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Monday, November 30, 2009

5 ways to make money from your photography hobby

Whether you're looking for a little extra cash or a full-fledged career, here are some things you can do -- right now, right from home -- with a little help from your camera.


1) Start your own designer label
If you have always dreamed about designing your own line of products -- meaning everything from custom t-shirts to tote bags, bumperstickers to postage stamps -- it's time to wake up and see all the possibilites now available! You can create your own product line by yourself, via the web. For some specific ideas and company recommendations, check out How to create your own product line at SheKnows.

2) Sell photo prints online
Have you long wanted to sell reprints and enlargements of your best photos -- but the logistics of taking orders, processing payments, getting the prints made and shipping them out was way too much hassle? Well, there's good news for you!

There are more than a few web-based businesses that offer you a variety of super-simple ways to sell any of your pictures via the web -- and they will handle the printing, the transaction and the order fulfullment... all of which frees up more time for you to take photos.

3) Make your own greeting cards
Spread some cheer by crafting photo greeting cards and other types of holiday cards by mounting you best photo prints on cardstock -- or get the cards professionally printed for you by a company such as Imagekind, Kodak or Moo.

4) Publish a book
There are lots of places now that can help you make your own book, helping you self-publish a bookstore-quality tome, whether you want to create a coffee-table picture book or finally write that novel. Get more details about how to do it and who can help in our article, How to make a photo book!

5) Sell your work as art
Why not sell your photography work like commercial fine art? You can mat and frame your own prints and enlargements, or get your best shots printed onto wood-framed canvas. See some canvas printing options at CanvasPress, Mpix and Pephoto.


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  • Mark A's Avatar
    Posted by Mark A Thu Oct 1, 2009 11:06am PDT

    Thanks for the good ideas! I'd add another way - stock photography. This field is on the rise and sites like ShutterPoint, iStockPhoto, Dreamstime, and such will help you get your photos in front of the eyes of buyers.

    Good luck!

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  • celestine's Avatar
    Posted by celestine Thu Oct 1, 2009 11:10am PDT

    this post is so intresting thank you for it all

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  • Allison's Avatar
    Posted by Allison Fri Oct 2, 2009 8:41am PDT

    NICE!

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