Cash From Your Camera - 10 Easy Ways to Make Money From Your Photos

There is no easy way to make money from yourforget about your local competitions. Many offer cash
photos! Then how, you might ask, can you make aprizes and if they don't and you win there is always
statement like ten easy ways to make cash fromthe boost it gives to your reputation.
your camera? What I am offering is ideas. The ideas6. Turn them into wallpaper
and the concept are easy but the effort you needAll of us at some stage have put quality images on
to put into it is not. If ever you are offered an easyPC desktops. Some of us have even bought images.
way to make money, think twice about it. If it wasThere is quite a market on the internet for good
so easy then everyone would be doing it or it is aquality desktop images so test the market and sell
criminal activity.on eBay, Craigslist and Gumtree.
Here are some tried and tested ways that will7. Open a Flickr account
guarantee you an income if you are committed, workThere is just so much business being done on Flickr.
hard at it and persevere even when things get tough.Many photo buyers are leaving the microstock sites
1. Sell your framed imagesand approaching buyers directly on Flickr and paying
If you are able to shoot really great photos thenreally good prices for exclusive rights to specific
think about getting a few framed and offering themimages. So create a Flickr account and start a
to local stores. If they are good enough and framedportfolio.
appropriately they will sell. Go have a look at what8. Social photography
other images are on sale. Check out the quality ofWeddings, events, portrait and children's photography
the frame and the composition and see if you canmake up social photography. It's basically people
match them. Match them I said, not copy.photography and a bit of pets. Start shooting for
2. Cafe artfriends and family and gradually you'll start getting
Ask the owners of local cafe's to decorate their wallsoffered commissions to do specific events.
with your images. They get free art to cover empty9. Create a photography book
walls and you get to showcase your images andThere are just so many companies offering to publish
make a name for yourself locally. It's a win/winyour images in a great coffee table book. So when
situation and you have nothing to lose. If they don'tyou shoot an event like a golden wedding
sell take them down and replace them with othersanniversary or a child's birthday, think about offering
until you find some that do.the final photos in the form of a professionally
3. Sell your photos on In the same way you sell themprinted photo book. They are reasonably priced and a
on the walls of cafes, sell them on eBay. Set up angreat final product.
eBay store, choose you best images and advertise10. Product photography
them at reasonable prices. You can do this framed orApproach local businesses and offer to shoot for
unframed. It's up to you how.their product catalogues, menus and real estate
4. Submit to microstock sitesbrochures. Some companies with limited budgets are
This is a relatively easy way to sell your imageslooking for well priced alternatives to the commercial
electronically if they are of a high quality. Don't try tophotographers so there is always a possibility if you
sell just anything. There is strong competition andcan create great product images.
you have to have a quality portfolio. This is a greatThese are just some of the ideas that if you are
passive income if you consistently shoot and submitprepared to spend some time and take some effort
on a regular basis.you will be able to make cash from your camera. Try
5. Enter competitionsone or few together and you might find that you are
In our digital age there are just so many onlineon your way to making a livelihood from your photos.
competitions that are not geographically specific soHappy shooting!
you can enter from anywhere in the world. Don't