Selling images online is a good way to make money from your images
without a great deal of effort
The demand for digital images is increasing
There are people need to use
photos and images everyday on websites, in magazines and brochures on posters
and they are willing to pay money for photographers for the right to use them
Rather than hiring a professional photographer to take photos
the
great things about stock photography is that your portfolio can grow and bring
you a residual income while you aren't even active on the website.
The first
photo you successfully upload could still be making money for you in more time's.
There are websites dedicated to buying and selling photos online
Most of the sites will pay you out by a variety of methods such as Paypal,
bank transfer or cheque.
Below some of the most popular stock photography websites
It is free to register with all these sites to sell your photos.
Steps
1 - search for which types of images
customers are looking
2- putting watermark up your work
before for sale by creating a new file
in your image editor of choice and designing your graphic or text mark in
white, with a transparent background. Now open your photo and copy the
watermark graphic into a new layer above the photo itself and set the blending
mode to Soft Light so that you can still see the photo through it.
3 - Use
IPTC to add good keywords to tag, descriptions, and titles to your your photos and make sure they found in searches
4 - Create an account in stock photography
sites and Complete the Personal Contact section on your account.
5 - Upload sample of the highest resolution images that best represent the spectrum of your work
Tips
1 - some of the stock photography sites
will pay you much more if you agree to submit photographs exclusively to their
website
2 - the stock photography websites have
their own commission rates and payment methods, so it's worth read which stock photography websites would
most suit your style of photography
3 - use
your own website, blog, Facebook page,
Tumblr, Twitter etc to promote your stock photography portfolio
4 - Add a few photos for free download
just to get buyers into your portfolio
5 - Buyers
often want high resolution images and clear, bright colours they can crop to
fit into a particular space. Leave a
little extra space around the subject of your picture, so it can be cropped to
size without losing anything crucial.
6 - You can sell your photos as stock
photography, frames, or canvas in Ebay.com You can use the auctions to help you
set market prices for your photos.
7 - If you see yourself as a true
professional photographer get a website is the most important thing you can do
right now to start marketing your
photographs online
.
8 - Upload to multiple sites to increase
your sales for a minimal increase in work
9 - use
etsy.com. as a data center to understand how to price your pictures
Warning
1 - In
some stock photography websites there are strict rules about ownership and
copyright issues on any photographs you submit.
2 - If there are any people in your
photographs then you will have to ask them to sign a Model Release allowing you
to use them in the image for commercial purposes
3 - Do not submit stock photographs and
illustrations that include any copyrighted material
and Avoid photographing company logos, trademarks, third-party images
and brands.
4 - Some stock photo sites will ask you
to pass a professional online test, which should verify that you have all the
required photographic skills and that you understand rules of the game on stock
photography market. Do not be afraid of that test. If you know the difference
between shutter speed and the aperture and if you can explain what is DOF you
will pass this test for sure.
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