Site with free pictures

How many writers spend more time looking for pictures then we spend writing hubs? When my first few hubs were published all my pictures had to be found on the internet or in Microsoft office 2007. In some cases it took longer to find an appropriate picture than it did to write and edit the hub. I remember spending hours searching for just the right picture for a hub and coming up empty handed or unsatisfied with my choices more than once.

Amateur photography is something which has been a pastime of mine for years. Most of my pictures taken in years past were paper prints and they were all left behind when my last marriage ended years ago. It’s taken this long to get my hands on another camera.

Yesterday was spent taking pictures and last night they were all placed on a website where they can be downloaded and used by anyone without charge as long as they respect the copyright. What this means is you can use the photographs without charge now or ever as long as the corporation is credited. The pictures all belong to the corporation formed for my businesses.The “company camera” was used to take the pictures, and a “corporate computer” used to put them online. The future pictures will for the most part be taken by employees of the Corporation as it's just easier for someone who can walk.

If you have a request for any special picture let me know and we will see what can be done about getting one for you. There is no charge for using what is on the site. All requests we can fill will be placed on the site.

We are also asking for contributions of pictures for the site. We want only pictures taken by people personally, it doesn’t matter if your an amateur just take pictures and put your email address in the comments box on the website so we can get in contact. You will be credited for your work, at least on the website. Personal comments about the pictures are welcome and will be placed beside the photograph. No personal information will be used for any reason other than getting more pictures for the website.

A free website was used and it is not and will not be optimized. This site was built as my gift to the hubbers here on hubpages. It’s set up differently than any other picture site on the web. There are comments beside every picture. For as long as possible it will remain that way. This was my third site build, but the first with this site builder. It took longer than anticipated because there were a few glitches. On two of the pages every word had to be typed in, it refused to copy and paste for what seemed like forever. It wouldn't accept the copyright command either. I came close to just removing those two pages but stayed with it because without the animal pictures it wouldn't have been worth doing.

The pictures so far are of the animals who live here and the oasis which surrounds my home. There are shots of trees, textures, and one shot of just the sky. More will be added later.

It’s also my intention to take a picture of the oak tree which has been living here since 1910. Eleven years ago a picture was taken in front of the trunk which had five people in the shot and you could see tree on both sides of the people.The picture has to be taken soon because we have already paid to have the tree removed. In the past ten years its become hollow inside to a point that a strong storm will bring it down. This is the professional opinion of two tree services. It has already dropped two branches that were over a foot around and about ten feet long. Right now it's not safe for the children to be in that part of the yard when the wind is blowing. That was reason enough to have it removed.

There are new pictures of the kittens. The seven year old brought one in and four other children followed, they were all carrying furry little balls of animal. The kittens are just weaned and were supposed to have new homes, hopefully they will soon. These pictures ended up on my hub instead of the site, it is my hope you enjoy them. You actually see them better in today's pictures because of the angle and closeness of the shots. .It's always better if you get the angle right.

Please forgive the sloppy shot. There were five children, four kittens, and a dog in the room when these were taken. Above and beyond this sleep is something that has alluded me for way too many hours. The kittens all had minds of their own when these shots were taken. Boisterous children did not help the situation. This for some reason is one of the worst of the bunch. There were two which were so bad they had to be deleted.

This is probably the last chance we will have for a while to add pictures to the site. As of yet there have been no volunteers to take part of the load.There are now a few higher quality amateur shots. We are still waiting for requests. The current plan is for one of the staff to take over the photography, One who can walk. It's just a matter of finding time to get them posted to the site.

Every year my town has what is called Homestead days. This celebration lasts a week with new things happening every day. It would have been nice to be able to get out every day to see what was going on. The new pictures were taken at the parade which is always the day before Homestead days ends. This year there were two states represented. Nebraska and Kansas.They do a good job of showing off the best of what our "home" has to offer.

This site was intended for hub pages users but is already on the top of the first page on Google under the Corporate name. It was my hope that if my Corporation name made it to the first item on page 1 it would be to promote another hubbers hub. Sorry it didn't work out that way. If your lucky enough to find this, see if you can knock me down to have your hub on page 1 at the top. One professional photographer has added pictures to the site and linked it to other photography sites.