Rights Managed licenses can define how, where, when or for how long an image is being used. RF stands for Royalty Free. Customers pay a one–off fee to use the image with no restrictions on how they use it, or how long they use it for.

Yes, there are forms of permissible commercial use of free stock photos. Carefully check the license terms before doing so. The licensing conditions available include Creative Commons Zero (CC0) licenses or licensing terms that limit commercial usage or require attribution.

Alamy Limited (d/b/a alamy) is a British privately owned stock photography agency launched in September 1999.

Search for images using frequently used image search engines like Google Images and Flickr, or find images directly from stock image websites like iStock Photos and Shutter Stock. Type your search term in the input box, select the photo site of your choosing, and click “Find Related Images!” It's that easy!