Make Money with Cameras: 15 Ways to Get Paid for Your Photos
Although photographers spend hundreds of hours learning the art of photography, the one aspect that's often left out in school is how to actually make money. Here we'll explore 15 creative ways to get your foot in the door as a paid digital photographer.
Method #1 - Selling Stock Photography: Selling stock photography is easier than you may think. Just take some of your best photos and submit them to stock photography sites. They will be reviewed and if it's a good photo, it will hopefully be accepted. You'll get paid about $1-2 every time someone uses your photo.
Method #2 - Create Screensavers: Screensavers make a lot of money online. In fact, there are dozens of sellers on eBay who've made PowerSeller status just from selling screensavers! As a photographer, you can make a lot of money by putting your photos together into a screensaver and selling them on eBay or screensaver websites.
Method #3 - eBay Sellers: eBay sellers often don't know how to take very good photos of their items. That's where you come in. By helping them photograph their listings, you'll help them make thousands of dollars while you get paid for your photography work.
Method #4 - Wedding Photographer: One of the more popular ways to work as a photographer. The key to getting wedding photography business is to have a very credible website and profile.
Method #5 - Restaurant Photography: Have you ever noticed how pretty food plate images are in restaurants? You can bet the owner didn't take those pictures themselves. Helping restaurants get good photos for their menus or marketing is a great way to position yourself as a photographer.
Method #6 - Real Estate Listings: Real estate agents need listing photographs of new homes they're listing. Get yourself a few real estate agents you work with regularly and you could quickly be booked with work.
Method #7 - Take Insurance Photos: When someone gets insurance, they usually need to have their belongings photographed. For higher end clients, the process of going through their home item by item taking photos just isn't a good use of their time. Instead, you can do it for them. For a premium, of course.
Method #8 - Take Online Dating Photos: Your online dating photograph is often the #1 most important thing in your dating profile. As a photographer, you can help both men and women find love, while making a good living at the same time!
Method #9 - Working with Cafe's: Cafe's would often love to have your art on their wall for free. In exchange, you can post your photos with a price tag on their walls until you get a buyer for your art.
Method #10 - Sporting Events: Local sporting events such as little league games or high school soccer games would often love to have photographers photograph their games.
Method #11 - Church Directories: A church directory is a booklet with photographs of all their members along with names and phone numbers. You can create these booklets for churches for a nice profit.
Method #12 - Create T Shirts: T shirts have been and will continue to be great sellers online. Taking photos, putting them on shirts and selling them on eBay or T shirt websites is a great way to make money as a photographer.
Method #13 - Craigslist: You can advertise yourself on Craigslist, a free and very popular online classifieds website. Position yourself as a photographer and you'll be exposing yourself to thousands of people who're looking for your services.
Method #14 - Take Portraits: Portrait photography is a highly profitable business models for photographers. There are two ways you can go about doing portraits: Setting up your own practice, or working with another studio.
Method #15 - Create a Photo Blog: If your photos are stylistic, it's like you could build up a fan base by publishing your photos on a blog.
You now have 15 great ideas to get you started as a professional photographer. Just one of these ideas can keep you busy for months. Pick the one that resonates with you and run with it! - 2361
Method #1 - Selling Stock Photography: Selling stock photography is easier than you may think. Just take some of your best photos and submit them to stock photography sites. They will be reviewed and if it's a good photo, it will hopefully be accepted. You'll get paid about $1-2 every time someone uses your photo.
Method #2 - Create Screensavers: Screensavers make a lot of money online. In fact, there are dozens of sellers on eBay who've made PowerSeller status just from selling screensavers! As a photographer, you can make a lot of money by putting your photos together into a screensaver and selling them on eBay or screensaver websites.
Method #3 - eBay Sellers: eBay sellers often don't know how to take very good photos of their items. That's where you come in. By helping them photograph their listings, you'll help them make thousands of dollars while you get paid for your photography work.
Method #4 - Wedding Photographer: One of the more popular ways to work as a photographer. The key to getting wedding photography business is to have a very credible website and profile.
Method #5 - Restaurant Photography: Have you ever noticed how pretty food plate images are in restaurants? You can bet the owner didn't take those pictures themselves. Helping restaurants get good photos for their menus or marketing is a great way to position yourself as a photographer.
Method #6 - Real Estate Listings: Real estate agents need listing photographs of new homes they're listing. Get yourself a few real estate agents you work with regularly and you could quickly be booked with work.
Method #7 - Take Insurance Photos: When someone gets insurance, they usually need to have their belongings photographed. For higher end clients, the process of going through their home item by item taking photos just isn't a good use of their time. Instead, you can do it for them. For a premium, of course.
Method #8 - Take Online Dating Photos: Your online dating photograph is often the #1 most important thing in your dating profile. As a photographer, you can help both men and women find love, while making a good living at the same time!
Method #9 - Working with Cafe's: Cafe's would often love to have your art on their wall for free. In exchange, you can post your photos with a price tag on their walls until you get a buyer for your art.
Method #10 - Sporting Events: Local sporting events such as little league games or high school soccer games would often love to have photographers photograph their games.
Method #11 - Church Directories: A church directory is a booklet with photographs of all their members along with names and phone numbers. You can create these booklets for churches for a nice profit.
Method #12 - Create T Shirts: T shirts have been and will continue to be great sellers online. Taking photos, putting them on shirts and selling them on eBay or T shirt websites is a great way to make money as a photographer.
Method #13 - Craigslist: You can advertise yourself on Craigslist, a free and very popular online classifieds website. Position yourself as a photographer and you'll be exposing yourself to thousands of people who're looking for your services.
Method #14 - Take Portraits: Portrait photography is a highly profitable business models for photographers. There are two ways you can go about doing portraits: Setting up your own practice, or working with another studio.
Method #15 - Create a Photo Blog: If your photos are stylistic, it's like you could build up a fan base by publishing your photos on a blog.
You now have 15 great ideas to get you started as a professional photographer. Just one of these ideas can keep you busy for months. Pick the one that resonates with you and run with it! - 2361
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