If you want to interest readers and visitors to the blog, the picture is the great way to do this. But it would be bright, original, and be relevant to the text theme.

  Of course, there are many sites, where you can find a picture for every taste, particularly, in the search engines: Google, Yandex, Bing. It`s simple – type in the search word – “picture” (you can specify more about it) and choose the one, that better suits you.

  Undoubtedly download a picture on the internet much faster and easier, because it only takes a few seconds. But to create own – vice versa. However, it will be unique, you will can make your plans, bring something “own”, this help to allure more visitors. And, continue my option, no matter how much time it will take, as in the future it will be a plus for you.

   There are special programs for creating and editing images:

• Gimp – is free, you can edit photos and pictures, too; supports a lot of formats: svg, gif, mng, ps, pcx, pdf, png, jpeg psd and others;
• Adobe Photoshop – very popular program, which has many tools for editing photos, retouch, allows you to create collages;
• Paint Tool SAI – partly free, difficult to develop people, who have no certain skills, so designed for professional designers. Allows you to edit multiple documents simultaneously;
• Paint.NET – easy to use, has a user-friendly interface, allows to select various filters and effects.

   Quite popular online-service to create images not only for blogs, but for social networking is Canva. But you must be registered.

   Now, a little generalization. Your picture must be:

• original – as mentioned;
• unique;
• quality (sharp image);
• relevant to the article theme;
• stylish.

   If you can`t create your own image, you can download it from the different sites, as mentioned, and from the so-called directories, that are free.

   The most popular of these are:

• Photo Pin – each image on this site has some code to paste into your site. There are free pictures, but also you can meet paid;
• Freerange – contains a large selection of bright and high quality images. To download it you need to be registered;
• Photogen – lets you choose the pictures by category;
• Unsplash – occasionally there are new pictures;
• Dreamstime – site is partly free.

   Using pictures of other people and to some extent their appropriation can lead to negative consequences. Each author can meet its image in your blog and check it for uniqueness. There are many sites for this.

   One of these sites is TinEye.

   It`s simple – the picture is loaded and after a few seconds the search engine shows the number of coincidences.

   When you create pictures you must remember, that no less important are the proper selection and combination of colors, contrast.

   When you decorate blog your own images, you will succeed much faster, and most importantly – no one will claim the copyright.