Look we are busy and AI is taking over. Sometimes we want a quick picture to use for our website or our brand, or for social media just to use something so that we can post and go. We don’t have time to take our photos or have the money to hire others to take the photo so we have to be creative. We also don’t want to steal photos off of Google that can come back to bite your ass (ask me how I know). So the best thing to do is to go to reputable stock photography websites and grab what you need. Sometimes you do have to pay a price, and other times you can get some great free photos for cheap. It depends on what you want and when you want it. For a blog post I can use stock photography to showcase what I’m talking about in a post better than what I may have in my collections already. So here are some stock photography websites you can use for your business, brand, or blog post that can help you out in a pinch.
Stock Photography websites
Pexels – It’s free and works in a pinch.
Unsplash – Another one that’s free. Also love how they have the different categories at the top so you can find the look you want faster. Watch some of the photos not all of it is free.
Death to stock photos – This was my jam for a while but I didn’t feel like paying. They have some great options, but you gotta pay the price.
Nappy – Don’t love the name but it is what it says it is. A free site for diverse photos and people of color. I visit this site often when I need a black person in the photo.
Adobe stock photos – I’m not paying that a month but they have great photos and graphics. I used them all the time to create logos. It has a lot of options. If you run a marketing agency or do graphics this might be the best one.
Place it – I pay for this one. It does a lot of my tshirt grahpics. The option of black people aren’t great but it will do. I can do videos on here to.
Deposit photos – They usually run specials all the time. I had a special from them years ago that I forgot I had so I opened them up the other day to use some photos.
Now you can always pay a photographer (like myself) to follow you around and take your own photos that way you won’t have to use anyone else’s stuff, and you get to have your own collection of things and won’t have to use anything else. These sites you can use in a pinch if you don’t have time to create. You can also find inspiration for your own photoshoot from these sites to get ideas.
What sites would you add to the list? (I used a photo from Unsplash for this post)
