How to Get Cheap Royalty Free Stock Photos Online

There are a number of websites where you can purchase royalty free stock photos for pennies on the dollar compared to conventional photography rates. Below are a number of different sites which offer these types of services. Each one will offer a different set of thousands or even millions of royalty free stock images to choose from. Some even offer monthly rates with limited download for those who make regular use of these types of services.

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1. BigStockPhoto.com
   This is one of the biggest, most reasonably priced services on the web. They boast over two million images for as little as one dollar each, making it massively affordable for many applications including adding photos to books. The way they work is you buy credits ahead of time which can be exchanged whenever you want for photos for easy download at any time.

2. DreamsTime.com
   This site offers and intelligent search engine to help you to narrow your searches exactly what you need in addition to retaining thematic information about you search for future searches. They also have a number of programs for the photographers such as a monthly assignment so that they continue to generate versatile high quality content.

3. iStockphoto.com
   These guys claim to be the original member generated image and design community. They have over three million carefully reviewed royalty free stock images to ensure that you are getting the most for your money. In addition to digital photography, they also offer vector images, illustrations and videos to meet the needs of the graphic and web design communities.

4. Shutterstock.com
   This website boasts over four million royalty free stock photographs and over one hundred twenty photographers. They claim to be the largest subscription based stock photography agency in the world. The subscription consists of a set amount of photos available for a month or a year, each service with an associated cost which is much less than that of the traditional method for obtaining stock photos.

5. SnapVillage.com
   This site also offers royalty free stock images from one dollar, but also can go up to fifty dollars for their royalty free photos. This site is pretty typical to the others, however it’s notable due to its high volume of quality, versatile photographs.

6. Here are just a few others worth checking out. All of them offer the simmer quality services. The more sites you have to choose from, the better your chances are of finding the perfect photo for your project.
   
   123rf.com (123 Royalty Free)
   
   FotoMind.com
   MostPhotos.com
   PantherMedia.net
   StockXpert.com

Resources

• Free Stock Photography

[nytom]

on 6/4/2009 You can also find free images at www.sunipix.com

[knowball]

on 2/17/2009 Thank you Anthony! I am new here but I see that you are always coming up with articles that help all of us out.

[CaseyCarlton]

on 2/17/2009 Thanks! I needed this article. 5 stars and a recommend

[Gracie1402]

on 10/27/2008 Thanks for this helpful article. I am always looking for royalty free photos to use on my eHow articles and such. Thanks!