Photos really enhance your user experience by helping your visitors visualize your messaging. However, with iStock’s recent price hikes, it is difficult for small website owners to justify paying over $30 for an image each time they want to publish a blog post every few days or so. So we did a little digging around and found some free stock photography websites with search for commercial use that do not require attribution! These free images are very comparable to other images you would normally have to purchase.
The web has evolved a lot over the last two-plus decades but some longtime web designers and developers have remained set in their ways. Sure I don’t see them being out of work anytime soon but it is it is important to keep abreast of the trends. I remember graduating in 2005 in graphic design only to find that there were very few print design jobs out there because the web was making all of them obsolete. However, even today, there are still colleges churning out graphic design majors like there is no tomorrow despite the bone-dry market. Thus, here are some very noteworthy, game-changing trends to remember when you are cranking out your next Photoshop mockup or mobile-friendly website.