"You only get what you pay for!"
The search for free images on the web always brings this expression to mind. The time wasted in reviewing and rejecting large numbers of images more often than not leads me to the conclusion that I would have been better off purchasing suitable images from a reputable supplier.
Indexing or categorising of free images always seems to be a problem.
That said, we have accumulated some great resources that are worthwhile considering.
| Resource |
Comment |
| www.istockphoto.com |
Claims to be the world's largest royalty free stock photography community. Images are very reasonably priced and there are millions of them. |
| www.tasi.ac.uk |
A gold mine of technical information about images. Includes links to image sources that is contantly being updated. |
| www.dnncreative.com |
Features an amazing list of image resources, including some free sites and a "cheap" section. |
| www.sxc.hu |
SXC is a community of creative people who share their photos and images. There are hundreds of thousands of images available on this site |
| www.dreamstime.com |
Millions of images, indexed so easier to find things. |
| www.about.com |
Links to some 30 free image resources |
| www.techradar.com |
A good resource that provides an objective opinion on 12 essential sites for great free photos |
| www.flickr.com |
A photo sharing website. Thousands of photos are uploaded each hour. Finding the image that is right for your needs can be time consuming. You will need to negotiate the copyright directly with the author. |
| www.openclipart.org |
This project aims to create an archive of user contributed clip art that can be freely used. The tags page on this site is an interesting way to organise and classify images. |
We suggest you read further about preparing images for DotNetNuke.