Digital photos are usually considered fun and entertaining and a way to capture moments and memories. There is however another use for digital photos that involves commerce and business. Not so many years ago all commercial business was done face to face when people met each other in the real physical world. Today with modern technology and communication options many businesses are executed between people that have never met each other. Using telephones, email, fax and video conference technologies people can communicate effectively in order to create business and commerce. When selling or buying products a good way to communicate the product qualities is by taking high quality digital photos and sending them to the buyer. The only better way is for the buyer to actually see and touch the product. Today a major portion of commerce is done online. When buying products online the option of touching and seeing the products is not available. The only way to know what you are buying is by reading about the product and looking at digital photos and video clips. Again and again it was proved that a buyer makes his or her buying decision the first few seconds that they look at a product offering. The best way to maximize the chances of the buyer impression being positive is by inserting high quality digital photos of the product in the listing that emphasize the good qualities of the product. The listing can also include text and many details about the product but these are all secondary to the first and main part of the listing which is the visual part the digital photos. Those photos will really decide on the probability of a potential buyer deeply reading through the listing or skipping to the next seller. Taking digital photos of products is both similar and different than taking digital photos of other objects. As always you should follow good photography rules of lighting and composition. But just following good photography rules is not enough. Product digital photos have a specific purpose and as such you should make sure you capture photos that best serve that purpose. They need to provide a visual description and sale pitch of the product conveying and emphasizing the good product qualities. A good example is conveying a product size if the size is an important sale argument. For example if you are trying to sell a miniature digital camera than conveying how small the camera is very important. If you simply take a photo of the camera on a solid background the viewer cannot tell if the digital camera is small or not. To convey size for example you need to use an object that its size is known to every viewer. A quarter coin and a match box are good examples. If you take a digital photo of the camera next to a quarter coin the viewer can instantly tell how small the camera really is. Or for example if you claim that the camera is credit card size you should take a photo of the camera right next to or over a normal credit card.
If you are an amateur photographer and just enjoy taking photos there is a way for you to turn some of those photos into money. You are most likely not going to make a lot of money but some extra cash can help you in getting a new camera, new lenses and more.
The Internet is full with sites known as photo stock websites. Photo stock websites are simple brokers between photographers and digital photos consumers. The idea is very simple. Photographers can post their photos for potential consumers to view. If a potential consumer would like to purchase a photo they do so through the website. A portion of the money goes to the website as a commission and the rest to the photographers. Some photo stock websites are very simple and sell all the photos for a fixed determined price. Other sites allow the photographer to set the price or allow an auctioning system where few potential customers can bid to buy the same photo. You should always carefully check the photo stock website terms and conditions to product your copyrights.
You can also open your own photo gallery web site. The Internet nowadays is very advanced and there are tools that make creating and opening your own website very easy. For example simple photo album sites let you publisher your photos online. Blog websites let you publish a blog with your photos and preferably some text describing each on of them, how it was taken and more. You can monetize such websites in two main ways. One is to simple sell photos. Put a lower resolution photos on the site and if users want to get the full resolution version for example for printing simply sell it to them. Another option that works only if your website becomes very popular is to put advertisement on the website. You can of course combine the two options.
A more traditional way to make money from photography is simply by providing photography services. Since you are an amateur photographer you are not likely to take jobs such as a wedding photographer but you can still find small gigs that can pay. Try to post some ads in a local newspaper or bulleting board. You can also post some ads on local websites most of which allow free ad posting for such small gigs. If you own your photography site you can also offer your services there as the potential customers can also see your work and if they like it hire you. Make sure that you fully disclose that you are an amateur photographer and what your capabilities are. Also set your price accordingly.
Lately it became popular to sell digital photos in local coffee shops and restaurants. Such coffee shops and restaurants are looking for ways to make some extra cash and by hanging on their walls high quality photos they can achieve getting nice decoration for their shop while at the same time providing a service to their customers in the form of selling photos that the customers like. This is a win-win situation for all. Go to local coffee shops and restaurants and try to get a deal where you can you're your work in their shop and if it sells you share the revenue with them.
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