Every website needs images to illustrate its message and enhance the user experience. You need to make sure you are using images legally, which means creating your own images or finding free or paid “royalty free” images (and videos).
(This goes for social media and videos and even things like ebooks that you may distribute.) When you download assets like these, I encourage you to save them to an images folder on your computer (and always have your computer backed up in case of disaster). Within that “Images” folder, you can save individual images to sub-folders with the name of the source where you got it, in case you need to show in the future that you’re legally able to use the image. That said, many accounts -- especially paid accounts -- are likely to show everything you've downloaded in the past, which proves your license to use the content. Pixabay - huge selection of free assets, including those that can illustrate concepts. Pexels - huge selection of free assets, including those that can illustrate concepts. Unsplash - huge selection of free curated assets, which means high quality. But not as many options for illustrating specific concepts. Excellent for backgrounds. 123RF - affordable paid option with many more high-quality options that can illustrate just about anything you need an image for. Shutterstock - affordable paid option with many more high-quality options that can illustrate just about anything you need an image for. |