How to make money online as a Photographer

[Kennysplash]

There are hundreds of ways to make money online as a freelancer, and one of them is Photography. Those pictures you take for free on your camera or iphone, do you know that you can actually make money from them?

The best thing about this is that you don't have to be a professional to make money. You don't even need a digital camera, as long as you have a phone with a great camera you are good to go. So let is explore different ways to make money online as a Photographer.

1. Sell your photos. There are a lot of websites that markets your photos and sell them to the general public. You earn a commission for every purchase on your photos. Examples of such websites are Alamy, Getty images, Pixabay, Unsolash, Pond5 and iStock. You can earn from 20 percent to 50 percent in royalties.

2. Freelancing sites: Many people need specific images that are not found online. You can offer to photograph any image for clients. Sign up on Fiverr and Upwork and list your service there. Note that you must live in a versatile environment where you can photograph virtually anything.

3. Events photography: You can create a landing page or flyer and explain that you are available to take photos at events. It can be in your area, or if you want to travel just sit down and calculate the cost well so you don't fall short. You can charge per hour, per day or pay photo.

4. Give lessons: If you have really good skills you can give lessons, both online and offline. You charge your students a considerable sum and make your cool cash.

These are some of the ways to make money as a photographer online. If you know any additional way feel free to add them.

 

[LoukiaCharilaou]

There are hundreds of ways to make money online as a freelancer, and one of them is Photography. Those pictures you take for free on your camera or iphone, do you know that you can actually make money from them?

The best thing about this is that you don't have to be a professional to make money. You don't even need a digital camera, as long as you have a phone with a great camera you are good to go. So let is explore different ways to make money online as a Photographer.

1. Sell your photos. There are a lot of websites that markets your photos and sell them to the general public. You earn a commission for every purchase on your photos. Examples of such websites are Alamy, Getty images, Pixabay, Unsolash, Pond5 and iStock. You can earn from 20 percent to 50 percent in royalties.

2. Freelancing sites: Many people need specific images that are not found online. You can offer to photograph any image for clients. Sign up on Fiverr and Upwork and list your service there. Note that you must live in a versatile environment where you can photograph virtually anything.

3. Events photography: You can create a landing page or flyer and explain that you are available to take photos at events. It can be in your area, or if you want to travel just sit down and calculate the cost well so you don't fall short. You can charge per hour, per day or pay photo.

4. Give lessons: If you have really good skills you can give lessons, both online and offline. You charge your students a considerable sum and make your cool cash.

These are some of the ways to make money as a photographer online. If you know any additional way feel free to add them.

Hello everyone! Thank you very much for your informative thread. It is a wonderful idea to make money as a photographer. The truth is that I have never thought about this earning method before. Nice to hear that you can make some money from photographs even if you are not a professional photographer. I understand that it is not necessary to have a digital camera as long as you have a smart phone with a very good camera. Today, most smart phones have excellent cameras on them. The different ways you mention in your thread so as to make money online as a photographer are very useful and helpful at the same time for those who are really interested in making some money online in this way.
Thanks a lot again for taking the time to inform us about this profitable earning method. It is highly appreciated by all of us here.

 

[joelryan175]

Dude, Create your Pic int NFT & sell in the NFT Market. This is one of the new make

 

[Mika]

I am not a photographer and I have never made money by selling photographs. I have a high end mobile device and I take photographs does not mean I am good to go with photography. I need proper photography skills to call myself a photographer.
I never attempt to give advice on something that I have never attempted myself. I also do not like when people start giving tips on something that they have never tries.

However, in theory, I know how you can make money as a photographer. You can start selling your photos on photography website like istock. You need to remember, it is not easy to sell your photographs. Even if your photographs are really good, people might not ever discover your photos on these websites. Therefore, being a photographer is not enough, you also need digital marketing and SEO skills so that you can market your listing and do SEO for making your photograph visible.

Uploading your photographs n free photography site like Pixabay is also good. ON this site you don’t sell photographs but can collect donation from people.

By the way, Fine Art America is the best platform for a photographer and digital artist, you can sell photographs not only as prints but also as phone case, pillow case, canvas, posters, caps, etc.

 

[Lens1000]

Honestly, I won't come here to boost of having all the knowledge around photography. In fact, I do not have the basic knowledge around photography and it will not be wise for me to give professional idea on this. I have seen people make lots of money in photography offline. It simply the trending way to furnish and garnish photography. It's called photoshot. I took my kids to a photoshot shop and I paid $4 for each shots. This price does not include printing. He mandated us to take two shots for each clothing and it was $4. The photographer is making huge amount of money per day. I don't really have an idea on how to make money by selling photos online. @Mika has given many sites that you could upload your photographs and sell to make your money. I also agree with her on the ground that you will have to launch a marketing campaign on your photographs . With this, you have to be well equipped around the SEO because It is what will make people see your photos. With this knowledge you will be able to launch a very successful photography campaign online without hiccups .

 

[Setho]

There is quite a difference between somebody who is offering photography services of line and photography services online . The majority of photography is turn off line and as such positioning yourself as an online photography is really not the best thing to do .

1. Choose a niche . As a photographer it is going to be much more easier for you to acquire clients if you are going to focus on one particular thing . For example you might focus on event photography , food photography , motion , all portraits and family photography. This means that anybody who is searching for event photographers area can be able to reach out to you much more easier .

2. Post your work. It is going to be much more easier for people to believe that you have quality if you are going to be regularly posting samples of the work that you are doing online . Instagram is one of the social media start can be able to help you to actually say something like this because it is a picture based social media network .

3. Have design skills. Apart from shooting photos, you should also have the ability to use design softwares like Photoshop , InDesign and after effects .

 

[Austinaldo]

Photography is such a fun venture and it is exciting even when monetizing it. I have a friend who is a photographer. He does Photoshop for weddings, and for individuals who want to make birthday pictures. He gets good money from it and is probably earning more than most people in other businesses. I love the nuggets that you shared on using Photography to earn money online. It is a very helpful one especially for people who seek for more streams of income.

There are so many online platforms that incentivize photo sharing. However one has to be original and not plagiarize contents from another person. There are usually huge penalties for plagiarism because these platforms like to keep things professional and respect people's rights to ownership of online materials. I have used several ones most of which are decentralised blockchain platforms like steemit, qun qun, etc. These platforms pay in coins otherwise known as cryptocurrency. They offer you a wallet where you can store the coins, transfer or trade them for real money. You can also exchange some cryptocurrency for birthday complementary cards and so many more. The internet is so large and opportunities on the net is endless. One just have to know the right places to visit.

 

[eldavis]

True, I have heard about people making money form selling photos, some time back a company approached me wanting to buy some pictures of nature i snapped some time back, it was a pity the phone was stolen, so I lost that opportunity. Anyways though you can actually startup without any professional skills, but I would advice you go though training, if you really want to make good money form this line of work. People would be willing to pay more for a professional picture, than one taken by an amateur.

 

[blessingc]

If you are skillful in photography, you have a camera and a computer, you can do more than going to wedding ceremonies, or open events to make money. Online there are lots of opportunities and ways of making money for you.
You can sell stock photos, yes by shooting photos on subjects that needs it it is used by bloggers, advertising agencies and websites.
You can do Photoshop edition for people who need it or publications. You can work as a photography tutor, teach people online your skill.
You can also take photos on tour as a travel guide and sell it as an ebook with traveling tips. Write articles on photography and share the knowledge on websites that pay for such creations. NFTS is another means of making money these days, you can earn so much by creating NFTS and showcasing your talent for auction.

 

[Sikapa]

This might be a good wat to make money online but at the same time it will not be easy way to earn from it. Why I'm I saying this? We see it as we can make money from the photography even if we don't have the skills but skill is needed before you can be called a photographer.

All the websites you mentioned sell these photos to the people who need them and I remember I use to download these photos from a website called pixels. I hope many people know this website that I'm talking about and they can testify that they indeed need quality pictures and not any pictures. Sometimes they need romantic and sexy pictures with good quality. People download them as I said to do more thing so you can just sell a picture with low quality to them. Some website like pixel, people pay you for your picture if the download them so imagine if no one download your picture it means you will also get nothing.

 

[Ajebo25]

Making money by taking photos is also a good way to make money off line but I think to make money out of photography you and late some little Investments like money to buy laptop and some other equipments which will help you in taking your photos and will build your career as a photographer.


You will also Ned some tools which will aid in the studio to make the picture more attractive and breath taking you will alo need to put your studio in a business place where you can get clients and ehere it will be easy for people.

You will also need some other tools like the printer and other things you will also need some clothes and also buy some effects in other for the picture to come out well I have seen many photograph of which have made a lot of money from a profession and I don't think it is a bad thing if you want to go into taking pictures of you want to take benefit a graph is a career you can actually make a lot of money from its if you have a lot of marketing skills are people get to know about what you do.