Usage of Images In Blog site

Hey guys, I have a blog website that talks about traveling in certain locations and areas. Recently, I've realized that photos need to be licensed in order to use them on my site.I've been searching non-stop for websites where I can obtain photos at reasonable prices, not extremely expensive for each photo to use in my blog posts.I can use images from Google with licenses such as CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED or CC BY 2.0 DEED for free on my website as long as I credit the author. However, it still seems like a limited selection of photos, and not all the ones I need are provided for free. I couldn't find any websites that offer affordable prices for editorial licenses to use on my blog site.

My question is, can I use photos from Google on my blog site? If not, where can I find photos for cheap prices just for use in blog posts?

Use a instagram, pinterest and/or flickr widget and embade photos on your blog post.
Here's a random example of flickr embaded imaged , not my blog
thepinaysolobackpacker.com/bangkok-travel-guide/
Where to buy cheap? just check your completion and find you where they are buying from select based on your budget.

You cannot pick photos from Google search. It will cause legal problems. You should hire someone to visit places and take photos to reduce cost. In long run, it will cost less than image purchases.

I've seen some websites that are selling accounts with access to Shutterstock and other platforms with almost unlimited downloads for reasonable prices, What If I'll buy one of those accounts and every time I'm downloading an image I can also download the license for the image.

Will make any legal problems if I have license for these photos that way?

kalpana007 said:

You cannot pick photos from Google search. It will cause legal problems. You should hire someone to visit places and take photos to reduce cost. In long run, it will cost less than image purchases.

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Yeah that's a great idea, I've been thinking about it as well

IM Dude said:

Use a instagram, pinterest and/or flickr widget and embade photos on your blog post.
Here's a random example of flickr embaded imaged , not my blog
thepinaysolobackpacker.com/bangkok-travel-guide/
Where to buy cheap? just check your completion and find you where they are buying from select based on your budget.

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Very helpful insight, I've changed all my pictures to Flickr, Wikimedia, Instagram and using embedded links like shown in the blog site you've shown. When filtering in Google Images for images with Creative Commons licenses It will show all the images I can use.

why not buy premium stock images?

TabletQQ said:

Yeah that's a great idea, I've been thinking about it as well

Very helpful insight, I've changed all my pictures to Flickr, Wikimedia, Instagram and using embedded links like shown in the blog site you've shown. When filtering in Google Images for images with Creative Commons licenses It will show all the images I can use.

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There you go, Right on!

TabletQQ said:

My question is, can I use photos from Google on my blog site? If not, where can I find photos for cheap prices just for use in blog posts?

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I wouldn't recommend that.

Have you considered using ChatGPT to generate the images for you?

Or use a library of free images just like Unsplash?

https://unsplash.com/

I recommend you to take pictures from Gpt or from free platform like freepix etc.

You cannot pick images from Google. It will penalitize for copy rights issue.Better take images from free image websites.