The Photo Finish
By: Nancy | September 27, 2007 | Category: Home and Family
We met yesterday to talk about how our first week of blogging’s been going. Everybody really enjoys doing it, and we’re grateful for the comments we’ve been getting on our posts.
But the one challenge that several of us ran across was finding the perfect photos to go along with our blog entries. Our office belongs to a couple online copyright-free photo services. But there’s also a resource for terrific, free photos right on one of our own websites. You can find online images from the government by using USA.gov’s search box and selecting “images.” Or you can go directly to the U.S. Government Photos, Graphics, and Multimedia page to search dozens of government online image galleries and videos.
I was amazed to find tons of contemporary and vintage pictures, maps, charts and graphs from federal, state and local government websites.
I found heroes making history...
and scenes from everyday life.
Sports.
Famous works of art...
and the not so famous.
Images that brought back happy vacation memories...
and destinations that are out of this world.
Something to keep in mind is that not everything you find on government websites is in the public domain. So be sure to check the individual websites that host the photos you’re interested in using to find out what their copyright policies are.
Take a look and share the links to the great photos you come across.
Guaranteed, you’ll find everything from soup...
to nuts.
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