An excellent article on where to find FREE Photos and other graphic related resources to help bloggers and others that need to use images on the web.
Who hasn't been confused with adding or working with images? We talk about not plagiarizing (stealing) others work and yet every day people are still confused over which images they legally can use, where to find them, and how to give credit.
A couple years ago I started a group on Flickr where several people put their own pictures, and anyone could use them. The idea was to have pictures that had no criteria for use, an easy place to find photos. Photos that could be used for blogging on commercial sites was the objective
That was about all I knew at the time of how to get creatives commons photos. Since then I have read many articles, and gone to many places to find graphics that could be used on blogs, Squidoo, or any other online site.
One of Squidoo's veteran writers Greekgeek has a whole mini series on graphics and this one in particular FREE Web Graphics is full of resources and explanations that are easy to understand.
Learn where to get FREE Stock Photos and Public Domain Images. Learn where to get royalty-free clip art that you can actually use for commercial purposes (and Squidoo is a commercial site).
Did you know that most images on government sites are in the public domain and can be used by anyone unless there is a specific copyright notice?
Greekgeek's article is definitely one that you will want to go back to several times. If you are new to blogging, or not sure about how to legally use photos and graphics, this article has something for you!
Image Credit: Orange Butterfly Upclose by WhiteOak50
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