Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Free Photos
Bloggers, designers, and business users alike can find much to love about stock.xchng, a resource for free photos. The variety is astounding, the quality ranges from reasonably good to not so hot, and there are a number of different agreements restricting usage for some of the photos.
It is user created content--that is, the photographers put the pictures on the site themselves--so designers looking to use these photos in commercial, public are should be careful which pictures they choose. As far as I can tell, there are no model releases available.
Warnings aside, there are a ton of decent pictures here that can be used for a variety of projects. I personally have used stock from this site for internal documents and presentations.
Welcome to the Freevangelical
I like free stuff and I’m relatively sure that you do, too. This site exists to bring you news of the free offers from around the Web--anything that I see that catches my fancy and free advice because I’m pushy that way.
What you won’t find as this site grows:
- Porn
- Free offers that force you to spam your friends
- Anything that violates copyright laws. No free music that hasn’t been released by the artist, no pdf downloads of books, no movies.
What you will find, though, could be better:
- Links to freeware sites
- Links to legitimate contests
- Links to giveaways and promotions open to the general public
- Interesting listings from Craigslist “Free” stuff from around the US
- Free advice for people gutsy enough to ask (and for some who didn’t realize they were asking)
So welcome to The Freevangelical. Enjoy the free stuff and feel free to send tips and suggestions to me--just use the email address listed in the left column of the site.