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Finding Pictures

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:04 pm
by Chalks
I wasn't really sure where to put this thread, but... General seemed appropriate.

I'm looking for images/photographs that I can put into a website I'm building. In particular, a picture of a lighthouse. There's not one near me, so I can't take a picture myself, and I'm concerned about just taking it from google image search.... legal issues and whatnot.

So. Does anyone know of a website where I can either get free images for commercial use, or purchase images for a reasonable* fee?




*reasonable means "I'm a poor college student and have $3"

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:11 pm
by matthijs
At sites like iStockphoto.com you get 2 - 3 pictures for $3.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:19 pm
by iknownothing
http://sxc.hu. I believe most of the images are free, some 100% free, but others require sending an email to ask for permission for commercial use.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:29 pm
by pickle
Ya I use sxc.hu all the time. The standard restrictions are that you're allowed to use it for pretty much anything. Best resource I've found yet.

@~iknownothing - I edited your post so your link worked.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:32 pm
by Chalks
istockphotos was good but...

sxc.hu is amazing. That's exactly what I was looking for, and... I found my lighthouse! :D



Thanks guys

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:39 pm
by feyd
I'm pretty sure we've talked about this before, but I can't recall anything specific that would aid in searching for it.

Here might be one: viewtopic.php?t=44938&highlight=%2Aphoto%2A+%2Astock%2A