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Photographer

Eric Costley

Posts: 144

Temple Hills, Maryland, US

I had a website that had free high res, but when i got my new cpu i forgot to save the bookmarks out of the old one....im sure there are better sites anyway judging from the quality of most peoples work on here...help me out

Oct 19 09 09:31 pm Link

Digital Artist

Koray

Posts: 6720

Ankara, Ankara, Turkey

Oct 19 09 10:43 pm Link

Digital Artist

Eithne Ni Anluain

Posts: 1424

Dundalk, Louth, Ireland

http://www.deviantart.com/ - be sure to check the stockers rights though, some are restricted

http://www.photoxpress.com/

http://www.istockphoto.com/ 

http://www.shutterstock.com/

http://www.gettyimages.com/

to name a few...

Also if you have a camera (even a small compact one will take good enough shots to use once processed) taking your own is good because they are yours! lol

Oct 20 09 05:15 am Link

Photographer

Pelle Piano

Posts: 2312

Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

Getty and Istock have free images?

Oct 20 09 05:43 am Link

Photographer

Eric Costley

Posts: 144

Temple Hills, Maryland, US

pellepiano wrote:
Getty and Istock have free images?

naw i swore u had to pay or join for those

Oct 20 09 07:02 am Link

Retoucher

Natalia_Taffarel

Posts: 7665

Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Koray wrote:
www.sxc.hu

+1 even tho since they have stock pro, the free stuff it's getting worst and worst!

x

Oct 20 09 09:07 am Link

Retoucher

IMXA Creations

Posts: 4

Slidell, Louisiana, US

I use istockphoto...
No, it's not free.
But it's not outrageously expensive.
Pony up the dollars for your art.
You can't paint a masterpiece without some canvas and some oil...

Oct 20 09 01:47 pm Link

Artist/Painter

E Clark 2

Posts: 834

Hamilton, Ohio, US

Ni Anluain wrote:
taking your own is good because they are yours! lol

That

Oct 20 09 03:56 pm Link