Even If You Don’t Like Photography, Make Money With A Camera

August 23, 2009

by Jack Webb

If you own a digital camera, I’d like to introduce you to some valuable information on a way to make money with a camera. It can make you a handsome income in a fun and creative niche. This is a home-based business that anyone can do part-time or full-time. It’s really up to you.

You can make a handsome regular monthly income by submitting photos from your digital camera to various photography websites called stock photo sites. These are the places where people like magazines, publishers, ad agencies, web designers, graphic artists and many others come to find photos for their various projects. They purchase the right to download and use the photos. And here’s the fun part! The stock photo websites pay commissions to the person who owns the photo each time it’s downloaded! And it’s free to join these websites as well as upload your photos too.

What sort of photos do these people want? Virtually anything except a picture of your Aunt Glady’s (no offense). Some examples seen recently included a simple glass of wine, a brick wall, children playing, a beach and even a patch of grass! Lord knows how they will be used, but used they are. At various times, the stock photo sites give notice they will no longer take certain types of photos because of overstock on that subject, but the list is very short compared with all the rest they do want. Even if you don’t like photography, you can make money with a camera.

But if you like photography, you can have fun and make money with a camera at the same time. It would be a dream job for many amateur photographers. Just think, riding around with your camera at your side until you spot just what you were looking for. Then hopping out and snapping away to your heart’s content.

How much commission do these websites pay? It can vary, but usually 20% and up from the download fee paid by the user. It also depends on the size of the photo. Very small images pay around $.30 for each download and extremely large photos can net for over $8.00 each and up. It may not sound like much, but consider that some pictures get downloaded hundreds or even thousands of times. This can really add up.

The quality of your photos IS a big deal to these websites. On your first submission, you must get approval before you can upload any more. A panel of experts will physically inspect the quality of your work and pass judgement. As scary as that sounds, if you follow their suggestions for taking quality photos, you should have no trouble getting in. The wait on getting approved can be long sometimes, but worth it.

It might be very worthwhile to take time to go to all the photo stock websites that you think you might want to upload photos to. Go ahead and register and while still there try to find their Term of Service and other guidelines for submission. You should get a pretty good idea of what they’re looking for and in what format. Obeying their rules and taking to heed their suggestions could increase your acceptance rate.

If you already have a digital camera, a computer and it’s connected to the Internet, you’re virtually in business already! There’s really nothing else you need, just a good eye and the sense to snap the shutter! It’s amazing how the Internet just keeps turning up new areas of business; photography, make money with a camera!

About the Author:

Jack Webb has been an avid amateur photography enthusiast for years. He and his wife own and maintain a website at http://www.makecameracash.com where you can find out all the details on making money with stock photos. There’s alsoa Free eBook download located at photography: make money with a camera. Come look us over to get started today!