3 Ways That Your Photography Can Help You In A Recession
We are officially in a recession, and not just a local or nationwide recession, but this recession can be felt globally! What can you do if you’re hit with financial worries? You can actually put your photography to work for you!
Here are 3 ways that your photography can help you in a recession, or anytime you want to have just a little bit extra.
1. Sell your images as stock.
You can either sign with a stock agency or you can sell your images on your own. If you decide to sign with a stock agency (after all, they do provide the needed exposure for you), you will need to make sure that your images are up to par. Since you are beginning, you would want to target the microstock agencies until you get the hang of things before moving on to the big stock agencies.
Your images will need to be well focused, well lit, and be saleable. To help you stand out, you’ll want to think of non-traditional ways to express ideas, thoughts, and feelings through a picture.
Here’s a short list of some microstock agencies you can sign up for to start.
iStockPhoto
Shutterstock
Fotolia
iStockPhoto is the top microstock agency right now. Shutterstock is the next one. From personal experience, Shutterstock is slightly easier to get in and to get photos accepted. iStockPhoto is very stringent on their requirement. Fotolia is a growing agency and it is easier to get accepted into.
2. Find jobs with insurance companies that need someone to take pictures of their insured equipment.
Major insurance companies need to keep an eye on the equipment they insure to prevent fraudulent claims and whatnot. For this they need photographers from all over who have an internet connection to take pictures, fill out a report, and send it back to them to add to their database.
You can do this when you have the extra time to get some extra money.
You can check out the Easy Photography Biz page for how to get this going.
3. Set up shop.
People are always buying shirts and other small gifts. You can get in there and set up your own shop of shirts and other small gifts with your photography and designs on there. There are several sites that allow you to upload your pictures and create your own products which you then can place in their marketplace. When someone makes a purchase, you get a cut of the sale. There is no inventory for you to worry about as those sites do the fulfillment as well.
The 2 most popular of these sites are:
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