So you have just purchased a new Digital Camera or have had a digital camera for sometime and now you would like to use it to make some extra money, but how? Interesting photos are in demand worldwide and the market is open for anyone to make money from good quality digital photos.
These photos could be used for advertising in newspaper or magazine advertisements or articles, websites, book covers, computer desktops etc.
Lots of different business types are looking for new images to use in their advertising and websites and other material.
So you could try selling your photos on your own but possibly an easier option is to supply them to stock photo companies and let them sell your photos.
You could even receive royalties every time the photo is used.
There are a lot of stock photo sites on the Internet that will buy photos from freelance photographers and all you need to get started is a digital camera and an Internet connection so you can upload your photos to their websites.
Your photos must be good quality, suitable and relevant so you must think about the type of person who will buy your photos and what they might require.
You could spend time looking through some of these stock photo sites to get ideas as to what might be required i.
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popular categoriesor areas not currently well stocked with photos that you could supply.
There are other thinks to also consider when supplying photos to stock photo websites some examples are:- 1.
Make sure that your photos do not contain trademarks or brands etc.
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Take a number of pictures of the same subject from different angles and view points.
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If your picture contains people you must ensure you have their agreement that you can sell and submit these photos.