Free stock photography - and no, we’re not kidding
October 29th, 2007
Visual impact is a very important element, whether you are a blogger or a web designer. To satisfy the need for such an impact, you turn to images. Abundant in the Internet are stock photography sites that offer images for a fee. If you have the resources, purchasing these wouldn’t be a problem. But not everyone has a gold mine in their backyard. For those who don’t have money to blow on one photo, there is Stock.XCHNG.
Stock.XCHNG is a stock photography exchange site that lets you download images for free. While some sites require an arm and a leg just to get an abstract photo you need, Stock.XCHNG only requires that you just sign-up. Signing up is virtually painless and almost instantaneous. Once signed in, you now have access to thousands of free photographs you can download and use.
The ever changing need for fresh images emphasizes the importance of a free stock photo site. The cost in the creation of a web site or blog is lowered as the images needed are now obtained free of charge. And with the growing number of images available in Stock.XCHNG, your well of ideas won’t easily run dry.
The Stock.XCHNG site runs on most web browsers. Permissions vary per artist and are displayed on the photo’s download page.