How can I make a bit of money through photography or editing?

Question

I go to shoot weddings every other month with a friend but I don't get asked to go that often. I have tried looking for other jobs but everyone knows how hard it is these days. How can I make some money on the side through photography? I have a DSLR camera with a pro lens and flash and I have a lot of knowledge about photoshop. I am desperate, a small amount money will do.

Answer 1

One option is to try out the stock photography. You can check it out the agencies I work with: https://www.facebook.com/MaigiPhotography/app_4949752878

Another option is to offer your skills as freelancer. Here is a great site to start: https://www.odesk.com/o/jobs/browse/?q=photography

Or if you have some clever ideas to promote your work, you can offer your skills for some gigs (5 bucks each): http://fiverr.com/gigs/search?query=photography&x=0&y=0



You might find a real job, but meanwhile all of this can be just fun. To be honest it can be the waste of time as well, but not necessarily.



You can try to sell your artwork on Zazzle as well: http://www.zazzle.com/sell?rf=238275595751652200



Good luck!

Answer 2

Expect at the least an buddies degree in applied science. 60,000 dollars at a excellent university. Look, i've spent a long time at a excellent tuition, spent a lot of money at it. I probaly be aware of extra about pictures than 99 percent of men and women and am no the place near marriage ceremony photoraphy. You see photograohy isn't about digicam's, it is about mild and controling and manipulating it. Have you learnt which way to face a character when they're in the shade, vs where the sunshine is? Do you face the light or does the subject, you might be each standing in the colour by the way. That's just a small example of what pictures really is. Should you believe that the subject will have to stand out within the solar, going through you so that their face is in't in shadow, good you possibly can be flawed, it hurts their eyes in order that they squint, and also you get a nasty image. You can't turn them round so that they don't face the sun both, now that lens has the solar coming correct into it, the camera gets sun flare and the subject looks horrible with the sun in the back of them anyway. I understand how to clear up this considering I paid to be taught how. We could say you shot indoors rather, ok, sounds first-class. Do you need flash? What kind of flash? Off digicam? What vigor, how a long way away will the flash raise? What is going to be lit when the shutter closes, what was lit? Does the man or woman look traditional? Is the heritage brighter than the discipline or vice versa or are they balanced what's the temperature of the sunshine in Kelvin It literally goes on and on forever. That is what you get from an education. As one can find it's not concerning the digicam in any respect

Answer 3

In my honest opinion, you'll need to be more skilled in photography than in the use of photoshop. If you start with the best image possible, you'll often have the best end product possible. Having said that, I usually edit every photograph I shoot, albeit slightly, with small modifications to tone, exposure and contrast.



If you're looking for money, I wouldn't suggest weddings. Weddings can be extremely stressful, and if you don't achieve the results your client(s) may be looking for, you'll have a hard time collecting a paycheck. On top of that, you have to be quick, ever ready, and you won't have any time to adjust settings, change batteries or cards, etc.



There are some websites online that buy stock images. If you have a flash with off-camera capability, I'd suggest still-life photography. Shoot flowers, fruit, people...anything. Often, this would probably be preferable to make a "small amount". Further, if you're good with portraiture, you could do some short sessions with people. To get business, be humble- charge $20, $30, $40 for 15-20 images. People love having portraits done, especially to put on Facebook, so they can have a new "Prof pic". Any friends have siblings in high school? Offer to shoot senior photos.



I have yet to be paid for my photography, although I have shot senior portrait sessions with friends in high school. In fact, I have a shoot scheduled for the third of Nov. Personally, I like to remain an amateur, but if indeed you do decide to do portraits for pay, remember to be professional, amiable and humble. Don't rush through it, nail your exposures when shooting, so that editing will be easier afterwards. With a knowledge in Photoshop (I use Lightroom, love the catalog and ease of use but prefer the actual tools in Photoshop) you can soften skin, make more subtle adjustments to skin tones, and do much more. And as this shoot coming up will likely be a paid shoot, and my first paid shoot, I'm charging $40 for 15-20 images, with satisfaction guaranteed.



Either way you go, best of luck!

Answer 4

If you have a pro lens and flash, send those two out to make money, since they are pros.



There is no such thing as pro equipment, only equipment used by professionals.



If you have a portfolio of work, you need to start advertising your business to get more jobs. Shoot portraits, Christmas cards, weddings, events... It sounds like your friend has a business and uses you when he needs it. You need to start your own if you are going to control your own revenue stream.

Answer 5

Making a little money with photograph is easy.



The key is starting off with a lot of money.