Tips For Selling Photos to the World!
Some of you may remember the good old days of 35mm film cameras with brand names such as Nikon, Pentax, Canon etc.
On the other hand, some younger readers may not have experienced the film cameras of a few decades ago.
Let me tell you that, back then, you had to carry an array of equipment (cameras, lenses, film, tripod, etc) in order to get out there and take some photos that could have a monetary value.
And even when you did get some good shots, after waiting a week or so to get your films developed (yes, it took sometimes over a week to get your photos back!), it wasn't very easy to contact companies and publishers of the world to present your work unless you had an unlimited printing, postage and travel budget! Well, all of this has changed with the advent of the digital camera and the internet.
Today it is much easier selling photos to anyone on this planet.
Here are a few essential tips for helping you out in the event you would want to sell your photos online:
It is not difficult to do, you just need to understand a few basic notions and you will be selling your everyday photos and making a bit of money (or maybe a ton of money) along the way!
On the other hand, some younger readers may not have experienced the film cameras of a few decades ago.
Let me tell you that, back then, you had to carry an array of equipment (cameras, lenses, film, tripod, etc) in order to get out there and take some photos that could have a monetary value.
And even when you did get some good shots, after waiting a week or so to get your films developed (yes, it took sometimes over a week to get your photos back!), it wasn't very easy to contact companies and publishers of the world to present your work unless you had an unlimited printing, postage and travel budget! Well, all of this has changed with the advent of the digital camera and the internet.
Today it is much easier selling photos to anyone on this planet.
Here are a few essential tips for helping you out in the event you would want to sell your photos online:
- Make sure you have a decent digital camera.
You don't need a professional digicam, just a solid camera with good optics and at least a 4 megapixel sensor and you're in business.
- Take lots of shots of the same scene.
With the digital camera, contrary to the ancestor film cameras, it costs nothing to take dozens of shots of the same scene so that one of them might pop out as being above average and become a good candidate for selling it online.
Don't be shy, take tons of photos! - Choose your subjects wisely.
You may ask what subjects should I shoot? Photos that sell aren't only the Paparazzi photos.
There are numerous web sites, businesses, publishers out there that will buy photos with subjects ranging from furniture to sceneries - the choices are endless.
If you are not sure what to photograph, go and check some of the websites that sell photos i.
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get the answer from the "horse's mouth"! - Be certain that you have all rights to the photos you want to sell.
Do not infringe on copyrights because this could be a very painful experience if you are caught! - You might want to take a look at some photo editing software to edit and enhance your photos before submitting them.
There are numerous packages out there, just do a search on the internet for "photo editing software".
Some packages are actually free!
It is not difficult to do, you just need to understand a few basic notions and you will be selling your everyday photos and making a bit of money (or maybe a ton of money) along the way!
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