Money Money by Selling Photos
Are you a photographer? Is photography your passion? Do you want to make money by selling your photos? There are websites that allow you to upload your photos and get paid every time one of your photos is downloaded. Put your camera to good use and make money today.
· Image Quality : Quality is vital, noisy grainy photos from low-end digital cameras will have limited use. If you want to sell the largest market (both web and print) then you will need good quality, well-lit, sharp, high-resolution images.
· Sell yourself with a portfolio : A portfolio is a collection of some of your best photographs. Many people these days have their portfolio online. You could create your own website or pay and upload images to one of several companies who specialize in hosting photographers' portfolios. Your portfolio should include a personal and creative statement along with detailing how your images can be bought, the equipment you use, and what you specialize in shooting.
· Pricing your Photos : Be realistic about the price you are aiming at. Most people these days have a digital camera if it only took you 10 seconds to snap an image of a computer mouse and keyboard then why would someone pay a fortune for such an image instead of snapping one themselves?
· Shutter Stock: Purchasers may download a few hundred pictures in a single month's membership. The .25 payout adds up fast - for example, if your pictures are downloaded 1000 times over the course of a month, you will receive $250 for that month! If you make $250 per month, That's $3000 per year off of photos.
· Big Stock Photo: Make 50 cents per download. If approved, your photos are added to BigStockPhoto.com. When users download them, you earn fifty cents each time or more. Get paid by checks or via Paypal or MoneyBookers. Upload a couple hundred popular photos and you could find you have a nice recurring monthly income on your hands.
· Micro Stock Photo: How does it work? All you have to do is signup and upload your photos. They handle the rest.How much does it cost? Signing up and uploading your photos is Free. They handle all of the sales, promotion and customer support and take 65% commission from every photo you sell. When do I get paid? Your profit from the sales of your photos is paid to you once a month.
· WebShots: Webshots is always looking for incredible photography. If you're a professional photographer who shoots color transparencies, join this website.
· US Naval Institute: The general guidelines for submitting images are: 8" x10" color or black and white prints or 35mm slides. Images are hold for review for no longer than six weeks. Payment for any use of photography is based upon a space rate fee of $25.00 for inside editorial, $50.00 for an article opener, and $200.00 for a cover. They negotiate fees with photographers who provide a volume of images for publication in books or as magazine pictorials.
· Tide-Mark: They are interested in specific calendar concepts, for both wall calendars and desk diaries. Tide-mark’s calendars often have text as well as images. Tide-mark calendars are predominantly one-person projects; rarely do they buy single images.
· PhotoSpin: Are you a photographer, illustrator, videographer? Want to make your work and name available to tens of thousands of people? Become a PhotoSpin contributing artist.
· Photo Stock Plus: Do you want to sell your photographs? Sell your photos worldwide to a larger variety of clients. They work with hundreds of agencies that are on look out for fresh stocks of photos.
· Shutter Point: Members of ShutterPoint can rate the submitted photos and provide comments, allowing photographers to get external opinions of their work. Perhaps the most valuable feature of ShutterPoint is the opportunity for members to sell photos directly to any photo buyer worldwide. Every photo on this website has a price tag specified by the photographer who submitted it.
· StockPhoto: iStockphoto® is the world's preeminent collection of member-generated royalty-free images. It's free to become a member. Find the perfect stock image, and start downloading right away. Or contribute your own work for sale on iStock.
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