Did you know you can’t just grab any old photo off the internet and use it in your blog post, in your social media post, or on your website? Of course you do. But there are lots of folks to don’t know how to find an image you CAN safely use online. Now, one way is to take a photo yourself and use it. But we often don’t have the time or the talent to create a photo that tells the story we want.
Here’s a video on how I find royalty free images for use in blog post, social media posts, and on web pages.
A summary of the above video:
Don’t just use images you find on the internet. They are most likely not free for unlicensed use.
You can end up with a large bill from the owner of the image if you are caught using it.
Instead, either use free images or pay a small fee to get the rights to use them in your online posts or print publications.
Some good sources for images that you can obtain for free are:
Pixabay, Clipart.com and Desygner.
Some well known places to pay for quality stock photos include,
Getty Images, Shutterstock and Adobe Stock (formerly Fotolia)