One of the easiest ways of making extra money is with a camera. More people own cameras than radios and photography is the fastest growing hobby in the world. Yet using a camera as an extra income tool is largely overlooked!
With a little imagination, a flair for showmanship, and just a hint of salesmanship, the average person, or even teenager, can easily make an extra $300 a week with their camera.
You don't have to have one of the popular, more expensive cameras either, or a loot of high priced attachments and equipment. The only special piece of extra equipment you may want to invest in would be a tripod for mounting the camera in certain situations.
Once you decide that using your camera to generate extra income is what you're going to do, get out and use your camera, start taking pictures, and allow yourself the opportunity to build. Give yourself the chance, and you will quickly begin to think of hundreds of ideas for taking pictures, merchandising ideas for promoting your services, and sales angles for increasing your profits.
Here are just a few of the ideas we could think of.
? Photograph new stores' grand openings
? Photograph local performances
? Commencement day photographs
? Take pictures of people in nightclubs
? Take pictures on the beach
? Specialize in legal photography
? Photograph vocational school graduates
? Wedding photographer
? Photograph large parties
? Photographer at banquets
? Prom and graduation photos
? Photograph fashion shows
? Photograph trade shows
? Produce community yearbooks
? Produce company yearbooks
? Photo fund raising
? Take executive portraits
? Take portraits of children in department stores or malls
? A day in a child's life – an album of 30 pictures
? School photography
? Santa Claus portraits
? Public relation photos for business
? Photograph storefronts
? Produce progress photos on construction sites
? Real estate photography
? Produce illustrated promotional brochures for business, firms, hotels, etc.
? Interior decorator's photographer
? Photograph in-store merchandise displays
? Candid keychain photos
? Photo stamps
? Color postcards for hotels or resorts
? Exceptional color scenes for calendar printers
? Personalized Christmas cards – with family portraits or photos of family home
? Photo buttons
? Photographs on coffee mugs
? Photographs on shirts
? Imprint a photograph of a child on the face of her doll
? Photo sculptures
? Bookends adorned with any desired photographic subject
? Decorative photo plaques
? Personalized photo matchbooks
? Stationery imprinted with personal portraits
? Custom calendars
? Collecting old photos to make into books
? Making photo murals
? Photo oil portraits
? Selling prints to photo agencies
? Teaching photography
? Making postcards
? Publicity photography
? Photographic essays for various publications
? Selling news photos
? Taking and selling peculiar photos
? Selling local photos for travel magazines
? Aerial photography
? Photos of human interest
? Composing photo guides for tourists
? Photographing accidents for lawyers and insurance companies
The important thing is to get started, regardless of how small your start, and begin working on an idea that's still in its infancy. This is an idea that can produce new concepts for profit everyday of the week. An idea that can be fun as well as financially rewarding for you!
We've given you the idea – the rest is up to you. You have got the ball; now run with it!
Resources:
http://www.betterphoto.com/home.asp
http://www.photographytips.com/
May 12, 2009
