Getting images without copyright infringement

[Capital Life]

Does anyone have experience or know about using images for websites or anything being sold? Obviously I know that you can't just use some picture you found online, but what is the best way to get some photos to use? For example, if someone was making a database type website about dog breeds, how would they go about getting a picture of every single breed of dog?

 

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[Runum]

I usually send them an email asking for permission to use the image. Most people will agree as long as you give them credit.

 

[bflbob]

You may find that a place like the AKC has photos of the major breeds.

 

[kwerner]

istockphoto has gotten ridiculously expensive within the last couple years; it's something like $10 - $12 for ONE pic now, used to be waaay cheaper. Hope those bastards go out of business.

 

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[Russ H]

Sheesh. Why criticize istockphoto?

In the past 2 years, they've:

-Gotten WAY bigger
-Become a great resource
-Raised their rates b/c they have so many images
-Automated/scaled their growth

Seems pretty darn fastlane to me. You don't have to support them-- but why wish a fellow fastlane biz ill?

BTW, we're doing Facebook ads, and I've bought a few images from istockphoto these past few days.

Lots of other places online you can buy images-- shutterstock is another good one.

-Russ H.

 

[FDJustin]

I recently came across morguefiles. Morguefile free photo license I don't know how it compares to finding photos elsewhere, but it's got a nice license, and there are plenty of very pretty pictures in there of many subjects.