Check out this AMAZING list of ten places for womenpreneurs to find free and stylish stock photos!
Are you a fitpreneuer? A mompreneur? A girl boss? A good old fashion entrepreneur?
Do you love getting on a good sweat in the morning and then putting on a pretty dress in the evening? Insert emoji with her hand raised here because I DO!!
I am a personal trainer. I’m a group fitness instructor. I am a stylist with a fashion forward jewelry company that supports sustainable business. I am a Fitness Director. I’m a mom. I’m a fitness blogger. I love coffee, yoga pants, and pretty earrings.
Just like most bloggers and entrepreneurs, I am many things and wear many hats! But being a creative photographer is not one of them, at least not right now!
After many failed attempts at mastering the good ol’ flat lay on Instagram or the perfect blog image for my post, I realized something…
My time and efforts are better used elsewhere than spending countless hours setting up displays and trying to snap mediocre photos on my iphone. And mediocre is being nice, some of them were reallllly bad!
Finding stylish stock photos for girl bosses and bloggers like myself became a little bit of an obsession of mine recently. Professional looking photos make your blog and social feeds look sooo much more clean, crisp, and attractive.
Below you will find some of my favorite FREE stylish stock photo sites for women entrepreneurs. You can add overlay text, crop, and edit in Canva.com or PicMonkey.com for free as well.
So grab a cup of coffee (or tea) and be prepared to go ga ga over these pretty images of desk tops, note pads, laptops, coffee, and pretty accessories…
Solopreneur Sidekick
Coffee and girl boss go together like Rachael and Ross.
The image you see above is from Solopreneur Sidekick. Louise created 10 free coffee and biz stock photos that you can download instantly on her blog post: 10 Free Stock Photos for Creative Entrepreneurs
Wanderlass
Wanderlass was one of the first sites I stumbled across when looking for photos. Here you can find 15 Free Styled Stock Photos that are bright, fun, and eye catching!
Alison also runs a pretty big FB Group called Creative Super Heros!
Ivory Mix
Kayla’s monthly photo packs and stock photo library are THE BOMB!! And she even does food and fitness inspired photo packs! I really feel her blog, community, and biz are up and coming and I 100% recommend signing up for her monthly photos right to your inbox.
Grab your Free Stock Photos Here.
Kayla also has a FB group called Rymixer Club: A supporting blog + biz community.
Note: I recently became an affiliate with IvoryMix becasue I LOVE her – so if you end up buying anything, just use the links here and I can get a little moolah to buy more stock photos myself! 🙂
Rekita Nicole
This site is really a hidden gem and I am so glad I found Rekita!
You can get 11 Free Stock Photos Here. But when you sign up, you get access to her photo library with a TON of pretty styled desktop photos. It is seriously amazing!
Haute Chocolate
Oh my, Rachel has beautiful images!! When I first saw her site it made me want to be a photographer for a hot second!
In her words, she offers “Branding Photography for Women Entrepreneurs.” You can pay to access her HUGE library of super pretty photos but she does offer some freebies as well.
Sign up to get your First Free 2 Stock Photos and then get a few more free photos sent to you every month.
Creative Convex
Sign up to for Chaitra’s email list and get Access to a Free Photo Pack now. You will also receive free images in the future!
Chaitra also has private Facebook group called Photography for your Blog and Biz that is exclusive to the Creative Convex community and where she shares one-off surprise freebies like photos, mockups, templates and more. When you sign up for her email list, you will get an invite to the group.
City Girl Searching
Roxy, the gal behind City Girl Searching, not only offers beautiful styled stock photography (like the one I used at the beginning of this post!) but when you sign up, you get access to her library filled with FREE worksheets, checklists, and other great resources for your business. So every time she creates a new freebie, it will be added to the library for you to access.
Click Here to get Exclusive Access to the#CGScreative Resource Library.
Wonerfelle Media
Elle has some really pretty stock photos for lady bosses (I’m talking flowers and lipstick and computers and desk planners).
Once you sign up, you will have Access to 10 Free Stock Photos and then every month, you will receive new stylish, feminine stock photos in your inbox.
A Prettier Web
Mel is all about helping women entrepreneurs become successful using WordPress. She even has a free course called “WordPress From Scratch to Badass.”
Enter your name and email to get free, pretty styled desktop photos sent right to your inbox. Get your Free Desktop Stock Photos here and more Free Styled Desktop Photos here.
Ashley Creates Things
Visit Ashley’s blog and get immediate access to 10 Free Stock Photos and 10 (More) Free Stock Photos – you don’t have to sign up, just save the photos right from her post and give credit where credit is due if you do decide to use one of her images.
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Be sure to read each blogger’s terms of use. Some require credit and some do not. Although, in the spirit of supporting other women entrepreneurs, I think giving credit for these beautiful images is always a good idea!!
Let’s Chat
Do you have an great resources for pretty and free stock photos?
Have you used styled stock photos on your blog or social channels?
Update 1/13/2017: I love Kayla from Ivory Mix‘s photos so much that I recently became an affiliate with her. If you purchase any of her photo packs using the link in this post, I will receive a small commission. Her and her pictures really are AWESOME!! 🙂
Thanks for the shout-out Sarah!
Oh no no, THANK you Kayla for your awesome pictures 🙂
This post is such a great resource! To be honest, I like to take my own photos but there are times where stock photography could have come in really handy! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Annmarie – I hear ya, I felt like I was wasting sooo much time taking photos that the stock ones have been very helpful lately. But when and if I can snap a good pic, I do like to use my own too! 🙂
I’ve only heard of Haute Chocolate before. I’m not into girly stuff or coffee so most aren’t appealing to me. I’ve been using Pixabay for my stock photos.
Oh yes, that is a good one! Maybe these would appeal to you too? I just didn’t include them bc I wanted this round up to focus on pretty and inspiring work spaces mostly.
http://www.lifeofpix.com/
http://stokpic.com/
http://picography.co/
http://magdeleine.co/
https://www.pexels.com/
http://kaboompics.com/#
https://stocksnap.io/
http://negativespace.co/
http://www.designerspics.com/
https://goodstock.photos/
Oh man! Great list! I don’t use stock photography because I am a photographer but I love that there are all these great options out there!
Oh well that makes complete sense! I am a wanna be photographer… but like singing, it just ain’t happening! 🙂 Love your site by the way, just checked it our and followed you all over social! 🙂
Thank Sarah for including my site!!!!
Loved the list! I don’t usually grab photos from any stock library because I am a photographer but the list worthy to try. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing Sarah!
You can download some free stock photos on creativetacos.com