Here’s another way to get free photos for your blog - and it cuts out a lot of work:-

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Add Flickr Photos to Your Wordpress Blog with Photo Dropper

Kevin Boss left a great tip in the comments section of my post about how to find free photos. He pointed out that PicFindr lets you search multiple free stock photo sites at once. (Watch out for the sponsored results - they’re not free.) Thanks Kevin! PicFindr: Free stock photo and image search tool

This is Step One of how to create a Graphic Profile for your About Page.

It’s time for me to work on my About Page. I’ve decided to tackle creating my Graphic Profile, and write a tutorial on how to do it at the same time.

The first step is to collect all the photos you need for your montage. The photos have to be of things that you’re passionate about. ChiQ has 14 items in her Graphic Profile. If I want to create a Jigsaw Puzzle effect, I need to have 6 or 20 photos to have one for each piece. I think a 6 piece puzzle isn’t enough for a Graphic Profile, so I’d have to go with 20.

So, my plan is to aim for 20 photos of things I feel passionate about. And to get them from free sites, where possible.

I’m going to show you where I’m going to get my photos from. There are two free photo sites that I often use: Read more . . .