Photography, while being a
hobby for many people, is a passion for a few too! Spending some time on photography
is one thing but taking it as a profession is a whole different thing. If it is
just a hobby, you can enjoy things, but if you want to make money as a photographer, you need to follow some good
techniques and work hard to reach the stage where people will prefer only you
for their work!
It is even hard to earn money when
you are a beginner photographer. There
are many microstock websites which will buy photos and pay a good amount of
money. But, you need to have some expertise in taking photographs. Taking care
of ISO issues and other technical aspects are essential. But, as a beginner, you
may not know many things. If you want to take photos at the events, that too
needs good experience.
So, here is the simplest way
to earn money as a beginner photographer.
Not many people know this. All you need to know is taking beautiful photographs!
How to Make Money as a Beginner Photographer?
It is through selling your
photos to bloggers! Yes, bloggers and business people with websites need
eye-catchy photographs. Though there are photos available on microstock websites,
many times they may not find the pics without a trademark or sometimes, they do
not find relevant photos or they just don’t like them. So, many bloggers search
for best photographs with which beginner
photographers can make money.
Step-by-Step Process to Sell your Photos to Bloggers
1.
Understand your Interest
Some photographers are interested in taking shots of wild life while
some love to take the snaps of flowers and nature. A few photographers take the
pictures of people and some will like to take all kind of pictures. Initially,
you should decide what kind of photos you are going to take.
2.
Prepare Sample Photographs
Take at least 20 to 25 photographs in advance and keep them as sample
photographs. Clicking whenever possible, whatever you like it is also a good
idea.
3.
Research for Bloggers
This is a crucial step. You have to do extensive research for niche
bloggers. If you want to sell the pictures of a cup of coffee, fruits and
vegetables, and a girl with her laptop, you have to search for lifestyle blogs.
If you are interested in taking photos of only animals, you must choose a blog
related to it, something like The Dodo, Animal Action and more.
How to Search for Niche Bloggers?
If you want to search for lifestyle
blogs, you need to type ‘lifestyle blogs’ on the search engine. It is better to
dive deep, instead of going with just the first page. Open every website and
observe the websites where the images are not so impressive. Sometimes, even
the web pages on the first page might not have good images and they rank high
because of SEO and marketing.
How to Contact Bloggers?
Take the contacts of all these pages from their ‘contact us’ page and
save the list. Now, email them with clear details saying that you are a professional
photographer and can provide the best images for a reasonable price. Also, let
them know the importance of eye-catchy images and explain them how they
increase the website traffic and earn money with a graph or some real-time
examples.
You can also contact website owners of different businesses as they tend
to pay more. Slowly, you can improve your photographic skills and hike the
prices. While you are providing images for blogs or website, you must ask them
to give credits. This helps you to improve your business as it reaches a huge
amount of audience.
As no other person should be allowed to sell your photographs, you must
take some security measures like having copyrights for your images.
Prices
The price of your photographs will be dependent on two things
1.
Your skills
2.
The client
Your Skills: If you have good communication skills along with
photographic skills, you can easily convince your client to buy your photos.
The first thing you have to explain them is why they should buy your photos.
Explaining the benefits of quality and related images on the website will give
your client a clear idea.
The client: The client you choose also plays a key role here. If
he is someone who bothers about spending some good bucks to improve his
business, you are lucky. If he is someone who doesn’t want to spend a penny and
adjust with stock images, you should ignore him as there are plenty of websites
online!
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