save yourself the trouble... just buy microstock OR use the cheesy Art Exlosion DVDs
Hey everyone,
I need photos of cars, and more but they have to be public domain. Totally free and for any purpose.
or anyone know a website I can make a deal with.
Thanks!
Krov, I know it is hard to argue with free... but sometimes you spend way more time trying to find something decent/usable. Microstock sites have gotten a lot more expensive than a few years ago when one could purchase images for 1-2-3 bucks each. iStock has jumped up from 3 bucks to over 13.00 for a large image. However, there are a lot of other agencies that are a lot cheaper, and many shooters crosspost their images... so it is possible to pay $4 on one site, and $13 on another for the same pic (so shop around). Check out Dreamstime, & Fotolia, which are a lot cheaper than iStock.
http://www.microstockdiaries.com is a good blog to discover other micro agencies. If you are making comps you can download ridiculously small and watermarked low-res versions for free.
Another idea would be to look into the Art Explosion 800,000 Clip Art DVDs (or something similar). They are about $60, and have a large 15k image section. Cons are the DVDs are dog slow, the is no search function, and you will spend a LOT of time trying to find the image you want. Also, many of the scans were done very poorly. Still not "free" though...
Now (finally), there is also a place called
http://www.sxc.hu that offers free photos.
Not sure what you are using the pics for, but hopefully this will help....