| Are you an amateur photographer? Do you enjoy | | | | trigger the visitors' interest. Tell your friends and |
| taking digital photos? Do you have good quality | | | | family about your site and post information about |
| digital photos to share with others? You can do | | | | it in forums and chat boards. |
| that and also make some extra money from it. | | | | Work for hire: This is a more conservative and |
| This article will show you how you can enjoy | | | | traditional option. You can offer your photography |
| sharing your photography work and also get | | | | services by posting ads in local classifieds website |
| some cash at the same time. | | | | or newspaper. If you have your own site you can |
| This article is not about turning you into a | | | | also offer your services through that site or add |
| professional photographer or about making your | | | | a link to the site on your ads to allow potential |
| digital photos your main source of income. It will | | | | customers to view your work. Make sure that |
| show you how you can share your digital photos | | | | you are candid and up front with your potential |
| with others and also make some extra cash at | | | | customers about what you do, your work and |
| the same time. This money should be considered | | | | your experience. They should understand that you |
| as extra income usually a good source of cash to | | | | are an amateur photographer and view your |
| invest back into your digital photography hobby | | | | work to decide if you are a good fit for their |
| maybe to buy a new camera, lenses, batteries or | | | | needs. To get a sense of how much to charge |
| anything else that you need. | | | | contact other local photographers and get quotes |
| Photo stock websites: Photo stock websites are | | | | for their services. If you have never done |
| becoming more and more popular. Photo stock | | | | photography for hire before it is a good advice to |
| sites provide a market place for photographers to | | | | start with jobs that are not very important to |
| show off their work while others can view that | | | | the clients and that can be done again if the |
| work and buy it for a price usually set by the | | | | results are not satisfactory. For example shooting |
| photographers. Some photo stock websites allow | | | | digital photos of a wedding is probably not a good |
| you to define the exact rights that you grant to | | | | idea to start with. Taking digital photos of |
| the buyer so you can better protect your work. | | | | someone's car is a better option. |
| When users buy your digital photos you get a | | | | Coffee shops and galleries: It became trendy for |
| commission out of that money. There are many | | | | coffee shops to hang local photographers or |
| flavors of photo stock websites examples of two | | | | artists work on their walls. This is a win-win |
| are: and | | | | offering for them they get free decoration for |
| Your own photo gallery site: Putting a website | | | | the shop and also allow customer to buy work |
| together is relatively easy using some free | | | | that they like. The coffee shop gets a |
| commercial tools. For example you can easily set | | | | commission of each sale. Although this option |
| a photo album web site using tools from Yahoo. | | | | requires more work and upfront financial |
| On your website you can allow users to browse | | | | investment it can be a lot of fun and a good way |
| and download full resolution digital photos for free | | | | to connect with the local community. Walk around |
| or you can sell the high resolution versions of the | | | | and find a few coffee shops or galleries that you |
| digital photos. Implementing a shopping cart and | | | | would like to have your work at. Print and frame |
| collecting money is easily done using checkout | | | | a few of your best photos and go back to those |
| tools from companies like PayPal, Yahoo and | | | | shops. Show your work and convince them to |
| Google. Another option is to make money by | | | | showcase it. It is best to start with just a few |
| placing advertisement on your site for example | | | | prints to minimize the risk. |
| by using Google Adsense. Advertisement | | | | These were just a few options to make some |
| however will only generate noticeable revenues if | | | | cash from your digital photos. There are other |
| you can attract a high number of visitors to your | | | | options and with some creativity you can find |
| site. If your digital photos are unique and | | | | your own original ones. One thing to remember |
| interesting you might be able to do just that. | | | | though is to make sure that you have the rights |
| Another option is to create a dedicated Blog | | | | to sell your photos and that you are legally |
| website or to add a Blog to your digital photos | | | | covered when showcasing them, selling them or |
| website. You can easily do that with tools such as | | | | working for hire taking photos for others. For |
| Blogger and Typepad. In the Blog you can present | | | | example copyright laws change from state to |
| your digital photos and also write some interesting | | | | state and country to country and you should |
| descriptions of how you took them, what is | | | | make sure you have the rights for your digital |
| unique about them and anything else that might | | | | photos. |