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Where do you get photos for your blog?

Posted by dpivans1 • 12/21/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic

I'm curious because I have found several free photo sites that I use on my travel page. They only ask for a visible specific link with the photo. I've been looking into some of the "pay for photo" programs but not sure I can afford them. I've noticed that several blogs I've read have numerous great photos that don't seem to be attributed to the photographer or anyone else...but I've seen the photo in other places so I don't think they are they photographer. Is this legal? Maybe I've missed a really good photo opportunity here...
Blogger needs more photos...but only willing to do it the legal way...any suggestions?

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12/21/07

jungl

It's a fact that many bloggers use photos illegal.

You can register on Flickr and send an internal email to the photographers. I know many will let you use their photos if you make a link back and don't use the highest quality.
If you should want to use any of mine feel free to give me a shout

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1. 12/21/07
  
  dpivans1
  
  jungl, thank you so much...just left you a comment on your Norway blog. Your sunset photos are breathtaking. I will give you a shout soon....thanks again.
12/21/07

DOUGGOFFdotCOM

Check my posting from today, I just got asked to remove a photo and responded via my blog. I like to use google pictures though its pretty good at searching criteria.

douggoff.com

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1. 12/21/07
  
  jungl
  
  Wow, you are a bastard.
2. 12/21/07
  
  DOUGGOFFdotCOM
  
  Thanks, I try hard at it.
3. 12/21/07
  
  jungl
  
  Good thing they didn't DDoS your site.
12/21/07

globalgirl

I like to use my own images... I've looked at the free stock photo sites and they seem so, well, used!

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12/21/07

dpasquella

I use my own or I go on photobucket.com to grab some... be careful with copyright photos though. I haven't had any trouble, and the worst thing they can do is ask you to take it down, but it's not such a big deal as people say. The best photos are the real ones taken by you! People love real photos.

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12/21/07

ThriftShopRomantic

I almost always use my own photos only; though sometimes I use antique postcard images, etc.

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12/21/07

dpasquella

I just read your blog! (OH MY LORD!!!) You're too funny. I'd personally be honored if you used one of my photos that I took for your blog. People are sensitive about that, but I mean, if everyone else is using this photo, is he really going to try suing the entire net?

Hmm. And you're not making money off his photo... Unreal.

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1. 12/21/07
  
  jungl
  
  Come on now. All your text is also listed in google.
  All the time we see threads about people that have had their blog posts stolen by other bloggers/splogs.
  
  How is a photo different?
  
  To me my photos are the real content and not my written words.
12/21/07

dpivans1

Thank you for all your responses. I agree that noone has the right to use other's photos without permission. It is just like stealing a post. I wonder sometimes where people's ethics go when it doesn't pertain to them directly. And amazing how quick those ethics come back when it does!

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12/21/07

dpasquella

Well, if they list it in a "photo sharing" forum, then hence the word. If not, and they steal a photo from a blog or other website, then it's a bad thing...permission should be asked.

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12/21/07

thelookout

100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images:

www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/100-legal-sources-for-free-stock-images/

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12/21/07

sioFont

Sometimes, I use photos from Wikipedia. I put a caption with the reference. I use it, if I'm right, under the terms of Creative Commons. But I'm unsure about if this is 100% legal

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12/21/07

longlocks

I use my own photos or sometimes I request media copies from public relations companies.

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12/21/07

ghostytwofish

I take my own photos. I don't typically need a photo from somewhere else to get the point of my blog posts across.

Diagrams and so forth are another matter, but I always use what's available legally in those cases.

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9/20/08

jordanmcclements

Click on the following link for info on using any of my photos free of charge on your blog:-

money-from-photos.blogspot.com/2008/08/free-photos-for-your-blog-or-web-sit...

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9/20/08

ranist22

I take my own photos that are fitted to the text. For the interviews and the photos of artists or musicians or anyone else there I have have their permission.

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9/20/08

lizzy7577

If I ever use photos from an outside source (such as etsy, another blog, or a random website) I always make sure I provide generous links and credit to that site. It's a sign of respect among bloggers to do so. Stock photo sites are generally geared more towards the design industry and some of them can be pretty expensive so be sure to shop around if you go that route. If most of your photo needs are travel based I'd try finding the main tourist website for whatever place it is you are writing about. Since your site and the use of their photos would only be encouraging readers to check that particular destination out it would just be boosting the tourist industry for them and helping you make your site more interactive. Win-win. Good luck!

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1/30/09

PhotoHand

Most our illustrations are home-made.

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1/30/09

avecchioni

I take my own photos. I'll tell you, cropping photos to 970 x 140 pixels for the header took some getting used to. I mean, that's just a long rectangle. What photo do you ever see that's a long rectangle? Anyway, pretty soon I began to appreciate the format. I set my design so the header photos rotate each time a visitor navigates to a new page. There's probably about a dozen photos in all. Here's if you ever thought to yourself, hey, I wonder what long-rectangular-header-photos look like:

spaghettiboxkids.com/blog/

(navigating to different pages/posts causes the photos to change)

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1/30/09

amesplaza

i always take my own photos. i'm pretty obsessed with my camera- it's getting old but it works amazingly well. i'm actually just starting a 365 photo project that i'm super pumped about. amesplaza.today.com

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1/30/09

BloggersSchool

Picapp.com coming on bloggers school Radio next week February 4th it will be very much informative for all bloggers who want Pics for there blogs content.

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6/01/09

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