A Great Way To Make Money With Your Photos

Shutterstock is a great way for photographers to get their name out there and get noticed all while earning some extra money!

It is a microstock website. This means that you upload your images to the website where they go through a reviewal process. Once your images are approved they appear for sale on the website. Designers can purchase a subscription which allows them a certain number of downloads each month. Whenever one of your images is downloaded, you make a profit. The more successful you are in selling your images, the more you will get paid per download.

It is absolutely free to join, and you still own the copyright to every single one of your images.

Besides photographs you can also submit illustrations, vectors, 3D renders, fractals, backgrounds, wallpapers, and video clips.

Sell Prints Of Your Photos!

There are lots of great websites out there that allow photographers to easily sell prints of their photos online! You can simply upload your photographs, decide what products you want your photos to be available on, then the website handles the rest! They do all of the printing, they take the orders, and they ship the product to the customer. They take a fee out of the total price of the prints to cover their costs, and you get the rest! This is great if you don't have the resources to print your own photos or if you don't have the money to get started selling your own prints!

Some of the different websites that offer this service are:

RedBubble

deviantART

CafePress

Zazzle

ImageKind

Free Photography Tools

Looking for free photography tools? Then check out Photo-Freeware.net for filters, plugins, image editing programs, RAW converters, and much more! All for free!

Photography Forums

Whether you've just picked up your very first camera or you're a seasoned pro, posting on an internet photography forum can be an excellent resource. It's a great way to network with other photographers, learn new tips and techniques, have your photos critiqued, ask any questions you might have about your equipment, enter photo contests, learn about upcoming photo events, and make friends with people who have similar interests. Here are some forums you might want to consider checking out:

MyLot Photography

Shutterbug Magazine

The Shutterbugs

The Photo Forum

Photo Takers

Photo Forum

Fred Miranda

Photozo

Pop Photo

Shutterstock

Places To Take Pictures

Are you looking for a good place to take pictures? Then check out PopPhoto.com's list of 30 Photo-Friendly Cities

What The Duck

WhatTheDuck.net

Online Photo Editors

This article has a nice side by side comparison chart for various online photo editing programs... most of which are free!

15 Online Photo Editors Compared

Infrared Photography

Do you want to take photographs that look like this?




With LifePixel Infrared Conversion infrared photography has never been easier! You can convert your digital camera to take incredible infrared images with ease. I just got my Nikon D50 converted, and I am so very pleased!

For more information on infrared photography and the conversion services LifePixel provides, check out their website

Shopping Online

Anyone who buys camera equipment online should be careful and be aware of scams. Here is an article that has more information and advice about scams and shopping online:

Beware Of Scams When Shopping For Cameras Online

The best reputable online camera shop I've found is Sigma4Less They have the best prices, excellent customer service, and the fastest shipping of any online store I've ever bought from.

I would also recommend Adorama and B&H.

Shooting RAW

A short, informative article that explains the benefits of shooting RAW: Why RAW Works