Instructions
Step 1
Anyone can sell photos on the Internet, but some people are unaware of the existence of such a business. If you put in the effort and perseverance, it will turn out to be an excellent source of income. It will be profitable even when the owner is looking for new locations to shoot.
In order to sell your photos at a high price, you must first register in one or several photobanks at once. It is through them that the largest stream of photos goes. Designers and editors from all over the world often look at these photo banks in search of the right pictures and inspiration.
Step 2
It is also important to decide on the material that will be uploaded to the site. As practice shows, those photos that are distinguished by the originality of the plot are in great demand. Landscapes are popular. There is also a demand for food. It can be both ready-made meals and products. If you decide to capture the sky, then it should be processed with high quality so that it can be bought on a photo stock.
If you do not know how to make captions for images in English, then you can use special translators. Still, for the successful promotion of photos, it is recommended to speak English at least at an intermediate level. If you make the description correctly, you can increase the sales of the photo.
Step 3
Many people are wondering if they can sell their photos multiple times. It is possible. As evidenced by the practice of successful photo stockers, some images are sold dozens of times, while half or even more of those uploaded to the portfolio have never been purchased.
There are several sites that offer this type of earnings. The most famous:
• iStockphoto;
• Fotolia;
• Dreamstime;
• Bigstock.
To make money selling photographs, you have to be very diligent. This job takes a lot of patience. Most novice photo stockers abandon this lesson even during the registration period on the resource or after their images did not pass the exam. The exam is an optional procedure, but most resources have it. For each resource, you need to make a resume with a specific set of images. The inspector checks them.
To start making money in this business on your own, you don't have to travel the world and take pictures. You can start by filming the environment. It is not recommended to photograph people at the initial stage of their professional development. In order for such images to be placed in a portfolio on a resource, there must be a written permission from those people who are captured.
The most expensive photographs sold at auction were worth several million dollars per copy. There is something to strive for a novice photographer. For example, a rainy day photo of the River Rhine that sold for $ 4,338,500.
But, probably, one of the more profitable and popular are nude photos. Street art is gaining popularity in photography. Such pictures will also be profitable. If you are interested in how much a wedding photo can be sold for, then it is recommended to look at the prices for them on the Web. You can sell pictures from a corporate party. If you don't have professional equipment, you can take pictures using your phone. The Photolia application allows you to sell pictures from your phone by downloading and installing it.
