How to Make Money With Your Digital Camera

Just about everyone owns a digital camera these days. No matter how cheap or inexpensive it is, the digital cameras of today are capable of producing excellent photos that can make you profits on the internet.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Digital Camera (duh)

1. Obtain a digital camera if you do not already own one. Digital cameras these days are not too expensive and it does not have to be a really high end camera to make you profits on the internet.

2. Take a bunch of pictures. LOTS and LOTS of pictures of anything and everything. Use different angles and effects. It is important to have a lot of pictures.

3. Review the pictures, hopefully you have taken several because most won't be that great. Select the ones that you think are really good pictures.

4. Upload your photos to a site such as istockphoto.com. There are others to choose from as well such as shutterstock.com, shutterpoint.com, fotolia.com, and dreamstime.com. These sites pay you when your photos are downloaded, some are on commission anywhere from 20% to 80% and others are a set price.

5. Rinse and repeat. The more quality photos you have on these sites, the more money you are likely to make.

Tips & Warnings

• Study these stock photo sites and see what is selling the most.
• This is a perfect way for the hobbyist photographer to earn a little cash in their spare time.
• The stock photo sites will screen the photos submitted for quality, so make sure you are submitting your best photos.

[srobbins]

on 3/16/2009 Great advice! I was wondering where I could go to sell my photos. I'll start at those sites.

[ibeejc]

on 3/13/2009 I'm so obsessed with digital photography! I would love to make some extra cash with my hobby! Great article! RRCR5*

[dragginflyy]

on 2/4/2009 Another thing I forgot to mention; You cannot have any noise (excessive grain) in your photos. They will be rejected if this is the case. Visit the sites that sell stock photos and get an idea of what they are looking for. The average photo will not sell. Good luck and have fun

[dragginflyy]

on 2/4/2009 It is very hard to make sure your pictures are clear enough to sell as "stock photos" You also have to know what the magazines are looking for and will buy. The pay for stock photos are mere pennies however if you can sell a lot of them you can make some pocket change. Most professional photographers sell stock photos or have at one time. You won't get rich doing this so don't quit your day job.

[apalmer]

on 2/1/2009 Thanks for the helpful information and links. I plan to check them out and appreciate you sharing the info!
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