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How To Make Money From Online Selling Stock Photographs

Millions of People are making money sell Stock photos and this section will let you know how to sell photos to make some serious money.

The Internet has created a way for anyone with a digital camera to make money by uploading their photos to websites that deal in stock photos.

A stock photo is a picture/image that has NOT been taken for a specific client or use but can be viewed by someone who might have a use for that image in a magazine or on a website for example.

Stock photography is a cost-effective method for businesses to obtain professional photos without the costs of hiring a photographer directly. What you do is you upload your photographs to the stock photography website for free and then if businesses that require pictures for their publications purchase them you get a commission. Each photograph can be purchased an infinite number of times so one picture can make you multiple commission.

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Example Stock Photo (Escomb Saxon Church)

 

The stock photos that sell well are famous landmarks and buildings so if you live in a city take pictures of its famous buildings, bridges and monuments. Even better would be if there is a stunning sunrise / sunset in the background or some unusual weather condition to the area for example a skyline imuminated by lightning

Special events can also sell well. Every New Years Eve there are fantastic firework displays around the world places like London’s Millennium Wheel and good pictures of these are bound to be in high demand.

Don’t dismay if you don’t live near a large famous city. There’s a massive demand for things like natural panoramas, wildlife etc. If you’re a keen photographer all you need is your camera and imagination to look for that picture with the “angle” that will make it stand out.

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. See the section below on where to sell images, if you upload your images, these sites will soon reject photographs that are not up to scratch - take their free advice and act on it, don't get discouraged.

Aim your images at the right level; no matter how professional you are if you don't have a large portfolio of very high quality, unique images then the large agencies are not going to be interested in your photographs. Be realistic about the price you are aiming at, most everyone has a digital camera these days and 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? However, take the same mouse with a ribbon on top and some wrapping-paper in the background and instantly you have an illustration of online gift shopping or a new computer for Christmas, a little more time to set up, but also a little more likely to sell!

There is an ever growing number of these websites providing this service. The best way to find the right one for you is to Google “Stock Photography Sites”.