Have you ever designed a great looking brochure that desperately needs a particular picture?  You don’t have to pay a site like iStock photo.

Freedigitalphotos.net is an excellent source for downloading FREE stock photos for corporate or personal use. There is no registration required to download photos; however, there is a small fee for high resolution images. Visitors are encouraged to sign-up and members are given access to lightboxes and can email photos to friends.

One interesting feature about this website is that both amateur and professional photographers are invited to share their pictures through the website. They are given their own portfolio page, so visitors can get to know the person behind the camera. High-resolution versions of their photographs are also available for sale.

Happy downloading!

www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

The cleverly-named Stock.Xchge claims to be the largest free stock photography site on the internet.  It backs that claim up with a library of over 350,000 free-use photographs.  The high resolution photographs are professionally done, and can be used free of charge on your website, presentation, or business card. The site was created as an alternative to expensive stock photo sources, and has grown into a large library and community. Describing themselves as a community of photography-addicts, the site is also home to photo blogs and forums for meeting like-minded individuals.

Cost: FREE

Oddpodz Review: This is a fantastic resource if you’re looking for pictures to add to your website, blog, printed promotion materials, etc.  The image-use agreement doesn’t contain any trickery—these photographs really are free; even membership to the site is free—no need to buy subscriptions.  Just search for what you’re looking for and download the image—it’s yours.