Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#1

Post by flyingburrito » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 2:46 PM UTC

I've currently been getting them through http://littlevisuals.co/. Do you guys have any other resources or sites I can look into?

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#2

Post by ASquare » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 2:51 PM UTC

Good shortlist of resources here: https://medium.com/great-reading-for-startup-founders/62ae4b...

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#3

Post by flyingburrito » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 2:52 PM UTC

ASquare wrote: post #2

Good shortlist of resources here: https://medium.com/great-reading-for-startup-founders/62ae4b...

This is great! Thank you!

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#4

Post by benrmatthews » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:19 PM UTC

Bookmarked a few resources here: http://benrmatthews.com/2014/01/free-high-quality-stock-phot...

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#5

Post by ASquare » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 3:50 PM UTC

flyingburrito wrote: post #3

ASquare wrote: post #2

Good shortlist of resources here: https://medium.com/great-reading-for-startup-founders/62ae4b...

This is great! Thank you!

Super - glad it was helpful :)

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#6

Post by Isamu » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 5:31 PM UTC

Hadn't heard this jargon before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_image

Is this a new thing?

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#7

Post by flyingburrito » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 5:51 PM UTC

Isamu wrote: post #6

Hadn't heard this jargon before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_image Is this a new thing?

Not sure how new it is. I've only recently heard the term last year.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#8

Post by saddestcatever » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 6:35 PM UTC

I've been using Fotolia. It's one of the better stock photography sites, and their prices are pretty good if you: a.) Pre-pay for credit b.) Don't need images larger then 1200px X 1200px

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#9

Post by shiftpgdn » Wed, Apr 02, 2014, 6:48 PM UTC

Isamu wrote: post #6

Hadn't heard this jargon before. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_image Is this a new thing?

I believe it's part of the naming/code in Bootstrap, so as long as that has been around.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you get High Res Hero images for your homepage?

#10

Post by sytelus » Sat, Apr 05, 2014, 6:55 AM UTC

The http://www.shutterstock.com/ seems to be fairly popular if you have non-zero budget. Lot of people seem to rip off images from Tublr themes as well. I've seen also lot of torrents on places like Pirate Bay (look for Top 100 section) but you need to make sure it license is free for any usage (lot of providers do look out for people stealing images without license).