Can anyone recommend any royalty-free stock photography web sites?

May 28, 2004 10:51 AM

Can anyone recommend any royalty-free stock photography web sites? [more inside]

I used to use Photodisc, but they are just way out of my clients' price range nowadays. Their sales emphasis seems to be on collections rather than single images. I've been using istockphoto a lot, but just wondered if there were other sites that are similar that I'm unaware of.

posted by MegoSteve to computers & internet (10 answers total)

I've never used istockphoto so I can't make an informed quality comparison, but stock.xchng has done right by me in the past. Page loads are a bit slow, however.
posted by amery at 11:14 AM on May 28, 2004

Mine - PDPhoto.org. All free. Public domain. Hi-res available.
posted by y6y6y6 at 11:17 AM on May 28, 2004

In addiction to stock.xchng, check out:
ImageAfter
posted by Robot Johnny at 11:17 AM on May 28, 2004

also istockphoto
posted by grimley at 11:21 AM on May 28, 2004

we've found good stuff at veer.com before, but, as usual, the best stuff is typically rights-managed.
posted by GeekAnimator at 11:25 AM on May 28, 2004

photodisc is outside your price range? Aren't typical shots just $30? I've paid them for stuff on my personal sites before.
posted by mathowie at 11:35 AM on May 28, 2004

How about royalty-free line drawings and other art?
posted by chaz at 11:49 AM on May 28, 2004

MegoSteve - Following this thread, I'd say take a look at my gallery, that is, on June 1st, when my bandwidth drops back down.

Other than that, you're welcome to let me know what you're after. I'm a bargain.
posted by armoured-ant at 12:08 PM on May 28, 2004

matt: I'm talking print, not web... their print shots run $100/$180/$270 each for a medium res shot. Sorry for not making that distinction. Their web res shots run $50/$70/$100, so you may not have ordered from them in a while.
posted by MegoSteve at 2:15 PM on May 28, 2004

Have you tried Corbis? A goodly amount of their images are royalty free.
posted by crunchland at 11:43 PM on May 28, 2004