Stock+Images

1. Photospin
Parkland has purchased a subscription to Photospin, a stock agency that offers millions of high resolution photos, illustrations (vectors), and fonts. Photospin's images are royalty free (which means you may use them in as many projects as you like without paying any additional royalties).

Students who need stock images should search Photospin first and download low-res images to use in their projects. If possible, projects should be critiqued first with low-res images before hi-res images are downloaded. Please see your instructor to download hi-res images.

Tip: Do not change the file name when downloading lo-res images as the file name contains a searchable inventory number.

2. Google Images
If Photospin's selections are not to your liking, then Google Images could be your next best option. However, all Google Images are copyrighted and most are not legal to use (also see Copyright Issues). Here's how to avoid using illegal images:
 * Use advanced search
 * Filter only large images (optional)
 * Filter only images that are "free to use and share"



**3. Use public domain images**

Public domain images are works whose copyright has expired and the rights were not renewed. Public Domain Sherpa has a helpful list of websites that have public domain images available for download.

Most US government commissioned images (i.e. NASA) are in the public domain because your taxes paid for them. Wikipedia has a nice list of US Government resources with public domain images.

4. Other
Here are some student recommendations for free legal stock images
 * unsplash.com
 * stocksnap.io