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FINDING IMAGES FOR YOUR ARTICLES
There are numerous places to find Creative Commons or royalty-free images. In this article, we will discuss one possible source: Compfight.
To get started, go to www.compfight.com and enter a keyword for your image.
Let’s use the image above as an example. We enter “photographer” as the keyword on compfight.com.
MAKE SURE IT IS CREATIVE COMMONS
On the left, make sure to click “Creative Commons”.
Also, beware that the some rows of images are fee-based stock images, look for those beneath the grey dotted line. (It will say “Professional Stock Photos”; ignore these unless you are planning to purchase images).
DOWNLOAD YOUR IMAGE
When you have selected an image, click on it and a download box will appear. For ROOSTERGNN articles, choose the size where the width (the first number) is above 600 pixels and download it. Usually, it will be the Large size.
UPLOAD TO ROOSTERGNN
Once logged in to ROOSTERGNN and uploading a new article at www.rgnn.org/upload, click on “Featured Image” to add your image and upload it.
ADD A CAPTION AND CITE THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Click on the image again and it will take you to the Flickr image page. Find the photographer and a possible caption.
When uploading the image to ROOSTERGNN, in the “Caption” field enter a caption, separated by a vertical bar | and the photographer name.
Example, in this photo, the caption is “Photographer in the eye” and the photographer is “miikajom”.
“Photographer in the eye” | miikajom
If you are very tech-savvy and want to link to the photographer’s website, you can include the following code in the caption. Insert your caption for caption, the website and the photographer’s name.
Caption | <a href="http://thephotographerswebsite.com">Photographer First Name Last Name</a>
DIDN’T FIND THE PHOTO YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AT COMPFIGHT?
Compfight is not the only Creative Commons photo source out there. You can also check out Wikimedia Commons.
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