Stap isi

6 November 2008

Getting great images for local government websites

Here are a few resources that I use regularly:

• stock.xchng – good variety and quantity, with clear licence terms; just note that ‘premium results’ (commercial products) appear at the top of search results, so scroll down a bit
• Our Community Photo Bank – Australia and community-specific images free for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons licence; lots of great ‘real people’ and authentically Australian shots
• Flickr advanced search – this popular photo sharing site can help with more abstract concepts as well as images of your local area; tick the box Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content
• Multicolr Search Lab – Idée Inc. – browse 10 million of the most “interesting” Creative Commons images on Flickr by colour
• Wikimedia Commons – public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips); often has both contemporary and historic images on a place or subject
• Picture Australia – massive library, great for specialist images, but getting permission to publish can take some time

Image credit: Community members who contributed their time, effort and money to the building of their new Wemen hall. Oct. 08 by Sabina Savage for Wemen Progress Association

— b3rn   flickr, images, user generated content   Nov 6, 01:25 PM   #

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