Finding professional, beautiful and affordable imagery you can use to market your music and brand can be difficult. We’ve put together a list of the best free, royalty-free image websites so it doesn’t have to be.
Pexels
Pexels boasts over 1 million images, all licensed under the ‘Pexels License’. This means that:
🤑 All photos and videos are free to use.
📛 You don’t have to include attributions, but it’s always appreciated.
✂ You can edit & modify all images and videos as much or little as you like.
Unsplash
🤯 Being one of the largest royalty-free sites on the list, Unsplash hosts over 2 million photos from over 207,000 contributors. As well as never running out of images to choose from, they have an extensive variety of images to suit your every need.
Flickr
As well as primarily hosting copyrighted imagery and photos, Flickr gives you access to a wide range of stunning copyright-free images too.
🧠 When searching for images you can use commercially without attribution, remember to keep your eyes peeled for images licensed under the ‘Public Domain‘ license.
Pixabay
Pixabay offers over 1.9 million royalty free images, vectors, music and videos you can use for free under the Pixabay License. This license means:
🤑 All images are free for use both commercially and non-commercially.
📛 You don’t have to include attributions, but it’s always appreciated.
✂ You can edit & modify all images and videos as much or little as you like.
Freerange Stock
Freerange Stock provides a variety of free stock images to their 725,000 registered users. All of their images are sourced straight from their image creators under their Equalicense, meaning:
🤑 You can use images both commercially and non-commercially, all for free.
📛 You don’t have to include attributions, but it’s always appreciated.
❌ You can’t sell, re-distribute or relicense any images.
When searching for royalty-free images on the internet, always remember to keep your eyes peeled for the terms of use. Some images may require attribution or may not be available for commercial use, so always do your research before using any old image in your marketing plans.
