Top four places to find free images for your church website
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February 9, 2023
Feb 1, 2023 byWelcome website visitors with
stunning imagery.Vibrant photography helps attract and welcome people to a better website experience; however, searching online for various images can feel disappointing, especially when you weigh the cost and hassle of copyrighted pictures.
Look no further!
Check out these simple-to-use services that offer free stock images for use on your church website as well as in other marketing materials. It’s as easy as searching keywords like “church", “Christmas", “Bible", or whatever fits the image you’re visualizing. Then click to download and... presto! You’ll soon have images you can post, modify, and distribute at no cost to you.
Important: Understanding copyright law and free image terms
The stock image services listed below offer free images under licenses such as the Creative Commons Zero (CC0). This makes them available for public use. However, it’s still important to pay attention to how these services request you don’t use their images. Plus, understanding copyright law is always helpful. Make sure you always know where you are getting images, how they are being offered for you to use, and realize that restrictions can change, even without notice.
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Unsplash.com
A community of photographers offering images free to download, copy, modify, or distribute for commercial or non-commercial use. Attribution is not required, but appreciated. While searching, you may also discover images only available with a monthly membership subscription known as Unsplash+.
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Pexels.com
You’ll find both photographs and video on Pexels.com, free to use under the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. So you are able to download, modify, copy, and distribute for commercial and non-commercial use.
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Pixabay.com
Pixabay offers images, videos, and even music royalty free for downloading, modifying, and distributing, for commercial and non-commercial applications. Attribution is not required.
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Stocksnap.io
All images on Stocksnap also fall under the Creative Commons CC0. So they too can be downloaded, modified, distributed, copied and for commercial or non-commercial uses. Attribution is not required.
These free stock image services are ones we know of and share with our clients. If you find more like these, just remember to always check license terms for how images are being offered.
Downloading stock photos is helpful, but remember your best free images are right in arms reach of a smartphone or camera. Taking your own pictures of your faith community and campus welcomes visitors right into your front doors images of what your church is all about.
