As alot of people in the graphic field need to use stock images, alot of you turn to google ect,
web search engines (i.e. Google) are NOT free to use image catalogs. They're a good place to look for ideas, but not for externals - unless you add "royalty free images / free to use images" to your search.

There are lots of royalty free, ok to use on commercial sites, art websites. If you see a neat graphic on someone else's site - look for the copyright ASK them if you could use their image. Not all art has © copyright info on them, and if it doesn't have that, that does not mean it's ok to use it... it still has a copyright on it.

heres a list of places ive picked up over time and i hope they make things a little easier for you.

http://www.everystockphoto.com/
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://www.stockvault.net/
http://www.freephotosbank.com/
http://www.freepixels.com/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.nwyhstockimages.com/
http://stockart.deviantart.com/
http://stockcache.com/gallery/
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/
http://yotophoto.com/
http://www.freephotostation.com/
http://www.qualitagious.com/
http://www.bigfoto.com/
http://openphoto.net/
http://www.pixelperfectdigital.com/
http://www.adigitaldreamer.com/gallery/
http://aarinfreephoto.com/
http://aboutpixel.de/
http://www.abstractinfluence.com/
http://amygdela.com/stock/
http://www.animalpicturesarchives.com/
http://www.artfavor.com/types.php?type=12
http://www.bajstock.com/
http://www.burningwell.org/gallery2/main.php
http://cepolina.com/freephoto/
http://www.creativity103.com/
http://www.designpacks.com/
http://www.dreamstime.com/freephotos
http://www.essendemme.com/stock_photos/
http://www.everystockphoto.com/
http://www.farmphoto.com/fpv2/
http://www.photolibrary.fema.gov/photolibrary/index.jsp
http://www.fotoimpact.ro/
http://www.fourbees.com/fourbees/phoelm.asp
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
http://www.freemediagoo.com/
http://www.freephotobank.org/main.php
http://www.freephotostation.com/
http://www.freephotosbank.com/
http://www.freephotosweb.com/
http://www.freepixels.com/
http://freestockphotos.com/
http://freeeimages.com.uk
http://geekphilosopher.com/MainPage/photos.htm
http://www.graphicsarena.com/
http://www.imagetemple.com/
http://www.imageafter.com/
http://davidniblack.com/imagebase/
http://www.insectimages.org/
http://lightmatter.net/gallery/
http://majesticimagery.com/
http://www.microshots.org/
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.oneodddude.net/
http://openphoto.net/
http://www.photorack.net/
http://www.piotrpix.com/
http://www.pixalia.net/
http://www.pixelio.de/
http://www.public-domain-photos.com/
http://energy.star29.net/store/
http://www.stockvault.net/
http://stockcache.com/gallery/
http://www.studio25.ro/
http://www.sxc.hu/
http://www.trulyfreestock.com/
http://www.twicepix.net/
http://www.unprofound.com/
http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/
http://www.vintagepixels.com/
http://www.zurb.com/zurbphotos/
http://gillesgonthier.com/Photos/insecta.html
http://www.everystockphoto.com
http://www.yotophoto.com
http://www.9x113.de/
http://www.freerangestock.com
www.freerange.com
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/zooimages/links.html

Im sure some of you guys have a few not mentioned here so be sure to add any.

*thumbs up*
Thanks meaty for such a great list.

Thanks Meaty I look for images all the time.