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Cyclo.ps – Royalty Free Stock Photo Search Engine

Posted by John Saddington on Nov 2, 2009

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Sometimes what makes a website (and especially a blog) can simply be the images that are used to create culture, presence, and impact. Pictures simply say what copy cannot.

For a lot of ministries and businesses interested in using stock photography I oftentimes recommend Cylo.ps as a possible place to start. It does what it says it does.

What other great stock photo sites do you use consistently?

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch. He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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13 Responses to “Cyclo.ps – Royalty Free Stock Photo Search Engine”

  1. joanna
    Monday, November 2, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    I've yet to be able to find one i've really liked so i'll check out cyclo.ps. Thanks :)

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  2. @phillipgibb
    Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2:25 pm

    hmm, I make major use of Flickr because of the options for Creative Commons. Not into buying the photos as yet – as good as they are, I have a long way b4 the ROI of that will be useful.
    otherwise "other great stock photo site" I use consistently is my iPhoto collection :p

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  3. @Jmerriam
    Monday, November 2, 2009 at 2:57 pm

    123rf.com has a decent selection and of course the old standards istockphoto.com. I'll have to give Cyclo.ps a whirl.

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  4. Misha
    Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    Have any of you heard of creativemyk.com? Lots of free Christian stock images shared by Christian artists. We also use Istock but they're prices got a little higher for photos.

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    • darrenherbold
      Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:50 pm

      Didn't know of that one Misha. Cool site. Thanks for sharing

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    • Brian Alexander
      Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:22 pm

      I use it every once in a while.

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  5. Brian Alexander
    Monday, November 2, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    This is great. Another site i'll throw out there is http://www.morguefile.com/ It's pretty good when it comes to searching. You can narrow the search down by sugject matter, and size.

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    • stephenbateman
      Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 3:59 am

      I like Morguefile (if not for the name)

      cyclops looks good too!

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  6. John Gibbs
    Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:32 pm

    Blue Vertigo (http://www.bluevertigo.com.ar/bluevertigo.htm) lists more than 80 different sources of free stock photos. Every Stock Photo (http://www.everystockphoto.com/) is a great search engine for free photos.

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  7. Jerry
    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 5:21 am

    John, that site pretty much sucks. The search doesn't even work correctly. I think Everystockphoto.com pretty much nailed it for the type of site it is. Morgue and CreativeMYK are pretty sweet resources.

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    • human3rror
      Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 6:43 pm

      :( sad.

      it worked well for me.

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  8. Graham Brenna
    Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 9:16 pm

    I search Flickr for many of the images I use to help make my point on my personal blog posts. Mainly due to the Creative Commons licensing options they use.

    I use iStockphoto.com at my church for our major communications department stuff.

    Thanks for pimpin Cylo.ps too! Looks good

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