For all web designers, im sure they want to find out the answer to this question Where to get images to use when designing templates? to use them legally
There are lots of sights you can buy images for making websites. One I use a lot is http://www.bigstockphoto.com/?gclid=COWZm__tno8CFQMsFQodLwNefg
is there anyway to get free ones as i dont charge that much for sites to afford buying an image on top of that
The best way is to take the photos yourself, that way you know where they came from. There are lots of cheap stock image site's, and I am just starting a free stock image site myself, and all the Photos were taken by me. The site is in my sig. And just because their are no watermarks on a image does not mean it can be used freely, it still belongs to someone or some company. Do a search on getty and corbis and read about how they went after everybody and their grandma.
Personally I use sxc.hu for free stock photos. They recommend however that you ask permission of the photographer if you want to use them in templates you intend to sell. There terms of use can be found here: sxc.hu/help/7_2 (sorry cant post full links yet - not enough posts I guess) Some of the terms: