Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Six Methods To Make Money Using Your Digital Camera

By Owen Jones


These are hard times for numerous people, so it is a good time to try to earn from multiple earning streams. Of course, numerous people are doing this already with a part-time second careers, but what if you could have more fun than working in MacDonald's on the weekend? Hilarious as that may be.

Most people have a camera - even a digital camera. I put it like this because you have more control over the image with a digital camera, so you have more chance of creating the photograph that you want and this is important if you want to sell your work.

Pet Portraits: numerous individuals like to have portraits of their beloved cat or dog. These photos are not a problem to take, because animals are so photogenic. There are several ways you could play this or you could have several different choices, all at different rates

Option One: six photographs of kitty in different situations on a CD

Option Two: as above, but with the client's favourite digital photograph printed out and framed. You should offer a choice of sizes and frames at different prices here.

Option Three: as option one, but with an oil painting of the favourite picture again in different sizes and frames

You can use a printing service for option two until you can afford to purchase your own printer. The oil paintings you can have done in the Far East from photos.

Graduation Photographs: are very much appreciated by parents and grandparents and once again, you could offer at least three different choices. Graduation photos are a good notion because not everyone goes to their nearest college or university and parents cannot always be there.

Photo Editing: numerous individuals have a digital camera or a cell phone that takes photos, but not everybody has a computer, or editing software or understands how to use it if they do have it. You could edit, crop, brighten and frame their amateurish photographs and make a lovely CD photo album.

You could offer to create several themed photo albums from a jumble of hundreds of photographs that they have collected at random during the year(s).

Photograph Gifts: you could team up with a novelty gift store or a personalized gift store and turn clients' favourite photos into personalized, novelty presents. Photos, particularly digital photographs, can be transferred to almost anything nowadays: coffee mugs, beer mats, coasters, T-shirts, postcards, calendars, pens, ties, you name it.

Framed Photos: places like waiting rooms, front offices, pubs and restaurants like to have tasteful pictures on the wall. You could offer a set of photos on a theme to every establishment according to what they would like. A construction company might want photographs of the board and of their best jobs (most likely they are still standing).

Pub landlords often move about a fair bit, so they could have a set of photos of taverns they have managed. Or a series of photos of the current pub, with some historical captions.

Prized Photographs: numerous people with expensive possessions like photos of them - a beautiful home, boat, car or model. Go to the local marina, walk down an expensive street or go to an enthusiasts club meeting (go-kart racing, radio controlled models). Go to fights or local fashion shows and offer photographs to contestants or models.




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