Photography Ideas and How to Sell Photos Photography Ideas and How to Sell Photos If your art is more than just a hobby to you, why not try and make some money from it? If photography is your chosen ‘profession’ you should know that there is a huge Internet market out there ready to pay for your Pictures. If you learn the right way to market yourself and have what you think are great Images to sell then your hobby days may be over.Here are some helpful tips: One of the best ways to see what the photography market is looking for, is to study what is already out there. Peruse a wide variety of magazines to see the type of styles and quality being used with the articles. If you’re really game, you can try and duplicate these images by testing your skill and photographing exactly what you saw. If you feel that your photographs are already up to the same standards as the images from the magazines, why not go ahead and send 20-25 of your own pictures to them? At the same time, you could also send off an additional set to the photo editor to have a look at. When all else fails, you could look into going with an agency; there are any number of possibilities. There are numerous businesses out there on the lookout for creative services from photographers; mortgage and insurance companies are just some of them. They are often looking to be able to display quality, professional photographs online which enhance their listings for both residential and/or commercial real estate. If you are only interested in this type of work on a part-time basis, you could take it upon yourself to go out on your own, photograph some residential and/or commercial buildings and then send them into these companies to look over. All of this could be done on your own time leaving you free to pursue other projects. The Internet and its search engines are your best bet for finding out who is looking for freelance photographers. By putting keywords like “freelance or part-time photographer required” into Google, you may end up with a list of prospective clients. If you don’t feel comfortable taking this approach, you can also try your hand at working with stock photography agencies who are out there to market pictures from across the world to the rest of the world. These agencies amass huge amounts of photographs which they then present to as many online consumers as possible. If you want a stock photography site to stand up and take notice of you and not reject you right out of the gate, ensure that whatever images you submit, are of the highest resolution and quality. You should also make sure that whatever keywords you select to go along with these images, they will generate a search by online consumers in the first two pages of any search engine selected. You are out there to be seen, not ignored. World-wide recognition of your work is there for the taking; marketing and selling yourself and your product rests in your hands. Keep practicing your photography craft. Stay abreast of stock photography sites and what they are looking for. Try and measure up to the same (or better) standard to what you see on these sites. This means no blurry, out-of-focus images; you want to submit sharp, quality looking photographs. Watch out for companies with particular signs or logos and stay away from photographing these. Use the Internet to your advantage and
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