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What is Burst?

Burst is a free stock photo platform that is powered by Shopify. Our image libraryincludes thousands of high-resolution, royalty-free images that were shot byour global community of photographers. We built Burst to provide designers, developers,bloggers and entrepreneurs with access to beautiful free stock photography.You can use our pictures for just about anything — your website, blog or online store,school projects, Instagram ads, facebook posts, desktop backgrounds, client work andmore. All our photos are free for commercial use with no attribution required; youcan read more about this on our license page.

How do I download free photos?

When you hover over or click on an image, you will see "High Resolution" and "Low Resolution" download options."Low Res" images are great for small web graphics, where file sizes need to be very compressed."High Res" images are better for presentations, websites, online stores, and anywhere else wherequality matters most.

Can I edit, crop or resize Burst photos?

Yes, you’re welcome to crop, resize, add text and filters, or otherwise modify our stock photos as you see fit.If you don’t have Photoshop, there are lots of free or low cost online graphics editorsthat you can use instead. Feel free to add your logo or brand to our images to make them your own.

Can I use these pictures for another online store platform?

Yes! We believe in making commerce better for everyone, so these stockphotos are free to use on any online store platform or ecommerce marketplace. Although theywere specifically created and curated with Shopify stores in mind, it’sreally up to you how you want to use them.

Do I need to credit the site or photographer?

Our photographers appreciate getting credit for their work because it helps share their photography with morepeople, so we’d encourage you to do so whenever possible. You can give credit by linking back to the originalphoto page or the photographer's Burst profile (e.g. “Photo by Matthew Henry from Burst”). We realize it's notalways possible to provide attribution, so it is not mandatory under our image license.

Are these photos free for commercial use?

Yes! In fact, we’d highly encourage it, as many of our collections werecreated with entrepreneurs in mind. You can use these free photos on youronline store, product packaging, or anywhere else you’d like. You caneven use these pics to create t-shirts, mugs, or other products.

Can I use these photographs for offline marketing campaigns?

Of course. We’d be honored to have you feature our free stock photos ona billboard, flyer, menu or catalog.

I’d like to contribute photos. What types of images should I submit?

We’re looking for high-resolution, professional images that can be usedby designers, developers, bloggers and entrepreneurs. Our users are always eager for morepictures of animals, nature photos, textured shots and background images. If you think it’s acompelling photograph, please send it our way.