Written on Nov 22nd, 2008 by Dave Adams
Posted In: Commercial
Making Money From Photography
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Making money from photography. Ways in which you can sell your photography and make money from your hobby.
- Level:Intermediate
- Tools:Internet
- Time:N/A
There comes a point in your photographic learning journey when you feel you are in a position to start selling some of your work, where you think the quality of your photographs is sufficient to start appearing in peoples homes and on their walls.
In this post, I’m going to explain some of the ways you can make money from your photography. While there is no guarantee that you will be able to sell your photographs, there are several ways you can market yourself and hopefully find that all important buyer for your work.
1. Stock Photography
One of the most straight forward ways to make some money from your photography is to use a stock photo agency. Stock photo agencies host your photographs for you and allow customers to buy a license to use the photograph for a single purpose (website, promotional prints, merchandising etc). Generally stock agencies allow a photograph license to be bought at differing values according to the size of the photograph they want to use - the larger the image they want to download, the more expensive it becomes.
