author: Kathy

A lot of people have asked where they can get good-quality images for their website, so we thought it would be nice to post some of our favorite stock photo websites here.

Free

• Stock.xchng
• MorgueFile
• StockVault
• Microsoft Clipart 
• Flickr Creative Commons 
• EveryStockPhoto

Commercial

• PixelPerfectStock 
• iStockphoto 
• DreamsTime
• BigStockPhoto
• Stockxpert
• Shutterstock
• Fotolia
• Photocase
• Creative Express

Feel free to share your favorite stock photo websites here with us.

When using stock images, always remember:

1. You can pretty much use a stock image in any way you want, but make sure you have read all restrictions beforehand. Never resell or distribute stock images.
2. You can use the stock image as a whole, or you can crop it, use only certain elements of it, or almost anything except as an integral part of a website or business logo.
3. Don’t use stock images on websites depicting pornographic, immoral, illegal or defamatory content.