5 Amazing Sites With Quality Stock Images
Mercedes Valgañón shares her favorite websites for downloading free stock images
Pinterest is one of the best social media platforms for visual content. If you want to use it to boost sales–using the tools offered to those with Pinterest business accounts–you will need to find strong images that stand out from the sea of visual content and attract potential customers.
To help you find the best photographs (that are also free!) for your art and design projects, graphic designer, illustrator, and community manager Mercedes Valgañón (@heymercedes)–who is also an expert in promoting brands and boosting sales using Pinterest–shares a list of her favorite websites offering free stock images.
1. Unsplash
Founded in 2013 as a small Tumblr blog, Unsplash is a website offering free image downloads, which has also become one of the most important visual communities in its industry. A source of inspiration for thousands of designers and artists from around the world, it allows you to download high-quality stock images for free in exchange for crediting the author when you use them.
2. Death to Stock
Death to Stock defines itself as a website of photographs for artists who don’t like the typical look of standard stock images. It works as an artist-owned cooperative and offers a trial period lasting 14 days. Afterward, if you’ve been convinced, you can pay a quota to have unlimited access to all of their photos and videos.
3. Picjumbo
Picjumbo has also become another popular go-to when looking for stock images for a creative project. Completely free, it offers thousands and thousands of images from different categories–from travel photography to animal photography to photos depicting the world of business.
4. DesignersPics
DesignersPics is another veteran website offering a variety of stock images in keeping with the standard aesthetic associated with this type of photography. What stands out is their amazing range of images to do with food. It isn’t necessary to include credits, which makes up for the catalog being smaller than other websites’.
5. StockSnap
Lastly, StockSnap has been included on Mercedes’ list for many reasons, including: its impressive variety, it’s completely free, and, once again, you don’t have to include credits when you use the photos. From pots filled with delicious food to cute cats, StockSnap is another essential source for many designers and artists.
If you have liked these recommendations, remember that you can learn to optimise your professional profile and create content that draws quality traffic in Mercedes Valgañón’s Domestic course, Pinterest Business as a Marketing Tool.
1 comment
humunalan
Great guide to finding good stock photos on the internet. I will also suggest https://jumpstory.com, which I use a lot. JumpStory is a new service, and it’s very different than the ones you mention, because they have much more authentic photos and videos than their competitors. Also the price is much lower – it’s totally free for 30 days and afterwards just 25 USD/month for unlimited downloads. Thanks again for sharing a good guide.