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10/11/2004 05:47:19 PM · #1 |
ok i have a wife two kids and a house i am stable with money, but thats it. I really need to start making some money as a photographer. I was considering doing weddings, but i am open for sugestions. Can someone please lead me in the right direction.
Signed,
I all have is enough to pay my bills.
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10/11/2004 05:51:12 PM · #2 |
| dude.....you have one of the best cameras out there. I have a rebel and have done six weddings, 5 senior shots, sold some prints from vacation(Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon, San Diego). i have well paid for it and then some. get out there and advertise(flyers, ads in paper)...or word of mouth have worked for me..... |
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10/11/2004 05:54:25 PM · #3 |
were did you sell your prints? I have some pretty good ones I would like to sell.
P.S. Thanks for the encouragement.
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10/11/2004 06:19:29 PM · #4 |
| i didn't sell them on DPCPrints, but just around town and put some in art gallery. Tried to give some to friends but they actually paid me for them. give it a shot.....go to different coffee shops or other places like that, and ask if you can put some pics on the wall. had a friend do that and he sold all his prints within 2 weeks.....good luck |
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10/11/2004 07:11:22 PM · #5 |
Cool thanks a bunch. Does anyone else have any ideas.
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10/11/2004 07:55:25 PM · #6 |
Has anyone tried selling prints on ebay?
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10/11/2004 10:55:22 PM · #7 |
I good way to make money is working at kids sporting events. I have a friend who takes shots of highschool kids playing baseball and soccer and he can make a couple hundred on a good weekend. It not the most creative thing to do but its a money maker. Check out the following link: //www.make-money-with-digital-camera.com/
Parents will pay 10.00 for 1 5x7 of their kid playing ball.
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10/11/2004 11:05:26 PM · #8 |
i started going with a pro for 3 weddings nows , since i am learning , i didnt expect him to pay. but he pays $400 for pro to cover wedding , only taking pictures
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10/12/2004 05:16:44 PM · #9 |
That sounds like a pretty good deal, I would like to find someone like that.
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10/12/2004 05:39:15 PM · #10 |
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10/12/2004 05:47:06 PM · #11 |
Sounds like you're stressed! You're doing a bit better than I am I guess, I use my photography money to PAY bills. Ugh.
Anyway, if you just want to make money, and make it NOW, try stock photography. You can search DPC for threads about it, I've never done it, but I know people who make extra money that way.
Message edited by author 2004-10-12 17:47:23. |
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10/12/2004 06:32:44 PM · #12 |
I am located in Upper Maryland. Close to Delaware.
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10/12/2004 07:25:44 PM · #13 |
Like Goldberry said Stock Photography!
I made $500.00 + on Istock so far since Feb 2004 and $77.00 on Dreamstime(new site)
Try
Istockphoto
Dreamstime
Canstockphoto
and a new one
Bigstockphoto
Hope this helps
Melissa
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10/13/2004 09:47:53 AM · #14 |
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10/13/2004 09:51:58 AM · #15 |
I find shooting small events that aren't covered by other photographers reasonably lucrative. Pick an event, like dog trials, ring up the organiser, and if they don't have a photographer turn up. I've found most participants will be happy just to see some interest in the activity, and are normally overjoyed with photos.
See below. :)
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10/13/2004 10:00:53 AM · #16 |
| Be positive! I know what you mean about money. Its so tight around here it don’t even cover bills sometimes. With me being out of work all year because of illness, wife the only one working, and we also have two kids [teens]. It’s hard! Look on the bright side you have a camera that will allow you, with your abilities to make money with your photography. Good luck, I feel your pain. |
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10/13/2004 10:08:29 AM · #17 |
Well I'm doing an arts fair in jersey with some friends this weekend. We're not taking it seriously, but I've bought tons of cheap frames and gotten lots of those "join now get 15 free prints" from printing sites, so it'll be all profit if I sell any! (kinda, but yay my friends are paying for the table!)
But it's my first crack at going public ahaha so whatever happens happens and I'll just be glad for trying!
Good luck!
Katy
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10/13/2004 10:15:33 AM · #18 |
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10/13/2004 10:16:12 AM · #19 |
yeah, you do well at stock melking. I am sitting at a measly $13.50 on dreasmtime. I have 1/4 of the images that you do i guess.. which makes a difference... but anyhow.. yeah.. it can make a couple bucks.
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10/13/2004 03:26:12 PM · #20 |
Dreamstime is new and will start to pick up over time....It is getting really busy there now! Just keep uploading files....you will make money too!
Melissa
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10/13/2004 03:31:10 PM · #21 |
I think that many people underestimate the technical skills required to do weddings...judging by the amount of people that want to make money off it.
I have great respect for wedding shooters, working in conditions that are almost impossible, having to deal with very specific expectations...giving very little creative room... and now having to deal with all the "discount" shooters out there.
Here's my thing, in 2004 it's a quasi impossibility to make money off photography...everyone and their cousins are photographers now.. I make money, I even make good money...but that is because I developped a niche. I think photography is like all other art forms... your lucky if you sell.
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10/13/2004 05:26:46 PM · #22 |
Your a real motivator aren't ya GIL
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10/14/2004 11:55:46 AM · #23 |
Well Gil I guess a lot of people are doing the Impossible, I make money off Photograhpy and so do a lot of People I know!
Maybe you should try it!
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10/14/2004 12:00:04 PM · #24 |
I'm not saying there is no money to be made, I'm saying it has become a niche market where "general" photography has less of a place.
I also wonder about the necesscity of this comment: "Maybe you should try it!" care to define?
Message edited by author 2004-10-14 12:02:07.
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10/14/2004 12:07:18 PM · #25 |
Maybe you should try some of the stock sites and see if you can make some money!
Travis was only asking how he could make some extra money because he is Married and has a wife a two kids and would like to have some extra money!
You could have a least been Positive...:)
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