Photos and images are essential to good design. They add visual interest, reinforce your message, and entice viewers into your text. A good source for free photos is Flickr. But before you go picking any photo you see on Flickr and using it on your site or blog, remember that just because you find a photo on Flickr, it doesn’t mean you can use it. Photos on the web are usually covered by a copyright and the rights to reproduce a photo may be reserved by the copyright owner.
Here’s how you can find photos on Flickr to use and modify on your sites and blogs:
- Go to Flickr’s advanced search page
- Enter the words that describe what you’re searching for
- Scroll down the search form until you see the Creative Commons section
- Check the box for “Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content, and the box for commercial use
- Click the search button
The photos returned by the search are available to use. You might have to attribute the copyright owner. I’ll give complete details on finding and using content in an upcoming Free Tech University tutorial.
The photo on this post is by Mitra Mirshahidi. It’s licensed under a Creative Commons license with attribution and share alike required.
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