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How To Make Money From Digital Photography
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Pet Photography - If you have a pet you know how hard it is to capture the little doll on camera, let along with you in it.
Newborn Baby Photography - A stressful time for all and parents are a bit busy so advertise your services. Be able to be on hand night or day to capture before going to the hospital, the arrival and leaving the hospital.
Child Identification - Speaking of children this is an all important part of photographing children. Put a package together with all pertinent details of the child just in case.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Graduations - Since we're on kids how about all the graduations they go through. Parents want that special picture and they'll be to busy being 'proud' to get that shot of their child from pre-school to college.
Family Portraits For Postcards and Greeting Cards - Especially popular at Christmas or family newsletters.
Children's Sporting Events - From T-ball to collage baseball. Any and all sporting events showing their kids in action. Not everyone has a "Good" camera to take all the special events pictures.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Insurance Information - Property theft is a real problem. Document peoples possessions. Put the images on a CD along with serial numbers and any pertinent information.
Car Dealers - Go to car dealers and offer to take photos of their stock for publications or websites.
Fishing Contests - Or any contest. Be there at the end of the contest to take pictures of the participants.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Tourist Photographer - If you live where there are tourists , offer to take their picture in front of a landmark or famous place. As it usually works one of them has to take the picture so that person is never in the photo.
Parades - Everyone loves a parade. Be in a good position and take photographs of the floats and sell the prints to the families.
Real Estate - Go to realtors and offer to take photographs of the homes as they are listed. The realtor usually has to go do this and this frees them from this chore.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Real Estate - Offer to take photos of rentals before and after tenants to verify state of property.
Promotional - Create a slide show for your customers to promote their business, organization church function or whatever.
Novelty Items - People that want photo's of themselves, pets, loved ones, whatever, on novelty items like t-shirts, coffee mugs, mouse pads, etc. Once the photo is taken, look into something like Cafe Press for added income.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
How To Guides - Take photographs of a project from start to finish and then sell it as a "How To _____" e-book.
Cyber Gallery - Sell your own prints from your gallery. There are galleries that host your pictures and when one sells they handle the sale and take a cut leaving you free to take more pictures.
Church Directories - Churches want listing of their members. Offer to document their members. Use your digital camera get photos of each member as well as contact information. With software create a directory that can either be printed up or put online.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Events - Take photos of the event and put it together in an events scrapbook then offer for sale to the attendees.
Freelance Photographer - Check out all the events in your area and photography them. Contact all publications in your area about the photographs you have just taken. If they were unaware of the event or didn't have a photographer available you may have a sale.
Greeting Cards - Print your own, sell them to shops or directly to the public online or locally.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Postcards - Make your own postcards of your area and sell as listed above.
Freelance Journalist - Team up with a freelance journalist and take photographs to go with the articles.
Car Events - Offer to take pictures of peoples cars especially if they win anything.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Nursing Homes Or Life Centers - Offer your services for birthdays or anniversaries.
Auctions - Take and upload customers items they want to sell on Ebay.
Small Business - Create advertisements for small businesses that don't have large ad budgets.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
Calendar. Make a local calendar of your area to sell at local shops or your best landscapes.
Small Local Newspaper - Go to a small newspaper and offer to take photos of local stories, sports, human interest.
Finding Your Market - You might think there is no market for your cards or postcards, t-shirts, mugs or whatever you have in mind with the prevalence of products available at card shops, department stores, and supermarkets.
How To Make Money From Digital Photography
So sell your products at craft shows and flea markets. Especially before the holiday season. How about a booth at a farmer's market. Contact small specialty shops to ask if they will carry your products. Visit the local tourist attractions and ask about showing your work.
To avoid expenses do all your digital photography on location. People like the fact that you go to them. They pick where they want there pictures taken, at home, park or where ever. Bring backdrop material if needed, but usually natural settings are best. If you need props for the kids or pets use theirs. It's more natural and comfortable for them. You might start collecting some holiday props for holiday pictures.
I hope this has given you some ideas on how to make money from digital photography.
