Where I Get Photos

A few months ago, I wanted to make my blog less ugly without doing any real work. So I started putting pictures up with posts. Where do I get them, you might ask?

Internet theft, naturally. Case closed.

But then I thought I could be more specific.

The horrible truth is that the only pictures here I took are of Ulorg and Groovy's paint job which I did 18 months ago. And yesterday's photo. I took that one. Shame abides! Why do they even let me own a camera?

BUT! But! Here is my secret: Morguefile is full of free-to-use photos that aren't even infringing on other people's copyrights, not even technically!

Morguefile is just a bunch of people taking pictures and then posting them online for anybody to use for nearly any reason, commercial or otherwise. You don't have to pay money. You don't even have to credit photographers.

There are still legal limitations. Like, if it's a person, you still have to get a model release. And the original photographer retains copyright, unless he or she releases the photo into public domain. It's just that the photographer lets you use it for no money.

And as I am fond of saying, free is my favorite price.