So, you want to become a photographer, or rather, you’d like to begin to build passive income from photography. Great! Photography is one of my Top 5 picks of the best residual income businesses, and it’s a great way to build passive income.
With that stated, however, it will take some time to build an income if you are solely working online and submitting photos for royalty income. So, patience is definitely needed if you’re going to pursue this avenue. There are many online sites that do accept photos from people, and they will be paid residual royalty income – whether they are a beginner or a professional. We will get to those shortly.
Meet Annie!
In the interim, and while you are building your portfolio of work, you could provide photography services to people in a variety of settings. For instance, you could provide freelance photography services for those who are getting married, throwing a special celebration, or enjoying some other life time social gathering. You could also become a pet photographer if you especially like to work with animals, and of course, you can always work with babies! And, who doesn’t like to work with babies! In fact, there is a very well known photographer who works with babies, and her work is sought after worldwide. So, what kind of photography article would this be if I didn’t mention Annie Leibovitz!
In fact, here’s a few of her books:
Color or Black & White Photo Specialty?
Are You a Beginner or Professional Photographer?
At this point, and since there are so many cameras and accessories out there to choose from, I’d like to hear from my readers before I conduct further research on cameras. I would like to know what type of cameras interest you the most? Are you a beginner or an established photographer? What cameras, features, and accessories are you looking for? Please feel free to comment below, and I will incorporate any feedback I receive into further research. I will likely be writing a follow-up to this article so that I can recommend which are the best cameras out there for the money.
How to Make Some Residual Passive Income with Photography!
Big Stock Photo – Sell Your Images (Also a Shutterstock company)
Dreamstime
FeaturePics
StockPhotoMedia
ArtistRising
Here are even more Great Resource Pages:
StockPhotoExpert/Sell_Images
To sell your own photography, in addition to residual income, there are two sites that allow for online space or pages. These are straight “space only” sites where no percentages are taken from your sales, and you deal directly with your customers. There are free listing capabilities as well as paid memberships. Memberships start as low as $9.99/month:
InfinityArtsandGiftsGallery
And, last, but not least, there is also a way to earn residual income from building online stores with some of the popular “do it yourself” sites. These sites allow you to apply your pictures onto their products and earn the “mark-up” profit. Visit:
Zazzle
These sites also work well for those who are writing poetry. Please visit Penelope’s Shop to see her latest poem for Mother’s Day!
Please feel free to comment or provide suggestions for particular products on which you would like more information and research. I will be happy to oblige, and I look forward to hearing from you!
Demi
I am a beginner in photography. I have a Nikon’s starting DSLR D3200.I occasionally go for scenic drive and take few pic.
MsMoneyHoney
Thank you so much Demi! I will look that one up and find out more about it for my future article! Thank you for your visit and input!