{"id":107,"date":"2009-02-09T16:16:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecoversuiteelite.com\/blog\/?p=107"},"modified":"2009-06-02T14:19:12","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T20:19:12","slug":"top-10-awesome-stock-photo-sites-you-should-add-to-your-design-toolbox-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ecoversuiteelite.com\/blog\/top-10-awesome-stock-photo-sites-you-should-add-to-your-design-toolbox-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 stock photo sites you should add to your design toolbox &#8211; Right now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t already compiled your own &#8216;Best of&#8217; list of stock photo sites, no problem &#8211; we&#8217;re about to share with you our list of top 10 favourite stock photography sites on the web.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-114\" href=\"http:\/\/ecoversuiteelite.com\/blog\/top-10-awesome-stock-photo-sites-you-should-add-to-your-design-toolbox-right-now\/top10stockphotosites\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114 alignleft\" title=\"top10stockphotosites\" src=\"http:\/\/ecoversuiteelite.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/top10stockphotosites.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most designers these days use a collection of Image sites that they can call upon when they really need an image appropriate to the work they&#8217;re doing. If you plan on designing ebook covers, eCovers or websites for a living, then it&#8217;s probably best that you find your own too.<\/p>\n<p>Some designers choose to stick to popular sites like &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/?refid=J28IWaT7lz\">BigStockPhoto<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.123rf.com\/src_idesigner\">123RF<\/a>, and download all their images from 1 or 2 sites, but there are others who like to mix things up a bit and use a larger selection.<\/p>\n<p>Since using stock photos in design is pretty much essential, we thought we&#8217;d share with you our own &#8216;swipe file&#8217; of favourite Stock Photography websites. The following list is a small compilation of the websites we go to when we need new or just plain awesome images for our ebook designs, website designs and other work. It&#8217;s a short list (in comparison to what else is out there), but it&#8217;ll definately get you started &#8211; visit the sites, try them out, and tell us which one you like best.<\/p>\n<p>So, in no particular order, here&#8217;s the selection we like to use&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crestock.com\/87821\/\">Crestock<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigstockphoto.com\/?refid=J28IWaT7lz\">BigStockPhoto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\">Dreamstime<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fotolia.com\">Fotolia<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.123rf.com\/src_idesigner\">123RF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\">iStockPhoto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\">gettyimages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sxc.hu\/\">Stock.XCHNG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stockvault.net\/\">StockVault<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.everystockphoto.com\/\">everyStockPhoto<\/a> (Search images)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Go check &#8217;em out!<\/p>\n<p>All the best and to your success,<br \/>\n&#8211; eCoverSuiteElite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t already compiled your own &#8216;Best of&#8217; list of stock photo sites, no problem &#8211; we&#8217;re about to share with you our list of top 10 favourite stock photography sites on the web. 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