How can I make money with photography?

So you've just gotten the hang of photography, and you've decided you want to start makinga bit of extra cash from it. Well here are a few ideas to get you thinking.

Full Time options:

1. Wedding Photography.

Brides will pay a lot of money for the perfect photographer for them, so make sure you get a decent port folio together, and then start promoting your new business.

2. Photography Jobs

Many employers looking for photographers are not looking for qualifications, or in some cases even experience. If you think  you've got a strong enough portfolio, ring up and ask for an interview, eve if it's unpaid at first, you never know what that could lead to...

Part Time options.

1. Stock Photography

Search sell stock photos online

2. Studio shoots

Charge clients to come into your studio, and you supply them with a selection of prints.

3. Sell, Print & Sell.

Print some of your best work, frame them nicely and try to sell them at car boots, craft fairs, online, in the local paper or anywhere else you can think of.

4. Sell your photos to The Sun.

Many big name newspapers will pay big bucks for that shot of David Beckham picking his nose, maybe this is a route you'd like to take.

5. Teach.

Many people would love to learn photography, if your an expert why not teach one-to-one and charge per hour, or even run a class of up to 15 people.


Here are just a few ideas to get you going.