Finding Images for Your Website
Monday, February 4th, 2008Images are a powerful part of any website. A great photo or illusitration can catch a visitor’s eye and help to keep them on your site. There are many places to obtain photos or illustrations for your site. Some are free. Some are not. Microsoft Office Clipart Online has a great selection of free images but you must be sure to read and adhere to the terms. You are responsible for the legal rights to images you use on your site. Be sure you or your designer purchase images instead of just right-clicking and copying them. It might be free now to just copy and paste them into your site but later it can cost you a whole lot more in legal fees.
Be sure you read the documentation pertaining to the images you purchase and for the images you obtain for free. To purchase royalty-free images at very fair prices, visit i-stockphoto . Another good resource is Microsoft’s Office Online clip art. And remember, you don’t have to use any image in its entirety. Sometimes it’s better to enlarge and use only a section of the image. This technique can create more impact and it will also be less likely you’ll find that same image on someone else’s site.
