them.
So without further ado, let’s dive into my favorite free stock photo websites, shall we?
1. Unsplash
Unsplash is a blogger favorite.
You don’t have to make an account, but when you do, you can “heart” your favs and they will be saved into your account. You can also follow your fav photographers and chose the “following” tab on the home page and just see the photos from them.
Unsplash also lets you drag and drop in a photo of your own to find similar photos. They have a lot of photos of all the different niches. And another +, they have an app so you can find and save your favs when you’re on the go.
App: Yes
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
# of photos: Over 2 million
2. Pixabay
At Pixabay you’re not just getting high-quality stock photos for free, you will also get free videos, free illustrations, and free vector graphics! And if you’re in the music niche or just want some royalty-free music, you’ll find it here too!
Pixabay has around 20 categories to pick and chose from, everything from business to health to travel.
App: Yes
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos/videos: Over 2.3 million
3. Picjumbo
My fav thing about this site (except for the amazing pictures) is that they have dark mode! I’m like the biggest fan of dark mode. My Instagram, Twitter and iPhone overall have dark mode. Might be a little wierd since my eyes aren’t the best haha.
Picjumbo isn’t a site with millions of photos, because it’s mostly all taken by the owner, Victor. But let me tell you, this site is really quality over quantity. Amazing pictures and you get all the photos for free. You can become a Picjumbo member, and you will get 10k+ extra photos and also 50+ pictures EVERY MONTH to your email.
Picjumbo also have different functions, such as a “buy me coffee” function where you can support them by donating some money. Another function is the “download all photos” function where you can download over 4000 pictures in one single click instead of having to download every photo one by one.
App: No
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos: 4.000+ (+ 10k if you become a member)
4. Pexels
Pexels is also a site with so many high quality photos where you can pick between different categories, but also what’s trending right now.
At Pexels you also have the chance to chose between not only photos, but videos aswell.
App: Yes
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos/videos: 3 million+
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5. Negativespace
When you scroll all the way down to the footer, you will see popular tags but you can also chose which color you want your photos to have. And they’re trying to show of exactly what they’re called, a lot of negative space photos.
Negativespace also have Photoshop & Sketcher UI Templates for free!
App: No
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos/videos: I couldn’t find an exact number, but a lot!
6. Stocksnap.io
100+ new images every week. You can chose from all photos, trending or categories.
App: No
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos/videos: I couldn’t find an exact number, but a lot!
7. FreeImages
On this site you can chose from categories, new photos, popular photos, but also from editor’s choice. Also, a fun thing is that you can browse between different cameras and see photos that were taken only by that camera.
App: No
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos: 380k +
9. Canva
If you haven’t heard of Canva yet, then I’m here to make your life and/or blogging journey both better and easier!
Canva is a site where you can find free photos, templates and then mix them all up however you want them. You can do like a lot of bloggers, make your pins there, you can make Instagram photos or story layouts. You can do so so much on Canva, it’s amazing!
When you sign up for their free plan, you get:
- 250,000+ free templates
- 100+ design types (social media posts, presentations, letters, and more)
- Hundreds of thousands of free photos and graphics
But when you sign up for Canva Pro you’ll get all of this:
- 420,000+ free templates with new designs daily
- 75+ million premium stock photos, videos, audio, and graphics free-to-use
If you’re not sure you can try Canva Pro for 30 days and then decide if you wanna continue because you thought that it was absolutely amazing, or you can continue with the free version instead.
App: Yes!
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos/videos: 75 million+
10. Visme.co
This site is also one of my favs, it’s a lot like Canva. There’s a library with royalty free stock photos that you can download and if you wanna make something out of it, you can just continue into their design side of it all.
If you just want the photo and maybe change something, then you’ll go straight into the photo editor that’s included.
App: No
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos/videos: 1 million+
11. Ivory Mix
Last but not least we have Ivory Mix which is not a site with millions of free stock images, it’s actually a site with courses and templates too. When you sign up for free, you will get instant access to all of their free goodies, and you will also get new images to your email every single month!
App: No
Attribution: not needed, but appreciated.
How many photos/videos: 550+ (not counting the once you get every month)
Alright friends, let’s chat in the comments.
Which site, any of these or others, do you use for stock photos?
