I want some good design???

[sandra]

HI

I am going to design my personal site and looking for some good images...

Can you recomend some site where can i get good images?????

Waiting for your assistance!

Thank you in advance!

Byee...

[sorryiwasdreami]

What kind of site are you designing? (I know you said it's a personal site, but what is the intent?)

Try comstock.com (http://www.comstock.com). They have a decent volume of content and pretty much every subject matter/category imaginable.

[tech4all]

You can also try GettyImages (http://www.gettyimages.com) or Corbis (http://pro.corbis.com/). If you intend on using any images for commericial purposes, you will need to purchase them.

Hope that helps.

[davecuse]

I had no idea that stock images were so pricey, $450 for 1 picture on Comstock??

[h0kie99]

Do you really have to pay $100 for a picture? I haven't created a site with anything more than free clip-art, so I'm not aware of all of this. What is to stop someone from just right-clicking and using the image without paying? I'm seriously asking... is that illegal?

[Moxiemike]

Do you really have to pay $100 for a picture? I haven't created a site with anything more than free clip-art, so I'm not aware of all of this. What is to stop someone from just right-clicking and using the image without paying? I'm seriously asking... is that illegal?

Yes. You really have to pay $100 or $250 or $450 for a stock photo. It's very illegal because you're stealing that photographers work. The photographer, unbeknownest to many, actually puts a lot of time and effort into concepting the shot, figuring out lighting scenarios, getting the props, setting up the shot, taking the shot, post-processing the shot (either in a digital darkroom with photoshop or in a real darkroom) and marketing the shot to Corbis, Getty, iStockPro, or whomever. Add into that costs for the camera body ($1500 and up for pro bodies) and lenses (some lenses can be as much as $4000) not to mention film, digital CF cards, computers, etc.

So for each image you steal from a photographer...that's what you're stealing. ;)

[aus_dave]

I'm seriously asking... is that illegal?Serious answer - yes :cool:.

Your "free" options are ask the client to supply images, take photos yourself or find free stock photos. "free stock photos" is taking over as a spammed search term from "free clip art" from what I can see i.e. everyone is looking for them.

You can always do the right click and steal thing but if the rightful owner finds out you could be in trouble.

[brownlab77]

As far as grabbing photos from stock photo sites, I am of the opinion that if it is for your personal site and not for any commercial use it would be okay to use the images in some form or another. Maybe altering them in Photoshop or something would be a way to get around it. But if you use it in any commercial way, you're breaking their copyright.

As a graphic designer I spend thousands on stock licenses, mostly from sites like Gettyimages, Corbis, PictureQuest (a good site to search through many different stock photo sites) and others. And if you think the royalty free images are expensive, single-use licensed images can run into the thousands... It's quite a racket they have going.

PS: The amount they charge is very reasonable, however... Photographers have to make a living too!! Royalty free images are a bargain but you get what you pay for....The hard part is explaining that to a client!!!!

[h0kie99]

thanks! i definitely don't want to steal anything! i was just curious because i had no idea it was that expensive... i think i'll be taking my own pictures for my site, and then if i'm working on a client's site, they can supply the pictures.

thanks for the info!