There are many options, but in most cases you will want to choose “Commercial use & mods allowed.” This is always the safest bet, because even if you do not currently use your blog to make money, you may want to in the future.ĭoing that, I found this image of a snow leopard in a strikingly similar pose taken by Doug Brown, only this time, the license says Public Domain. If you return to the results of your Flickr search, you can use the leftmost dropdown filter to change the licenses of the images being shown. It would be illegal for me to take this image and use it on my website. ![]() Unfortunately, when I check the image license in the bottom right corner of that screenshot, this photo is labeled All Rights Reserved. Here’s one I particularly liked, taken by Milan Vorisek: If I do a search on Flickr for “snow leopard,” I see tons of really beautiful images. Generally you will find the image license right on the content creator’s page featuring the image. There are several types of licenses that photographs and other types of media can be shared and distributed under. Images that you use on your website or blog are up there for the world to see, and if you use images you aren’t allowed to use, you can definitely get sued.įollow these simple steps for a practical guide to finding free images for your website that are safe to use. Nobody is going to sue a fifth grader for using a copyrighted image in a classroom presentation.īut you, my friend, should know better than that. Now that I am an adult, I know better than to take an image without making sure I can use it, and if necessary, crediting the source.īut if you are still illustrating your blog or website like fifth grade me illustrated my PowerPoint presentation, I have one word for you: STOP. ![]() Well, I was a really hip fifth grader, so I searched the newly-launched Google Image Search and grabbed the best looking images of snow leopards I saw, of course! When I was in fifth grade and learning how to use an ancient version of Microsoft Powerpoint, I made (what I thought was) a super cool, five-slide presentation about snow leopards. ![]() How to Find Free Images to Use on Your Website Legally
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