Stock Photos for a Freelance web designer

Lostinspace

Hi,

I'm hoping to register as a sole trader in the next 2 weeks doing freelance web design and development.

I just have a question regarding the use of photos for client's websites. A few people (friends and family) that I've previously done websites for have needed photos for their sites. These are generally stock photos that I'd need for a flash header or whatever. Usually I go out with my own camera and take appropriate photos. However, this does take a lot of time. I'm just wondering if anyone knows of a good website which has a good selection of stock photos for a small fee (or preferably free). I've done a bit of a Google search but would appreciate your insight.

thank you

AnCatDubh

lots of free stock imagery (or varying quality and quantity) on http://www.sxc.hu/

(note; not everything is free - some contributors seek attribution or contact with them if you are going to use the image)

Also try wikimedia, and searching flickr for stuff licenced under creative commons (again be careful as to the particular form of licence that is provided for - for example, you may be able to use an image but not if you are intending to include it as part of a chargeable piece of work)

Trojan

http://istockphoto.com is one of the best known. Very wide range of images.

Placebo

yeah i use istock in work, cause boss pays for it.
Otherwise though its a bit pricey, 2O euros for a photo is the going rate !

John_Mc

Placebo wrote: »

yeah i use istock in work, cause boss pays for it.
Otherwise though its a bit pricey, 2O euros for a photo is the going rate !

I use iStockPhoto and the prices aren't that bad? You buy credits and then download images using them. The amount of credits an image requires is dependent on the size & resolution

Lostinspace

Thanks for your responses. They're very much appreciated. I guess one the the key things to note is the license that comes with the photos. I'll have a look at those sites there now (after brazil and holland!). thanks again

Trojan

Placebo wrote: »

yeah i use istock in work, cause boss pays for it.
Otherwise though its a bit pricey, 2O euros for a photo is the going rate !

iStock is dead cheap for what you get. You know you don't always have to buy the large sizes, right?

daymobrew

Placebo wrote: »

yeah i use istock in work, cause boss pays for it.
Otherwise though its a bit pricey, 2O euros for a photo is the going rate !

Their Vetta Collection is 20 credits for a small image. You can exclude those from search results.
The non-Vetta ones are often as cheap as 3 credits for a small image (~600px).

was.deevey

http://depositphotos.com/ is one i've been using the past few weeks instead of istock .. quaility is decent.

Their small image sizes tend to be larger than istock (.5 credits per small image) for less money and MUCH less for vectors.

p

Placebo wrote: »

yeah i use istock in work, cause boss pays for it.
Otherwise though its a bit pricey, 2O euros for a photo is the going rate !

If you think 20 euro for a photo is pricey you should look around. Until they came along with their 'semi-pro' photos, stock photos were in the 100s. If you can't fit 20 euro into your design/development budget, then you've got a problem.

tomED

iStock - is very good, if you need chearper, try www.dreamstime.com!