Every day, thousands of people are looking for free images to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes, but there is usually one caveat. These images come with the restriction that they cannot be used commercially. Many people do not know this and it can lead to copyright violations, which could lead to legal action against you. Fortunately, there are many websites out there providing images which are free for commercial use.
In this blog post, I will tell you about my favourite tool for finding great images to use on my many websites.
unsplash.com has photos that are made to be used freely. Their license is as follows:
- All photos can be downloaded and used for free
- Commercial and non-commercial purposes
- No permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!)
What is not permitted
- Photos cannot be sold without significant modification.
- Compiling photos from Unsplash to replicate a similar or competing service.
Basically, go for your life, grab some awesome photography, and use them on your website / marketing etc. It is always nice to link back to the original owner, though its not required.
Using unsplash you will be able to find the most modern, appealing creative photographs to spice up your design project, and obtain high royalty-free stock photography images for free with no restrictions.
Some of my favourites are below, but please take the time to check out the website for your next project.
Photo by Moritz Kindler on Unsplash
Photo by Tom Gainor on Unsplash
Photo by Nastya Dulhiier on Unsplash
Photo by Vivish Photography on Unsplash
Photo by Shot by Cerqueira on Unsplash