Now everyone loves to have a unique list of stock photos which they can use with rights only to their website and this might require you to engage a photographer/Designer who can cater to your needs or else be one yourself.
Engage a photographer/designer
I am not ready to spend a bomb engaging a photographer/designer just to take a number of photos and they are unable to give you a large range of stock photo gallery which you can chose for your website to use.
Do it Yourself(D.I.Y)
Unless you are a professional photographer/designer and know what is sort of angle and focus needed to produce the photos you need then this idea of 'doing it yourself' will work well.
This is the reason why i firmly believe the internet is the coolest place to source for a wide range of stock photos which can be purchased for a small nominal fee and obtain rights to use them, there is also a group of photo community which allows you to use them for free.
Etienne's 20 List of Stock Photo Sites
The list might not be the biggest but it sure is the most reliable photo sites that i have found over time and used many of the photos which i have found to be suitable for websites and blogs. There are a list of photo site and community that requires a royalty fee and also some who do not require you to pay even a single cent and you can use them for free.
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Stock.xchng
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Freestockphotography
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StockDeviantart
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StockVault
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Visipix
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Creating Online Photograph
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TurboPhoto
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Kavewall
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Unprofound
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Studio25
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Dreamtimes
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FreeRange
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ImageTemple
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FotoGenika
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Animation Factory
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Freelargephotos
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FreeStockImages
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Cepolina Photos
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AmgMedia Works
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Freephotobank
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38 Responses to "20 Sources of Excellent Stock Photos for a Productive Blog Post"
January 9, 2008 11:23 PM
I use inmagine.com and flickr.com :P
Thanks for the collective list!
January 10, 2008 11:04 AM
That's an impressive list. I myself use Stock.xchng when I'm looking for photos. On the odd occasion I have used yotophoto.
January 10, 2008 2:06 PM
I usually keep $50 bucks in my istockphoto.com account and buy their pics at roughly $1 each as I need them... They have some awesome, dynamic stuff there.
January 10, 2008 3:10 PM
That's a really good list. I also use stock xchang, but I also use fotolia.com
January 10, 2008 5:20 PM
I often use Flickr and some photos which I take myself as the photos in my blog.
I don't normally pay for stock photos unless I need a large number of photos when I am working for a project that needs them.
Anyway, good resource for those who wanted a lot of photos for their blogging journey.
January 10, 2008 5:30 PM
I enjoy creating my own images but time seems to get in the way so I end up buying most of my images now.
I use iStockPhotos but I am happy to have your list. I will look through them and see if I might join a couple more for variety.
thanks
January 10, 2008 6:46 PM
thanks to all those who have given in new photo sites to recommend to the rest.
It's all about free photos that i draw out from flickr and apparent the list is great, though credits are needed, you have an extensive list there. cheers!
January 11, 2008 12:28 PM
Flickr photos are usually much better quality than the photos that you can find in google image searches.
January 11, 2008 11:30 PM
Thanks for the great collective list of sites, Etienne :)
This will be truly valuable for me.
February 28, 2008 10:29 PM
Thanks for this list. I checked out the Freerange and must say that is one great place for pics. Never heard of them before...
June 1, 2008 5:00 AM
Great list of stock photo sites. I only had half of them and bookmarked the rest.
June 22, 2008 5:37 PM
iStockPhotos is a low cost alternative so is stockXpert and sXC.hu (free ) . In our website projects , we have also used photos.com , but their collection compared to their prices leaves much to be desired.
December 10, 2008 8:02 PM
Thank you for this great and comprehensive list.
January 9, 2009 4:20 AM
thank you for share the excelent stock photo.
February 13, 2009 4:39 PM
thanks for share that photo
April 19, 2009 7:56 AM
Great list. I never seen some of the stock photo sites listed. I book marked the site so i can find more when i need them.
April 30, 2009 4:05 PM
iStockPhotos is NY Asian Escort a low cost alternative so is stockXpert and sXC.hu (free ) . In our website projects , we have NY Escort also used photos.com , but their collection compared to their prices leaves much to be desired.
May 10, 2009 4:57 PM
With that 20 source i can more productive
June 12, 2009 12:21 AM
Excellent list! I want to have my own blog and I need this kind of tips, thank you!
June 18, 2009 2:34 AM
Wow..great collection of stock photos! Thanks for sharing
July 9, 2009 11:12 PM
Nice source
August 28, 2009 10:38 AM
Nice collection ...
September 6, 2009 10:12 AM
Definitely a great list.
Thanks for sharing this with all of us.
September 14, 2009 4:39 PM
20 sources are very functionaly
September 28, 2009 2:17 PM
Great article, I’m always looking for photos, so this will make my job that much easier and assist in my searches. Thanks for taking the time to put this together, its fantastic!
January 30, 2010 8:33 PM
ImagesShack works for me the best.Now since they have added new features makes it even more exciting.
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March 7, 2010 6:26 PM
thanks for list excellents stock for photos, very useful
March 7, 2010 6:28 PM
Nice place for recommendation to looking for photos for posting in blog
March 18, 2010 5:15 PM
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March 22, 2010 4:53 PM
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March 23, 2010 2:39 PM
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March 23, 2010 5:21 PM
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March 23, 2010 7:15 PM
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March 23, 2010 8:18 PM
Wow! great pics, have already used some resources. These are really useful. Thanks for it.
April 2, 2010 3:41 AM
I myself use Stock.xchng when I'm looking for photos. On the odd occasion I have used yotophoto.
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