A Sampling of Pexels Free Stock Photos
I read the WordPress blog post today, about a library of free stock photos to add to posts.
Here are a few that came up for the search word, “textile.” (Their credits come up automatically when you scroll over the image.)
They are really beautiful! They are all licensed for non-commercial or commercial use.
(A note for WordPress bloggers — the WordPress post says that you can access these images from your media library or the Add Media button within a post, but I usually write from the old editor and couldn’t find these options. I had to go to the “improved editor” to find the button they show in the screen shot. I may need to update my version of WordPress to access the Pexels collection from the old editor, I don’t know.)
Anyway.
I see an opportunity for us textile people to help improve the image library.
As of this writing, there is only one image for “quilt” and it is pretty sad.
Yes, that is it. A leather-look sofa. Quilted, but not actually what I would call a quilt.
There are none for “loom,” and “spinning” just brings you to toys or bikes. “Lace” brings up mostly pictures of shoe laces. “Rug” and “carpet” show minimalist rooms with commercial wall-to-wall carpeting.
But the collection is always expanding, and anyone can submit photos. I am thinking that we textile people need to get some photos in that collection!
I found this the other day, too. Unfortunately I can’t remember who called my attention to it, so I can’t give that person credit!! But here is a post with a number of photo sites, with all the photos supposedly free and available for use. https://craftindustryalliance.org/free-stock-photo-sites-for-your-craft-blog-and-business/
Oh my gosh! Those are amazing!
Pexels is one of the services they mentioned in that post, but now I want to spend an afternoon looking at all of them! Thank you!
Thanks for checking this out. I received an e-mail from WordPress about this, but hadn’t gotten around to trying it.
Odd that it is so limited. Thank you.
I think it is just starting out, plus it is free. Photographers can use it to direct people to their own sites if they want to charge for their photography, I think, but I think it is more a sharing platform, where everybody knows up front what the accepted uses are. Not like Flickr which varies from photo to photo, or Getty that may end up suing you over using your own photo, if someone has swiped it and then licensed it with them. (From what I hear.)
Anyway, I am just excited to possibly contribute some good textile photos!
Well I never. I am still using a free wordpress and haven’t had the email.
I follow the blog they put out a couple times a week, where they announce new themes, or their attendance at technology conferences, etc., so that is how I heard of it. I don’t think they send out emails to every account.
It would be fun to see if I have any good weaving photos to contribute!
Your weaving photos would be a wonderful addition!
And I just went and left a comment on your micro-foraging post, that I’ve been thinking about for days! 🙂
You did? Because I don’t see it…
Oh, never mind, apparently it went in the spam folder. I guess I should check that once in a while.
As you know, I’ve been absent from WP for a while. I thought some features looked a bit different, and now to see they have stock photos. How interesting that you see a need and have the talent to help “weave in” some of your beautiful work. 🙂
I am woefully behind on updating my blog—thanks for the reminder
I am so behind too. It’s supposed to be a cold rainy winter, maybe we will catch up then! 🙂