stock photo sites

[croxsons]

I am looking from a different point of view here:

what are the best stock photography sites for choice, quality, value for money, from a purchaser's point of view?

I occasionally need to buy some when I can't take good shots, or just look for creativity that will inspire a project, so I look.

I use www.sxc.hu, istock, dreamstime looks good too.

Anyothers? Are there another good free sites?

[Ed_P]

Shutterstock, Fotolia, Bigstockphoto, 123 RoyaltyFree (123rf) and Stockxpert are other big players. If you're just an occasional buyer, Shutterstock would be of limited value for you, because it's a subscription site. Good for getting ideas though, with about 3 million images on-line.

All supply Royalty-Free images from about $1.00 upwards, depending on size and licensing arrangements. If you fancy submitting some shots, you can earn a few dollars "pocket money" too. I have between 150 and 300 shots on these sites and it earns me a couple of hundred dollars a month. This is just a hobby for me, but it keeps me in decent glass!

[GetCarter]

Mrs Get sometimes needs free stock pics and she gets them from www.morguefile.com

[bramley]

www.istockphoto.com is very cheap

[Ed_P]

bramley said:

www.istockphoto.com is very cheap

Yes, there's some great shots there. Feel free to follow this link grandaded , view my portfolio and buy as many as you like!!!

[GnuBee]

bramley said:

www.istockphoto.com is very cheap

I'd second this recommendation it's also handy that there's a counter provided against each image so that you know how many times it's been downloaded by "others" can be useful way of avoiding visual cliches.

They have a pretty good range of vector art as well which can come in useful.

[bramley]

And flash galleries if anyone's after a website to show their work off.