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9:22 pm
April 25, 2011
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Untemplater
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How do you get the majority of photos for your blog(s)? Trying to figure out if it's worth it to start using a stock photo agency, or just use my own photos or creative commons pictures.
How much do you spend a month on images?
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5:33 am
April 26, 2011
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Kay Lynn Akers
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Untemplater said:
How do you get the majority of photos for your blog(s)? Trying to figure out if it's worth it to start using a stock photo agency, or just use my own photos or creative commons pictures.
How much do you spend a month on images?
I have never paid for a photo and use creative commons photos for the majority of the images on my blog. Other sources are the government archives (free) and my own.
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5:36 am
April 26, 2011
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I was using photo dropper but it stopped working a few weeks ago and I never figured out why.
I also use Zemanta but often prefer photodropper as I can then choose the caption I want to use instead of being forced to use a caption to give credit (I prefer to give credit outside of the photo at the bottom of a post).
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9:26 am
April 26, 2011
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My Personal Finance Journey
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Are we allowed to use articles from Google Images, as long as they are credited?
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11:23 am
April 26, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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I search them on Creative Commons with a commercial use license (A monetized blog is not a straight forward commercial/non commercial site, but I chose to play it safe). I have found plenty so far, so never had a problem.
@Jacob, no you can't use google image even if you give credit. All rights reserved license means you just can't use them, period. I suggest using creative commons licensed photos.
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11:38 am
April 26, 2011
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My Personal Finance Journey
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Thanks for sharing Suba. It looks like there's a way to do a google image search on Creativecommons.org that screens for images that are available for commercial use. Can we use those?
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11:55 am
April 26, 2011
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Im in the same boat as you Jacob, I thought they could be used. Good to know about creativecommons.org…I will go this route from now on.
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12:19 pm
April 26, 2011
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Suba @ Wealth Informatics
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My Personal Finance Journey said:
Thanks for sharing Suba. It looks like there's a way to do a google image search on Creativecommons.org that screens for images that are available for commercial use. Can we use those?
Yes, you can use them. Creative commons search engine also includes flickr photos (most of my photos are from them, lot of folks with good heart share their photos) and wikimedia (wikipedia photos/videos). So till now I never paid for photos. On rare occasions I needed something complicated, I modify the photos I found on CC to my liking. Worked so far…
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12:45 pm
April 26, 2011
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Great! I'll use that from now on then! :)
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5:31 pm
April 26, 2011
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I mostly use my own, but I also occasionally use http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/ free if you give credit, inexpensive if you don't want to.
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6:22 pm
April 26, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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I currently use either Flickr or Free Digital Photos. I have yet to pay for a picture, but I've been having a hard time finding certain ones lately.
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8:02 pm
April 26, 2011
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When I'm looking for a specialized photo I use Fotolia.com. Many professional photos are available there for $1.25 to $1.50.
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10:45 pm
April 26, 2011
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Untemplater
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So many awesome suggestions! Thanks everybody!!
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10:50 pm
April 26, 2011
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Kay Lynn Akers said:
Untemplater said:
How do you get the majority of photos for your blog(s)? Trying to figure out if it's worth it to start using a stock photo agency, or just use my own photos or creative commons pictures.
How much do you spend a month on images?
I have never paid for a photo and use creative commons photos for the majority of the images on my blog. Other sources are the government archives (free) and my own.
That's a great tip about government archives, thanks! Their site has a disclaimer that says some of the links may contain images that may be protected by license but looks like there are a lot of copyright free ones mixed in.
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6:19 am
April 27, 2011
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Untemplater said:
That's a great tip about government archives, thanks! Their site has a disclaimer that says some of the links may contain images that may be protected by license but looks like there are a lot of copyright free ones mixed in.
Here's the link I use for Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
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7:10 am
April 27, 2011
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Kay Lynn Akers said:
Untemplater said:
That's a great tip about government archives, thanks! Their site has a disclaimer that says some of the links may contain images that may be protected by license but looks like there are a lot of copyright free ones mixed in.
Here's the link I use for Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
That's an excellent resource Kay! Thanks for sharing!
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8:46 pm
April 27, 2011
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Untemplater
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Kay Lynn Akers said:
Untemplater said:
That's a great tip about government archives, thanks! Their site has a disclaimer that says some of the links may contain images that may be protected by license but looks like there are a lot of copyright free ones mixed in.
Here's the link I use for Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Nice thanks! I found this one too: http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
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9:48 pm
April 27, 2011
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I use Flickr.com for our images. We use the Creative Common License. Thinking of switching to shutterstock and getting a subscription for a month (you are allowed to download 25 images a day). I figure a months worth of images should be sufficient for a majority of the mosts we publish.
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2:23 pm
April 28, 2011
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Khaleef @ KNS Financial
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Kay Lynn Akers said:
Untemplater said:
That's a great tip about government archives, thanks! Their site has a disclaimer that says some of the links may contain images that may be protected by license but looks like there are a lot of copyright free ones mixed in.
Here's the link I use for Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Thanks for that! Now, hopefully I won't run out any time soon!
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8:27 pm
April 28, 2011
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Untemplater
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Bank Guru said:
I use Flickr.com for our images. We use the Creative Common License. Thinking of switching to shutterstock and getting a subscription for a month (you are allowed to download 25 images a day). I figure a months worth of images should be sufficient for a majority of the mosts we publish.
@Bank Guru Oh wow, that's a good idea too! 25 images is a lot
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