A relevant picture can dramatically improve a post. A big problem is finding images which I can legally use.
Last month in a class at work the instructor told us the United States Department of Agriculture has tons of royality free pictures. This page explains:
"All of our photographic images are USDA property and, consequently, are in the public domain."
A good place to start is their Image Search page. They have these categories:
Animals
Crops
Education
Field research
Fruits & veggies
Illustrations
Insects
Lab research
Plants
Here are a few fun ones:
Last month in a class at work the instructor told us the United States Department of Agriculture has tons of royality free pictures. This page explains:
"All of our photographic images are USDA property and, consequently, are in the public domain."
A good place to start is their Image Search page. They have these categories:
Animals
Crops
Education
Field research
Fruits & veggies
Illustrations
Insects
Lab research
Plants
Here are a few fun ones:
Next time you need a good image you might check out the USDA's photos.
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5 comments:
I think that this is true for most government pictures. I know that Department of Defense pictures are in the public domain.
Actually, if you ever meet a military photographer and need to spin him up, you might ask about this. I met one photographer a few weeks back who has at least one image that is being sold by poster companies without giving him even credit for the photo. Totally legal.
Very interesting! I didn't know that...
Thank you for the great link!
Yep, most photos at .gov addresses are free.
Here's the Library of Congress Flickr page:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
And the US Gov't Image Search page:
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
Melanie, thanks for the links. There are a lot of interesting pictures there.
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