Just as there are free applications and other fee, free and paid games, so there are also images that can be used by all for free and without limits and others that their use requires copyright and a recognition that can also be expressed in money or at least in a quote.
For an online project is required so don't take pictures or images of others without permission, not to republish them as if they were our own, though.
When we talk about free images, there are three terms that you will encounter in the search.
-Images of type "Royalty-free"
- Public domain pictures that are not covered by copyright, available for free for any use, without any permission.
- Images with Creative Commons license, not public, but free to use.
Creative Commons is a collection of free licenses for the fair use of digital products.
The images with this license are free, with restrictions expressed by the license itself such as the prohibition on edit or use for commercial purposes or the requirement of attribution.
In this post we see the best sites where you can find pictures of the last two types, those free from use, licensed under CC or public domain and the best sites for photography in the world online.
Top 10 Best photography websites portfolio:
1) Getty Images offers 35 million images that you can use for free for a personal blog or Facebook or other social networks (or any non-commercial project).
The website provides, for each image and free picture, an embed code that ensures the right to attribution.
2) Pixabay is perhaps the best image search sites free, where to find and download pictures and photos free and usable for commercial purposes without having to cite the source or author.
Not unimportant thing, you can also search in English language.
3) Google images
Google image search allows you to search for free images to use and free of charge only a few days.
To do this, go to Google images and do a search.
At the top, click on tools and then search on "usage rights" to filter your search and find only free pictures and free, usable for commercial purposes, for example on blogs, forums or other projects.
4) Bing Images is also an excellent site to find free images or other types of free license.
The problem is that the filter of the license is just changing Bing settings (upper right button) location in United States.
5) Flickr is an obvious resource, often overlooked, where to find pictures of all kinds, including free.
Using the advanced search you can find only Creative Commons-licensed photos, and use the content for editing or for commercial purposes.
Each photo must be credited to its original creator.
6) Wikimedia Commons collects photos and images used on Wikipedia, with over 10 million freely usable media files and many images in the public domain.
7) Stockvault contains many photo-quality images that can be used for free.
8) FreeDigitalPhotos allows you to download and use online photos and images small in size, with the obligation to mention the site.
9) Pinterest, the social network for sharing images and photos to find public domain images.
10) PublicDomainPictures is a repository of images and photos in the public domain.
For each image there are details on the license, the camera used to take the photos and links to the artist.