Working At Home With Photographs
Selling Stock PhotographsThis is probably the most obvious of all ways of using the photographs that you take. If they are high quality and interesting photographs then it is possible that other people might be interested in using them in their work. I quite often buy stock photographs for use on websites, whilst other designers need them for leaflets, posters and other creations.Websites selling stock photographs can hold portfolios of millions of different shots, but are usually open to more original shots. You need to be able to take a good quality photograph on a decent quality digital camera. And then you can approach different stock photograph websites and upload your creations and receive a commission on sales. Yes, it is that simple!Selling Items With Your PhotographsThis one is suitable for top quality photographs as well as not such good quality photographs. Instead of selling the photo to be reused, why not sell items with the photograph on? It sounds far more complicated than it is, but in reality it is very simple. Go to a website such as CafePress and create a free account. Upload some suitable interesting pictures and get them to create the products for you. It depends on the subject what is relevant, but you could be looking at fridge magnets, mugs and so on of famous landmarks, for example.Now you just need to promote your portfolio of items. The site itself should push some sales for you, but probably not a huge amount. You can push this yourself through your own website and other means. For example, create a simple WordPress website and start blogging about each of your products, linking to the page that it is for sale on. Then just start some promotional activities to push your website and generate some interest. Quite a simple idea!Retouching PhotographsThis is a bit more specialised, but still a possibility and something that people I know do. If you can learn how to perform basic Photoshop touch ups then you can provide services to the general public, photographers and other people. Simple tasks such as clearing up skin blemishes and even taking 10 years off the subject’s age are easy to learn and you can use these to create your own home business.Three basic ideas for home business ventures with photographs. Have a go and let me know how you get on!
