How to Find Free Images To Download ?

Everyone likes a nice graphic, and the eHow Help Guide says images get your article noticed. But if the supply on your computer is limited, and you don't have an image subscription or software, what do you do? Here are some sites you can use to download great images for free.

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Dreamstime.com is a great site for stock photography, but most of its images are for professional use and have to be purchased. However, there is a Free Images section that offers a small selection of nice photos.

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Lending that certain British feel to its pics ("I know it when I see it") are two UK-based sites, FreeFoto.com--with a grand library of images--and freeimages.co.uk.

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I have had a lot of success with FreePhotos.se, one of the you-upload-yours-and-I'll-download-mine sites. It has a good selection among many different categories.

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When anything--including images--is in "the public domain," it means that they can be used by anyone, for any purpose, at any time, for free. That's how a lot of these sites work, including public-domain-photos.com.

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"Public domain" is also the backbone of pdphoto.org. What's cool about it is all the photos are by this one guy, Jon. And they're beautiful. And let me take this opportunity to tell you to read "Warnings," below.

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Be sure to rummage around in Stockvault.net. This is a primo site. You'll find plenty to play with here.

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Stock.xchng is a cut above due to sheer volume, with a motherlode of photos across all categories--the best selection that I've seen. In my opinion, this site should be your first stop when browsing for images.