Free Photo Stock

Me need sites that offer high res images for print..

[kingkelly]

Im looking for some sites that offer high res photos for print. I am looking for stuff to just use for cover pages at school, and i dont think something the size of wallpaper (800*600) would print out too nicely (full page)....

Anyone know of some good sites, that are FREE?
Cheers!

[mivox]

High res for free? Hmm... I was hoping someone would pop in with a site I'd never heard of before.

Have you considered buying a digital camera? It would be kinda like paying a couple/few hundred $ for unlimited lifetime photo stock. Not a bad deal.

[korkus2000]

If anyone knows of any I would like to know also:)

You could always spend about 30 bucks on some clip art at the computer store.

[kingkelly]

Digital camera, eh? The only time ive used one is at school, and those pictures look pretty crappy... Maybe its because I go to a crappy school, who knows??

<sad> Leafs lost :( </sad>

[mivox]

Well, schools often don't have the "latest and greatest" equipment available... but if you've got the chance to take a regular basic photography class, it would probably help also. Then get a new digital camera.

I took black & white photography ::wince:: 12 years ago in high school, and I still use the information not only when I'm taking photos but when I'm editing them in PhotoShop as well.

[digitalghost]

High-quality photos aren't going to be easy to find for free.
Spending $30 on clip art won't get you any high res photos either.

If you are lookig for Royalty Free photos I usually visit [creative.gettyimages.com...] for them.

I've used others, but they always seem to have what I need and the royalty free is more appealing to me than free.

DG

[Dpeper]

Well if it doesnt violate any copyright things i could just up load my clipart set that i bought to the web, Think they would be pissed? ;)

[mivox]

I think that would fall under the "violating copyright things" area... or at least "violating license agreement things." ;) Either way there would be lawyers involved, and that's never a good thing.

[kingkelly]

Hmmmmm, i should sign up to one of those sites one day... Hey just wondering, if i need like a good background image for a cover page, what resolution would i be looking at? It would most probably be a jpeg, so what pixel size should it be? Could i just up the res in Photoshop?

*** Yikes, that site charges A LOT for downloading their pictures!! (300 dpi 9"x12" is 200 smackers!)

[digitalghost]

For web use though the 72 DPI 5x7 images work quite well. They resample well and the last site I optimized really appreciated the model release that came with the pic.

Even @ $200, it beats a copyright suit. ;)

DG

[LadyVelvet]

I dont know exactly what you are looking for, but at smokyphotos.com he offers high res photos when you email him & ask him, if non-profit it costs nothing except a line that gives him the photo credit, but if for commercial use then it costs-of course.

[smokyphotos.com...]