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If you plan on creating images for your social media or blog posts, having a list of free stock photo sites can come in super handy.
A quick heads up that a few of the sites mentioned below may require you to sign up to the image creators email list to receive your free stock photos.
By signing up, you can be the first to hear about special deals on their paid photo packs and also be signed up for a few free weekly/monthly stock photos as well! Totally worth it, right?! π
With that said, let’s dig in!

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where you can find free stock photos
1. VisualHunt
Seriously one of my favorites! You can narrow down your search by license type, color, and relevancy. Plus they have over 354M photos in their library. So finding a new photo shouldn’t be too difficult! π
2. KaboomPics
This site features fashion, nature, foodie, and architectural photos. You can use these images for personal & commercial use, so you don’t have to worry if you plan on using an image for something you’ll be putting up for sale.
3. Cupcake
High-quality nature, food, and city landscapes are the main categories on Cupcake. You can use these images for basically anything, and I just have to add that I LOVE their logo so much lol. It’s so cute!
4. StockSnap
With hundreds of new photos added weekly, StockSnap is one of my go-to sites for stock photos. They have an awesome search feature where you can view the most popular images, more recent and most commonly downloaded.
These photos also fall under the CC0 license so you can use them for just about everything – personal or commercial!
5. FancyCrave
Awesome site for landscape and fashion shots. I do kinda wish they would incorporate a search feature, but they do have categories which can be helpful. On another note, you can receive 14 free stock photos every week if you decide to sign up for their newsletter. Yay!
6. CreativeVix
Lots of scenery and landscape shots, and an awesome search function that you can use to filter and find the perfect photo.
7. Minimography
If you’re looking for minimalistic shots, this site is perfect for you. I need say no more. Haha.
8. PicJumbo
Business, food, fashion, and nature shots are just a few of the categories PicJumbo has to offer. Really great site if you need some bright and colorful images.
9. Death To The Stock Photo
Sign up for their list to receive exotic, minimalistic, and beautiful free stock photos every month! π
10. Unsplash
One of my favorites, and probably one of the most popular as well. There are pages upon pages of incredible stock photos for just about every category out there.
11. Pixabay
Also a popular go-to for many. This site hosts high-quality, unique stock photos, illustrations, and vectors.
12. Picography
Pictography has some beautiful landscape and city shots, that you can use in any way you’d like.
13. LifeofPix
This awesome site was made by LEEROY Creative Agency in Montreal. A few popular categories on LifeofPix are architecture, people, city, and animals.
14. Good Free Photos
This site hosts location specific images perfect for travel bloggers, and those who need some awesome landscape shots.
15. Jay Mantri
Stunning black & white shots and landscape image galore.
16. LittleVisuals
Sign up for their newsletter and receive 7 high-quality stock photos, or browse through their latest pics.
17. The Pic Pac
Lots of location-specific images here, so another great option for travel bloggers as well.
18. Mmtstock
Mmtstock includes bright, fun and colorful stock images available for both personal and commercial use.
19. Epicantus
On Epicantus, Daria shares high-quality object, animal, and landscape images.
20. DesignerPics
Great site for architecture, business, nature, people and object images!
where you can find feminine stock photos
21. IvoryMix
Sign up for access to a stock photo library with over 300 free photos! With a variety of color schemes and concepts, you’re bound to find the perfect photos for your design needs.
22. Wonderlass
If you need colorful, fun and stunning stock photos, be sure to sign up for 15 free photos from Allison at Wonderlass!
23. Helene In Between
Need some feminine, chic, and minimalistic shots? Get 15 free stock photos from Helene In Between.
24. Solopreneur Sidekick
Get 10 free business & lifestyle shots perfect for bloggers and online entrepreneurs! Definitely check these out if you’re brand colors include white, black and maroon.
25. Wonferfelle
Sign up to receive feminine stock photos every month, and also get 10 free photos you can use for social media and blog images when you sign up.
26. Creativetacos
Check out Creativetacos for minimalistic, feminine, flowery images to use on your social media + blog graphics. From the looks of it, most stock photos are available for both personal and commercial use, but be sure to double check yourself before using an image from a photo pack.
Creativetacos also has other freebies like mockups, fonts, Lightroom presets and Photoshop actions if you’re interested. π
27. Focus Fitness
Need some food, fitness or weight loss photos for your blog? Focus Fitness has 40 pages of amazing, high-quality stock photos you can use, just be sure to abide by the licensing. Excellent for health and fitness blogs looking for natural, professional photos.
That’s a wrap!
I hope you found this post helpful and can refer back to it when you’re looking for stock photos to incorporate into your blog + business.
What are a few of your go to stock photo sites? And did you find any new sites from the list today? I’d love to know in the comments! π
Elle | wonderfelle MEDIA says
Thank you so much for including my photos!
Rebekah Hutchins says
Absolutely! Love all of your stock photos. π
Rhonda Swan says
Great sites. Thanks for this post and way to share unstoppable photos!
Rebekah says
Youβre welcome, Rhonda. Thank you for stopping by! π
Jasmine Hunt says
These are absolutely fabulous sites that I have used in the past definitely recommend! Also I do my own stock photos now and offer 50 new styled stock photos for free! You can check out my blog Rebekah!
Jasmine π
Colorubold.com
Rebekah says
Omg, that’s awesome, Jasmine!
Creativetacos | Freebies says
You can download some free stock photos on creativetacos.com
Rebekah says
Sweet, thanks for sharing!
Creativetacos | Freebies says
You’re most welcome! Rebekah π
Nica says
Thanks for the list Rebekah! Itβs very helpful for everyone who deserves free amazing resources.
And because sharing is caring – you guys should definitely check out http://www.rawpixel.com
Why? Cause⦠reasons:
: authentic & diverse (ethnicities, age, concept)
: model and property released
: search function
: optional attribution
: jpg, psd, and vector files
Give it a look see π
Rebekah says
Thanks for sharing, Nica π