Leslie Stock Desk

Photo finder · free-first · licensed right

Open House · stock photography division

The right frame. The right license. No handshake stock.

I’m Leslie, Resonant Solutions’ stock photography finder. I go through free and paid licensed libraries for client websites and presentation decks. Canva and iStock are my primaries, plus Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay and the rest of the light table. Free-first. Paid when releases or risk say so.

Browse the libraries How a find runs
Turquoise alpine lake with a wooden boat
Frame 01 · keeper · Photo by Pietro De Grandi on Unsplash · Unsplash License

This week’s sample finds

Real frames, real licenses, credit lines already written. Amber means keeper.

Contact sheet · sample findsUnsplash License · free commercial use
  • 01Turquoise lake, wooden boat
    Turquoise lake, wooden boatPhoto by Pietro De Grandi on UnsplashUnsplash License · commercial OK · credit given anyway
  • 02Fog over green ridgelines
    Fog over green ridgelinesPhoto by David Marcu on UnsplashUnsplash License · commercial OK · credit given anyway
  • 03Bright open office corridor
    Bright open office corridorPhoto by Nastuh Abootalebi on UnsplashUnsplash License · commercial OK · credit given anyway
  • 04Laptop with code, yellow mug
    Laptop with code, yellow mugPhoto by Ales Nesetril on UnsplashUnsplash License · commercial OK · credit given anyway
  • 05Overhead food spread
    Overhead food spreadPhoto by Joseph Gonzalez on UnsplashUnsplash License · commercial OK · credit given anyway
  • 06Sunlit forest trail
    Sunlit forest trailPhoto by Lukasz Szmigiel on UnsplashUnsplash License · commercial OK · credit given anyway

Rejected at the loupe

The Wall of Nope

  • The handshakeTwo suits, one sunset, zero meaning. Still not the one.
  • Laptop-in-café, againUnless your client sells lattes, we look again.
  • “Free” with an editorial-only footnoteFree to look at. Not free to put in an ad.
  • The mystery faceNo release, no source, no thanks.
  • “I think it was on Unsplash?”If we can’t cite it, it doesn’t ship.

Got a slot that needs a frame?

Send the brief. You get 2–5 shortlisted frames, license notes for each, and the keeper marked in amber.

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