MAKE MONEY FROM PHOTOS

By shailini
Two Ways of Money
Making on Web
I should warn you that
there are plenty of get-
rich-quick scams available
on the web. Since I never
will fall into one, I will
never drag any reader into
one neither. I would only
write a hub page here only
when I am thoroughly
convinced that it is a
genuine way to make
money on web. This
information collected and
presented here are verified
by me and through by my
friends who are making
real money in a genuine,
good way. The more
sincere in your efforts, the
more you will get
rewarded.
There are fundamentally
two genuine ways to earn
money on web. They are,
1. Sell a service or
2. Sell a product.
If you choose to sell a
service, you will earn only
when you work. In other
words, when you stop
working, you don't earn
money. Agreed?
But, if you sell a product,
you will earn money from
it even after you stopped
working. Let me make this
clear, for instance, if you
shoot some photos with
your digital camera and
upload them to stock
photo sites, you will earn
money whenever
someone downloads your
photo. Every person who is
downloading you photo
from a stock photo site will
have to pay royalty to you.
You will earn from your
photos for your lifetime,
actually.
Which one do you think is
a better way to earn
money? I prefer the second
method, because like the
majority of hub page users,
I try to make money as a
part-timer and this would
be applicable to moms
working from home, dads
and other young lads who
are trying to build a passive
income from web.
Learning Resources
Make Money with a
Digital Camera:Intro
5 Tips to Shoot Better
Pictures with any Digital
Camera
Make Money with Digital
Camera:Fotolia Review
Make Money with Digital
Camera: FeaturePics
Review
3 Tips to Become Money
with Digital Camera
If you want to get some
basic introduction on
making money with digital
camera, please head
straight Make Money with
your Digital Camera
my earlier hub on the same
topic. If you want to be
successful in selling photos,
you need to do three
things.
1. Enrol in Stock Photo
Sites:
To make money by selling
photographs, first you
need to enrol in a stock
photography site who will
act as a agent to market
and sell your photo. For
example, Fotolia and
Featurepics are two very
well known biggest stock
sites for entry level
photographers like you and
me. Dreamstime is another
stock site that is very
popular among semi-
professional
photographers. You can
earn your photos to many
stock sites at the same
time, so, sign-up in at least
3 stock sites to know which
one will work for you. All
stock sites could work
for you and you can earn
money from more than
one place for same
photos.
2. Master your Digital
Camera:
This is such a very simple
yet powerful step and you
need not spend money to
master your digital
cameras. All you have to
do is to have a couple of
good reads of the camera
user manual, and plenty
of practice. By looking at
the best selling pictures,
you can compare your
skills. Try different modes
and techniques with your
digital cameras. And I will
never advise to purchase a
high-end SLR cameras at
this stage, however, you
can purchase a shiny digital
SLR with your photo sale
commissions if you are
serious about photography.
3. Learn about selling
your photos:
Obviously, there are some
tricks of the trade. You
need to learn what sells,
how to sell and where to
sell . Even, I am just a
starter in selling photos
and had a fair success rate
with it and earned few
dollars (it's always good to
earn money). So, in the
next section, I review an
online course that I
undertook and it taught
me plenty of good tricks
and tips of selling stock
photos. It is one of best
investment I had made so
far and a friend of mine
paid that course fees from
his online earnings.
Make Money with your
Digital Camera
Make Money with Digital
Camera:Fotolia Review
Sell Photos and Make
Money at FeaturePics
Learn from the Best
People
Meet Mr. Yuri Arcurs, the
highest selling microstock
photographer in the world.
This Danish photographer
(still a university student)
makes $25,000 per month
by selling stock photos. All
his earnings are his royalty
fee, so he is not selling all
those photos outright. You
can read Yuri Arcurs
interview on Crestock
Now, if your goal is to earn
at least $1000 a month (let
us be conservative as you
can be the next Yuri Arcurs
if you want to), then you
need to invest in some
resources to learn few tips
and tricks sincerely.
Fortunately, one of my
friend presented this
Camera Dollars E-course as
a birthday gift (value = $
40) recently and I am
amazed by the simple tips
that they taught. These tips
range from how to shoot
the winning pictures, how
to use the right keywords,
title and description so that
the photos come in top of
the search engines and
most importantly how to
price your photos and
market your photos so you
can earn the desired
passive income.
Some of the myths that
this Camera Dollars Course
cleared out from my mind
are: You don't need
expensive camera and top
quality lenses. A simple 4
mega pixel camera will do.
You don't need to be a
top-notch photographer to
earn money from stock
photography. You don't
need a 1000 photos
portfolio to earn money as
a stock photographer. You
can start selling even 3 or 4
pictures. You don't need to
work full-time. Just as a
part-time hobby, in your
leisure time, you can work.
You don't need to hire
models. Ask your friends to
pose for you and give them
a simple gift (a dinner
perhaps) as a reward.
I can go on listing all the
tricks they taught but, I
would be violating their
copyright if I did. All I can
say it is worth the money
and I can highly
recommend. When you
consider you are going to
earn money in your spare
time, you can earn that $40
investment back
quickly. Enrol at the Camera
Dollars Course
to learn more and make a
career as an amateur,
freelance photographer.
Want to know More?
What kind of photos that
sell like hot-cake?
How can I really get
started?
What are the tips and tricks
that a newbie should
know?
How to automate the
photo submission to many
stock sites and earn plenty?
To get answers to such
questions and more
practical tips, you can
download some fantastic
tutorial on How to Pay
your Rent with your
Camera,
that will teach you a
detailed step-by-step
action plan and lots of
resources to start your
online venture to sell your
photos.
Please give me a 'Thumbs
up' if you want more such
useful hubs from me. Enjoy
photographing, selling and
earning!
Report me back with your
success story. I will be
waiting for you. All the
best for your journey.
Tips on Making Money
Online
Quit Blogging for just a few
cents:Blogging to Bank
Review
How to Make a Billion
Dollars:Simple Secrets
Make Money with Digital
Camera:Fotolia Review
Make Money with your
Digital Camera
Making Real Money with
Paid Surveys:5 Tips
Sell Photos and Make
Money at FeaturePics
3 Tips to Make Money with
a Digital Camera
5 Little Known Things
about Making Money with
Adsense
Earn at least $500 per
month from Just Blogging
How to set up Google
Adsense with Hubpages
and Earn Plenty with
Adsense?
How You can also Make
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