I have presented several times lately on the topic of creating visual presentations and on using the Pecha Kucha format of presenting. Pecha Kucha is a format that constrains your presentation to 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide.
To learn more about Pecha Kucha, see the following resources:
My Pecha Kucha Post
Daniel Pink Video
Pecha Kucha Organization ~ There are many examples provided at this site.
Whether you style your presentation after Pecha Kucha or not, powerful and high resolution graphics are an important part of a good presentation. Here are some really good resources to use in your hunt for free, high quality images.
- Google – Image http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en&tab=wi
Go to advanced Image Search and select Labeled for Reuse under Usage Rights. - Library of Congress’ Photo stream on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
- Flickr
Flickr has a few sites with lots of images and using the creative commons section ensures you have the right to reuse the image.
Flickr Creative Commons http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Flickr Blue Mountains http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC
Flickr Storm http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ - Stock Xchng http://sxc.hu/
Go to advanced search and select restricted category as no or partly. - Free Foto http://www.freefoto.com/
- Free Digital Photos http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
- Every Stock Photo http://www.everystockphoto.com/
Here you want to find images that have the following permissions: - Image Base http://imagebase.davidniblack.com/main.php
You can use these images for whatever you want, personal, commercial or non-profit -use for free. - Pic Finder http://www.picfindr.com/
- Pictures from Old Books http://www.fromoldbooks.org/
- Pics 4 Learning http://pics.tech4learning.com/
- U S Government Photos and Graphics http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
- GRIN – Great Images In NASA http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/
- USGS Maps and Imagery http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod/
- Public Domain Photo http://www.pdphoto.org/
- Morgue File http://www.morguefile.com/
Many of the images on this site are free to reuse and require no attribution.
“morgueFile free photo – You are allowed to copy, distribute, transmit the work and to adapt the work. Attribution is not required. You are prohibited from using this work in a stand alone manner. License summary” - Free Pixels http://www.freepixels.com/
You can use the images freely, even in magazines, as long as you retain the credit: freepixels.com.
