Monday, April 26, 2010

Finding Pictures for Blog Posts

Early in my blogging days, one thing that really stressed me out was finding pictures for posts. When I was writing for Blissfully Domestic it took me longer to find a picture to go with the post than it did to write the post! I once got an email from the photographer of a picture I got off of Flickr asking me to take it down because he had sold it to a magazine and it couldn't be posted anywhere else. I was so confused about giving credit and creative commons licensure.

Finally, I started using Microsoft Office Clip Art Down Load- which has way more than clip art! It's free and I don't have to worry about who to credit for the images. Now I use it for my posts here and on my ministry site. I also used it for the header you see above. It's quick because there are thousands of images in one place. It's easy to search for "computer" or "daisy" and get page after page of images. It's also simple to download to a folder and then upload to Blogger from that folder!

Using Microsoft Office to find pictures sure had been a time (and stress!) saver! Do you have another favorite image site? Please share so we can all save on-line time!
Posted by Sandra at 5:00 AM
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14 comments:

  1. I really like Stock Exchange. There are pictures you can buy but mostly free ones for use. http://www.sxc.hu/

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  2. Oh, I'm going to have to try that. Going over to make it a favorite. :D

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  3. That is a great idea! I have a few friends who take pics and I try to do some of my own but images totally stress me out!

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  4. I use Stock exchange too. But I can't always find what I need...checking out your suggestion. Thanks Sandra!

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  5. Great idea!

    I'm going to add this to my favorites. I also use flickr as a last resort. The license stuff confuses me and I don't want to accidentally "steal" someone's art :)

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  6. I am so low-tech and it shows...I snap pictures with my iPhone for my blogs. :).

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  8. Public image archives are the best, you get wonderful photographs and don't have to worry about any licensing!

    http://www.morguefile.com/ is my favorite

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  9. Thank you! I always have trouble finding (free) photos for my blog posts, too.

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  10. Thank you!! I was wondering how to add pictures that weren't my own. I will try this soon.

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  11. I went over to look, but everything I clicked on required a purchase. I'm confused. Which images are free?

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  12. I used Microsoft Clip Art for everything in my previous work life but never thought I could really use it way more on my blog too! Thanks!

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  13. Thanks for the tip. I can't wait to give these clip art images a try!

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  14. Thanks for this helpful information. I never thought about using Microsoft Clip Art, although I use it lot when creating Word documents. BTW I found your site via Gather Inspirit.

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