Free Photos, Set 09: 104 Mixed Pictures
Set 09 of the BigFoto library: 104 free photos of signs, lakes and rivers, trees and autumn leaves, town life with garden gnomes and sculptures, and close-ups from a lemon slice to old locks, grouped by subject below. Click any photo to see it large and download it.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Signs
A car wash and a hairdresser’s sign, an electrical danger sign with a skull, no dogs and no pedestrians signs, a peace flag and a neon bakery sign.
Lakes, rivers and water
A sailing boat on a sunlit lake, a lone figure on a pebble beach, a mountain stream, ripples reflecting clouds and stones on ice.
Trees, leaves and the countryside
Autumn forests and avenues, a lone tree in a field, a red poppy, chard leaves, frosty twigs, a cornfield and cars parked below the Alps.
Town, gardens and sculptures
Garden gnomes, a chef figure, a teddy bear, stone and scrap metal sculptures, a building site crane, an old car graveyard and stacked chairs.
Objects and textures close up
A melon in sunglasses, a lemon slice, books, CDs, a ruler, old locks, cables, flower slides and a zoom burst.
About photography
“Stock photography” refers to photographs offered for use by agencies, usually in return for a fee, and sometimes a royalty payable each time an image is used. It is often cheaper for a web designer or commercial artist to buy stock photographs, rather than have to hire a photographer and, if people are the subject of the required image, pay a model as well.
Digital cameras have revolutionised the stock photography business, because it is possible to search through millions of pictures for exactly the right image for your needs, and then to obtain the photo electronically via the internet. Images are usually classified into categories and then displayed as thumbnails within the category.
“Royalty free” means that after paying a fee there is no further charge for multiple use and no time limit on when the image can be used.
“Rights managed” means the agency issues a license for the use of an image and sets the charge according to the value that the buyer is going to get out of its use. If it is important to you to have exclusive use of the image, then a rights managed deal could ensure this.
Some agencies also offer video and audio tracks on a similar basis, and if it is more suitable for the designer’s needs to use an artist’s illustration or moving flash rather than a photograph, these are available as well. “Vector art” or “vector illustrations” are scalable graphics by computer artists which can be downloaded as pictures or backgrounds, but you need appropriate software to handle them.
Documentary photography usually refers to a type of professional photojournalism. Usually such photographs are meant for publication.
Fashion photography is a genre of photography devoted to displaying clothing and other fashion items.
Still life photography is the depiction of inanimate subject matter, most typically a small grouping of commonplace objects.
Wildlife photography is regarded as being one of the more challenging forms of photography.
Nature photography refers to a range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements.
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More free photos
- Free photos, set 08
- Free photos, set 10
- Free lake pictures
- Free forest pictures
- Free sculpture pictures
- Free close-up pictures
Questions about set 09
Can I use these photos for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Why is this a mixed set?
These photos were added to the library in batches of about a hundred and did not fit one theme or place. They are grouped by subject on this page; the sets before and after it hold more of the same kind of everyday pictures.
