Stock Photos for Websites - Use or Avoid Them?

Stock Photos for Websites - Use or Avoid Them? // Stock photo websites are everywhere online nowadays. You can find free stock images in thousands of places like Pixabay and Pexels. But are free stock photos the way to go? Are even the BEST royalty free images from the top image websites worth your time (and money)? Well, in website design there's a surprising amount of consideration that needs to be given to the graphic design and best copyright free images to be used. Just because it's on Unsplash, Stocksnap, Wikimedia, or Flickr doesn't mean it's worth putting on YOUR site. As a graphic designer, your web design business needs to consider the best graphic design stock images and the best websites for free stock photos. So in this web design tutorial we're talking about the best stock photo websites, the best adobe stock alternative, and so much more. Ready to learn about the best free stock photo websites? Let's go! All the services I love and use on a daily basis 👉 https://kit.co/TrentKennelly/services-i-love TWEET THIS VIDEO: https://ctt.ac/z9dJ4 Resources Mentioned: Twenty20 / Envato: https://1.envato.market/orzVY LiveChat Website: https://www.livechat.com/?a=KwSEdM_GR&utm_source=PP Intercom: https://www.intercom.com Marcos Bravo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bravomarcos/ Success By LiveChat YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVBKToMYvBpZybYlJQEnHOA Basketball shot from iStock: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/basketball-player-scoring-slam-dunk-gm1056734144-282407727 Search for "people" on Pixabay to get the most boilerplate images ever: https://pixabay.com/images/search/people/ Creative Commons attribution info: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/best_practices_for_attribution Envato vector search: https://elements.envato.com/graphics/computer Twenty20 stock search: https://www.twenty20.com/home/signature Girl and father photo: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/3aca7b88-cf4d-4378-9b58-7c112b043d4c Cat in a plant: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/91538a14-525c-4dff-99fd-55f990a0c7df iStock: https://www.istock.com Family Beach iStock search: https://www.istockphoto.com/search/2/image?phrase=family%20beach Shutterstock: https://www.shutterstock.com Shutterstock "Stuff" search: https://www.shutterstock.com/search/stuff Distracted Boyfriend Meme Source: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fknowyourmeme.com%2Fphotos%2F1711646-distracted-boyfriend&psig=AOvVaw03Cpox50NIQXkY8XZIJ7xJ&ust=1617207671218000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAMQjB1qFwoTCLDl4bK22O8CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAP Vector art of girl and a cat: https://elements.envato.com/little-girl-sitting-at-computer-UM6RJQ Bubbles/Liquid Shapes Example: https://elements.envato.com/colorful-liquid-shapes-backgrounds-RR6S8B Partial green screen example: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/be7c69bf-405b-4255-bfbf-8f126441cf99 Example of a bad stock photo: https://pixabay.com/photos/people-business-meeting-1979261/ Example of a good stock photo: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/fdb75216-3929-45fe-82a5-9de9fd000976 Vector example 1: https://elements.envato.com/people-looking-for-job-vacancies-illustration-4SVE89R Vector example 2: https://elements.envato.com/peoples-faces-85UGHF Vector example 3: https://elements.envato.com/running-people-XET6V4W Vector example 4: https://elements.envato.com/diverse-people-mingling-at-an-event-QTZYSHF Vector example 5: https://elements.envato.com/amish-people-C25C3C Isometric drone shot: https://elements.envato.com/iot-drone-survey-and-map-isometric-tu-H5URK4B Vector artist I like: https://elements.envato.com/user/angelbi88 The unique stock photo: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/e99f8b7c-4961-4e88-9d12-a89d2102ae7f The bad stock photo: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/80931219-d6e0-4f91-82e0-38b51ba39c1b Scene from Traffic (the movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Znovljrq8 Soft lighting example: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/71b0eb47-5fb7-4872-a2a9-f7ab76cd529f Hard lighting example: https://www.twenty20.com/photos/81fb0965-f15b-4b16-8186-5a147f1953aa Say hi on social: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/trentkennelly Threads: https://www.threads.net/@trentkennelly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trentkennelly/ Note this description contains affiliate links that allow you to find the items mentioned in this video and support the channel at no cost to you. While this channel may earn minimal sums when the viewer uses the links, the viewer is in NO WAY obligated to use these links. Thank you for your support! #stockphoto #stockphotos #stockphotosforwebsites #trentkennelly https://youtu.be/fkQUtULm3xw