6 stock photo sites that bloggers can use for free

You’ve penned an illuminating piece on a riveting topic, proofed it and loaded it into the back end of your website. Now you need an image. Here are a half-dozen sites that can help.

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Sometimes the hardest part of publishing a blog post is choosing the photo.

The research and writing are done, the tedious process of editing is complete, and all the links and citations are in the right spots. Yet when it comes time to select a header or body photo, you get stuck.

Choosing an image might seem like an easy task, but it can be incredibly difficult to find one that matches the overall message of your article.

Fortunately, free stock photo websites do exist. With these sources, you’ll have access to a wide array of photos without having to pay a subscription fee:

1. IM Free

From the people behind IM Creator, IM Free is an easy-to-navigate site that provides a significant number of photo options. With 21 different categories and more than 5,000 photos, it’ll be some time before you exhaust their resources.

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