9 royalty photo sites to illustrate your content

 Because it is always interesting to illustrate textual content with an image, you should know that even on the web, there are image rights that you must respect. In other words, you cannot use just any image you find on the Internet to illustrate your blog post .

If you do not want to pay for the images you use, rest assured: it is possible to rely on the numerous free and royalty-free image banks accessible from the web.

Here are 10 royalty-free photo sites that we invite you to consult. There is no doubt that you will find something to illustrate all your content without violating image rights…

1. Pixabay

With a catalog of nearly 900,000 free and royalty-free images, Pixabay is a reference image bank for many web specialists. It must be said that the photos are of high quality and of a very wide variety since you will be able to find what you are looking for whatever the theme of your website.

Beyond its offering, Pixabay also shines for its ease of use since no registration is required to download images at the size of your choice.

2. PicJumbo

PicJumbo is a free and royalty-free image bank which has the particularity of being booming. Thus, every day, several dozen new photos enrich a catalog whose content is, for the moment, divided into 20 categories including nature, animals, business, love, technology, holidays and even architecture.

Good quality PicJumbo images can be used to decorate a home page or to illustrate your content.

3. StockVault

With a catalog including around 100,000 free and royalty-free images, StockVault is a site that everyone who has a project in the web field should know.

Not specialized in a specific theme, this image bank offers high quality photos relating to a wide variety of worlds. It also provides graphics so that StockVault is renowned as a reference site when it comes to illustrating a commercial brochure.

4. Unsplash

Very popular with North American startups who extensively illustrate their content with free and royalty-free images from its catalog, Unsplash offers high-resolution photos that can only delight web professionals.

More than 100,000 photographers contribute to increasing the offering of this site daily and ensure that any project leader on the web can find the ideal illustration image for their blog article.

5. GratisoGraphy

GratiscoGraphy  : here is a royalty-free image bank that is much more original than the previous ones, but also much less extensive.

However, we really like it because it offers images that you won't find anywhere else. Yes, its credo is to provide offbeat, fun, and sometimes downright crazy images for your web projects.

Free and in high definition, they can make ideal illustrations for your content if you want to surprise your audience.

6. FreeImages

Partner of the istockphoto site which offers paid photos, FreeImages guarantees you to find free and royalty-free images to supply your website, whatever the theme covered.

Indeed, with a catalog containing more than 500,000 references of all styles (color, black and white, design effect, etc.), FreeImages can only be counted among the references, especially since the quality of the photos is really there. .

7. Pexels

Let's face it, the Pexels image bank looks like any other site in this article. Free and offering many free images, it is one of the most popular image banks.

Similar to Unsplash, Pexels gives users access to share royalty-free images themselves. This functionality therefore allows you to have unique images that can perfectly represent your wishes.

Downloadable in high definition, photos taken from Pexels can enhance your content, that’s undeniable! Crediting the author and site is not required, but always appreciated.

8. MMT

Here again, here is a royalty-free and free image bank that deserves to be known. Indeed, MMT offers sumptuous photos that can illustrate the content you create.

However, this bank is very focused on nature and urban environments and consists of unique shots that you will not find elsewhere. Another strong point: it regularly receives new images and all of them are of high quality.

9. FoodiesFeed

Let's conclude our selection of free and royalty-free image banks with the excellent site FoodiesFeed which, as its name suggests, offers a large catalog of high definition photos dedicated to food.

Among other things, it is possible to find many restaurant dishes photographed from above, quality photos which will be perfect for illustrating the content of your culinary blog.

Conclusion

By browsing the web, other image banks can be consulted, especially if you are looking for very specific photos.

Of course, you also have the option of purchasing images to illustrate your content. In this case, it's up to you to know how to control your budget to prevent it from spiraling out of control.