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Best Sites for getting Photographs and Images

Flickr is one of the best online photosharing sites to get images & pictures of every kind.Believe me.Here you can know how to use images on your commercial blogs or websites from this website for free.Searching Flickr under "creative commons" is a good way to find images you can use for free as long as you abide by the creative commons rules, so read them also.Secondly,if you want to use images from the regular Flickr section,you should ask permission before using the pictures by click on the user's profile and sendin them an email asking for permission.
Follow the given instructions step by step for applying the first method i.e using images under creative Commons(CC).
1)Go to flickr search page(Search)and enter the keyword on the search box,hit the "Advanced search" now.Remember you must click advanced search option.As the other page opens up,scroll it down to the end,check( )the two boxes that say "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content " and "Find content to use commercially",finally hit the search button.
2)All the photographers that appear are available for commercial use i.e couldbe used on your blogs/hubs/lens/websites.All you need to do is to give a link back to the photographer.
3)If you want to crop the image or want to bring some modifications in it,you could have been checked the third box also that says "Find content to modify, adapt, or build upon" besides checking the other two boxes.
4)You may change the results by clicking "Most relevant,Most recent or Most interesting" view bar on the top.
5)Finally,click on the photo you want to use,save it first in your computer,and to give a link back find the photographers profile page.You will get something like http://flickr.com/photos/username.So under the image you may add a line like: 1)source or 2)photo crdit;(and give the link to actual picture or the profile page)
DEMONSTRATION:
Here ill show you how to get an image from flicker and display it properly without the infringement of copyrights.Lets choose candles, for examle.
Follow this link().Type candles,click advanced search.I need to check the creative common and commercial boxes and the "most relevant" results appear.I'm going to use thirdone images i.e drunken candles.I clicked it and downloaded the images to my computer.See below how i generated the link.


Photo credit:ParaflyerOR
Source:drunken candles

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