15 Ways to Make Money with Digital Photography

Ideas Presented byYour Guide to Digital Photography It’s easier than you may think to make money as a digital photographer. There are many different ways to make money
doing digital photography and here are 15 to get you started.

Method #1 – Selling Stock Photography
Selling stock photography is easier than you may think. Just take some of your best photos and submit them to stock
 photography sites. They will be reviewed and if it’s a good photo, it will hopefully be accepted. You’ll get paid
about $1-2 every time someone uses your photo.

Method #2 – Screensavers
There’s a lot more money in screensavers than people realize. Take a series of photographs along a theme and make
your own screensaver. If the photos are good, they’ll do great on screensaver sites or on eBay.

Method #3 – eBay Sellers
Speaking of eBay, eBay can be a great source of business. eBay sellers often have very poor photos of images they
sell over and over. Set up a local service photographing eBay items.

Method #4 – Wedding Photographer
One of the more popular ways to work as a photographer. The key to getting wedding photography business is to have
 a very credible website and profile.

Method #5 – Restaurant Photographer
Restaurants often need photos of their restaurant or their dishes for their menu’s and websites. You can work
 directly with restaurants or make yourself available to designers who work with restaurants.

Method #6 – Real Estate Agents
Real estate agents need listing photographs of new homes they’re listing. Get yourself a few real estate agents
 you work with regularly and you could quickly be booked with work.

Method #7 – Insurance Photographer
People are usually required to photograph belongings they’re insuring. Often times they don’t want to bother learning
 how themselves. By positioning yourself as an insurance photographer, you can do it for them.

Method #8 – Online Dating Photographer
Both men and women often want to have great photos of them taken for online dating profiles. This is a great way to make some quick cash.

Method #9 – Working with Café’s
Café’s would often love to have your art on their wall for free. In exchange, you can post your photos with a price
tag on their walls until you get a buyer for your art.

Method #10 – Sporting Events
Local sporting events such as little league games or high school soccer games would often love to have photographers photograph their games.

Method #11 – Church Directories
Churches often want to have photos of their members along with contact information in a booklet called a church directory.
 You can position yourself as the go to photographer for that.

Method #12 – Make T Shirts
A great way to make money doing photography is to take great photos and put them on T shirts. You can sell these shirts on eBay,
 on your own website or sell the designs to other T shirt websites.

Method #13 – Craigslist
You can advertise yourself on Craigslist, a free and very popular online classifieds website. Position yourself as a photographer
 and you’ll be exposing yourself to thousands of people who’re looking for your services.

Method #14 – Portrait Photographer
The portrait business is a big business. You can work with a studio or set up your own practice for doing portraits.

Method #15 – Photo Blogging
People love looking at images. If you continue to take images people like to look at and publish them, you can quickly build up a following.

Now you have plenty of profitable ideas you can use to start making money as a photographer. Whether you want to do it part-time
for extra cash or make it your full-time work, there’s plenty to choose from.

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Photographer’s Studio Lighting

Photographer’s Studio Lighting

R. Dodge Woodson

The right lighting system combined with a camera that offers a fast shutter speed can literally stop a bullet in mid-air. Well, it looks stopped when you see the picture. No, I’m not suggesting that you shoot the lights and watch them explode on impact. I’m referring to capturing the rotating bullet as an image. Studio strobes can be extremely powerful and can stop all sorts of motion without risk of blurred images.

If you plan to convert a spare bedroom, basement, or attic into a studio, you should give serious consideration to buying some studio strobes. This type of lighting is not cheap, but you can get name-brand lights that do a wonderful job for reasonable prices.

My studio lights are made by Novatron®, and I’m very happy with them. This company is known for its excellence in lighting equipment for both serious amateurs and professionals. It is common to find kits offered by Novatron and other quality manufacturers that will give you all the basics of good studio lighting. For less than $600, you can frequently find kits that include at least two flash heads, sometimes three, light stands, umbrellas, a carrying case, and other accessories. Anyone with an interest in studio photography can benefit from these semi-pro lighting kits. If you decide to use this type of lighting, invest in a good light meter that takes flash readings. Otherwise, you will suffer trial-and-error exposure ratings that will be very frustrating. Another option is to use the automatic mode on your camera and depend on the camera’s light meter.

Quartz

Quartz-halogen lights are an alternative to flash heads for studio photography. Problems occur with flash photography. One of the most common is finding out after you look at pictures taken that the flash units created unwanted shadows. This doesn’t happen with quartz-halogen lights. These lights are on while you are composing a picture, so you see the exact effect the lighting has on your subject. This is a big advantage for a lot of photographers. An added bonus to this type of lighting is that it’s less expensive than flash units. A good quartz-halogen starter get will cost you about $250. It will include the lights, barndoors (which allow you to angle the lighting), light stands, and a carrying case.

(CAUTION) Quartz-halogen and other photo lamps get extremely hot during use. They can easily inflict serious burns and are capable of starting fires if they come into contact with flammable materials.

I started my studio lighting with quartz-halogen lights and continue to use the same lights today. My flash heads see a lot of use, but so do my steady lights. Both types of lighting have their advantages and disadvantages. One drawback to quartz lights is that they get very hot. This can make a model’s make-up run, present a fire hazard if flammable materials come into contract with them, and there is some risk of serious burns if someone touches the lights.

Another problem with quartz lighting is that it can’t stop motion like a flash unit can. Since quartz lighting produces tungsten lighting, you will have to put a corrective filter on your lens to maintain accurate colors in color photographing. But, this is no big deal. Of course, you can made lighting corrections in your photo editing program in your computer.

Quartz lights allow you to take normal light readings. This can be done with an independent light meter or the one that is in your camera. A flash meter is not required. Since quartz lights are on at all times, you can see shadows and lighting effects before you fire the shutter. This is a big help. If you want big-time lighting on a limited budget, quartz-halogen lights are the way to go.

Ring Lights

Ring lights are a specialty flash. They are used with macro lenses when taking close-up pictures. These units often consist of a sensor that mounts in the hot shoe of a camera, a battery pack, and the flash attachment. The flash mounts on the ring of a lens, in a way similar to a filter. Since the flash elements surround the lens, it gives good, even illumination of your subject. Some models, like the one I have, allow you to disable one-half of the ring for creative photography. Other models fire all at one time. For documentary photography of close-ups, ring lights can’t be beaten.

A ring light would not normally be used for anything other than documentary work. Taking a picture of a human model with a ring light used for flash would result in a bright, well-lit photograph that would probably be boring. Ring lights bring out extensive detail in subjects. This is usually not desirable when photographing people or pets. If you don’t chase after grasshoppers, mushrooms, and wildflowers, you shouldn’t need a ring light. But, if you love to bring nature home on your memory card with you in a film canister, a ring light might be right for you.

Flash In a Box

Some photographers like to take their flash shows on the road. If you are one of these road warriors, look into portable studio flashes that can travel with you. Any studio lighting can be used where electricity is available, but if your take your photos off the beaten track, you may want some battery-powered flashes to go along with you. There are two ways to do this. One is much more expensive than the other.

If you want to take full-power studio strobes out into a meadow to photograph a model, be prepared to spend between $1,000 and $1,500 for the privilege. You might find a portable, battery-powered location kit for less than $1,000, but they are not numerous. It might be cheaper to take your regular studio lights and rent a small electric generator for your location session. For that matter, it might even be cheaper to buy a small generator to run your AC lights. It’s very difficult to justify or afford location strobes. But, don’t get discouraged; I’m going to show you how to beat the system.

Most photography doesn’t require super-powerful studio strobes. If you want to take models on location and get some great shots, you can do it with inexpensive, portable, battery-powered flash units. I’m talking about the same electronic flashes that you might normally mount on your camera. These flashes when put together with either sync cords or slaves and some light stands make a good substitute for expensive location kits. You can still use umbrellas and reflection cards, and you will save a tremendous amount of money. Granted, you won’t have the full power and control you would with a location set, but you probably won’t need it.

To give you an idea of the results you can receive with inexpensive, pocket-size flash equipment, let me share a story from my past with you. When I started doing wedding photography, I couldn’t afford the best equipment, but I needed my work to look good. My second wedding assignment was a tough one.

I was going to have to light a large dance room with electronic flash to meet the demands of my customer. This would have been a good time to own a location set of strobes, but I didn’t. To compensate for my problem, I took several modest flashes, some inflatable umbrellas, and some light stands to the reception area. My assistant and I positioned the lights prior to the crowded arrival of guests. Each electronic flash was equipped with a peanut slave. When I fired my powerful, bracket-mounted camera flash, all of the slaves would trigger the other flashes. This simple, inexpensive set-up allowed me full light coverage of a large room and crowd with minimal cost.

I have never owned a location set of strobes. During all of my years in the field, I’ve always used simple, battery-powered flashes with good results. You can spend a lot of money on flashy pro gear if you want to, but it’s rarely needed.

Other Flash Factors

There are a number of accessories available for photographers who use flash equipment. Whether you’re using a $60 pocket flash or a $1,000 pro setup, you can always enhance your flash photography with accessories. Buying stuff is half of what makes photography so much fun! The accessories available are not mandatory equipment, but many of them can improve your photography and produce nice special effects. You will need a camera with either a hot shoe or a pc sync connection port.

Many photographers advance to a point where they want remote and or multiple flash sources. If you reach this level, you will likely use a sync cord for your remote flash. Slave devices can be used to trigger multiple flashes. There is one problem often encountered with sync cords. They don’t always maintain good connections with the camera body.

You can reduce flash failures by using a sync key, a small device that resizes the connection pieces, to keep your connections tight. This is a very inexpensive accessory that should be kept in your camera bag or vest at all times when doing flash photography.

Slaves come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Peanut slaves are inexpensive and work well under most conditions. This is the type of slave that I use, and I can recommend them highly. Most slave devices are made like a hot shoe. The ones that are not can be coupled with a remote flash by using a sync cord. The cord runs only from the slave to the flash, not from your camera body to the remote devices. Once you get to the point of doing creative things with artificial lighting, you will want multiple flashes and remote firing devices.

Studio strobes of good quality usually have slaves built into them. When you fire one light, they all go off. Before you invest in any studio strobes, make sure that they have adjustable power settings and built-in slaves. When this is the case, you only have to connect one light to your camera body with a sync cord, which is also known as a PC cord.

Filters

Filters are available for most photographic lights and flashes. Using filters with your lighting can produce some outstanding results. Even inexpensive pocket flashes are often sold with an assortment of colored filters. Some models use gel-type filters and others use plastic filters. It is a good idea to make sure that any lighting units you buy will accept filters for future interests in special effects.

Snoots

Snoots and barndoors sound like things you would find down on the farm, but they are accessories for photography lighting. Any reputable studio light will accept these types of accessories.

Barndoors consist of two or four metal flaps that allow you to angle light creatively. Snoots are used to concentrate a beam of light. They are often used to highlight a model’s hair. There are many other types of add-ons available for studio lighting, so make sure the products you are considering will accept them.

Umbrellas

Most people have seen umbrellas used in flash-photography sessions. They are used to bounce light in a soft, shadowless, attractive manner. Most photographers use white umbrellas, but silver umbrellas produce more bounce. You should experiment with both types until you are comfortable with which one to use on various assignments. As good as umbrellas are, the can be cumbersome at times, and they don’t allow a lot of mobility. There is a solution to this dilemma.

Inflatable umbrellas are the answer to higher mobility and better results when using small flash units. These little blow-up umbrellas are only several inches in diameter, but they produce great results. They attach to an electronic flash with elastic bands. Your flash fires into the clear surface of the device and is reflected by the white or silver interior surface. You get bounced lighting from a small, portable, affordable package. I’ve used them to photograph modeling sessions and weddings with wonderful results. This is one accessory any serious flash photographer should own.

Reflector Cards

Reflector cards are often used in photography. They are implemented with natural light and flash photography. A reflector card can be a small, hand-held size, or it can be a large unit that is supported by a stand. The painted walls and ceilings of buildings act as large reflector cards for photographers bouncing flashes. By bouncing flash or natural light with reflector cards, you receive lighting that is not harsh and distasteful.

Lightweight survival blankets fold to pocket-size proportions and are often silver on one side. These inexpensive items make fantastic reflectors.

Meters

Light meters are critical to good photography. Most modern cameras have some type on built-in meter, but these meters can be fooled under certain conditions. The use of multiple flash units is one of these conditions. If you are going to do much flash photography with any type of flash other than a dedicated, automatic, on-camera flash, invest in a decent flash meter. You will save time, frustration, and wasted film many times over. A lot of flash meters double as reflective meters, so that you are getting two meters for the price of one. This is the type that I would recommend. Flash photography and studio lighting can add a new dimension to your hobby, so give it serious consideration. You should enjoy the journey.

About the Author

R. Dodge Woodson is a full-time internationally-known, best-selling author and photographer. Dodge recently entered semi-retirement and created the World Photographers Organization (WPO). Photographers of all skill levels come to WPO to learn, to increase their sales, and to take advantage of the extensive resources offered to the general public and members. He also created an e-commerce site, www.ccionlinesales.com to showcase his brainchild. the Book Buster e-books. The site offers a full selection of Book Busters, e-books, used bound books, new bound books, stock photography, and much more. Having been a pro photographer for more than 30 years and a full-time writer for 17 years, Dodge now feels it is time to share his tricks of the trade with up-and-coming freelancers.

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If you are looking for post-processing software, Adobe Photoshop CS4 is the ultimate, but is quite expensive and has a very steep learning curve. There is a free product called “GIMP” that is comparable to Photoshop.

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Backpacking Photography Tips

As I look up the skies, the clouds start to build up. I waited minutes until a low cloud were in the left and another one in front of the mountain.

Backpacking doesn’t really mean I’m get away from the crowds; I want to see unique surroundings that one cannot find near the road.

Backpacking is quite a challenge; you need to have the appropriate equipment, essentials food and shelter.

There are two types of backpacking, first is you can set up a base camp and then hike without bringing all the equipment. Second method is to do a different part each day. In some other country camping is only permitted selected areas and some areas have quotas.

Here is some Backpacking Equipment

Normally I bring this equipment a sleeping bag, placed in the bottom of your bag and here is a technique on how to arrange your belongings. Light objects are placed in the bottom and top of your pack, heaviest on the center.

Tent: good for 2 persons. This is enough for you and your equipments inside the tent.

Sleeping bag:  with ground cloth at the bottom to protect from sharp objects

Sleeping pad: Choose the 3/4 length

Jacket: Wind resistance and waterproof

Underwear: top and bottom

Pants: not the jeans because of its weigh. Exercise tights or lightweight shelled pants

Shirt: Use long-sleeve silkweight and not the cotton t-shirts

Stove

Mess kit

Water filter: one used by the US Marine

Food: fast-cooking foods such as parboiled rice, mashed potatoes, etc. I often eat high-calorie cookies for my snacks

Lighting: Bring the single aluminum candle lantern and a double A flashlight

Mosquito repellent

Photography Equipment you need the following:

Now figure the photo equipment. To select the correct equipment, you need to know what to expect to shoot. If you’re going to pack up to the high mountains, expect panoramas. If you expect to shoot flowers, you might opt for a view camera. Here’s the equipment I’ve brought on four trips over the past month.

Lens: Normally a wide angle and normal lens will be enough. Other stuff includes filters and light meter

Tripod (check my previous article about handling and choosing the tripod)

Memory Card

Camera Batteries

If you see something excellent scene for photography, then shoot it, rather than saving it at the end of your trip, because on your way home you will be thinking on having a shower, and eating a your meal

About the Author

Visit my blog at Las Vegas Photographer for updates. Check out his Las Vegas Photography website featuring food, architecture, advertising and trade-show portraits.

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Amateur Photographer by TIME Magazine. Size 8.00 X 10.00 Art Poster Print Amateur Photographer by TIME Magazine.Total Size : 8.00 inches width by 10.00 inches height.This is the Highest Quality Art Print Reproduction of the Original Work. Fully Authorized by the Artist. OnlineWall is the worlds best quality art print, poster and framing store with over 25 years custom framing experience our quality of art prints cannot be beat ….

Digital Light Meter calibrated to NIST Standards $129.95 This handheld light meter is easy to operate and can be used in occupational health and safety, illumination design verification and other light monitoring applications. The light meter is cosine and color corrected for a quick and accurate response. Simply turn the light meter on with the provided safety cap in place, and the unit will zero the reading automatically. Then uncap for a quick foot-…

CEM DT-1308 400,000+/-5% Digital Lux Light Meter CE Certified This item is a Premium CEM DT-1308 Model 400,000 Lux Light Meter. Make sure you have the ability to go up to 400,000Lux!! Its also great to have the ability to switch between both Lux or FC units of measurement. This lux meter features an extremely precise accuracy (±5% rdg) through 0.1-400,000Lux readings in four ranges. WE include a FREE 9V battery so you are ready to make precise readings righ…

The Skilled Photographer 3 DVD Set $69.95 Your guide and host professional photographer Emanuele “Manny” Pontoriero once again pushes you to take your technical skills beyond the creative horizon you currently have. Whether a serious amateur or a budding professional, you probably now realize that it’s not the camera but the person behind it that creates the stunning images we see in museums, art galleries and print ads. Now you can learn…

Fisher Scientific Traceable Dual-Range Light Meter $158.00 Features of the Fisher Scientific Traceable Dual-Range Light Meter: Measures both lux and foot-candles at a rapid sampling rate of 0.4 seconds. Display update rate is adjustable to 1 or 2 seconds. Lux measurements: three ranges from 0 to 1999, 2000 to 19,990 and 20,000 to 50,000lux; resolution from 1 to 100 lux; accuracy of ±5% plus two digits. Foot-candle measurements: three ranges from 0 …

Fisher Scientific Traceable Dual-Display Light Meter $249.99 Features of the Fisher Scientific Traceable Dual-Display Light Meter: Large LCD shows separate readings for lux and foot-candles in 13/8 in.H digits, plus selected source (daylight, tungsten, fluorescent, or mercury). Zero reference points for daylight, tungsten, fluorescent and mercury; can report percent differential from reference point. Photodiode and color-correction filter provide cosine- an…

Fisher Scientific Traceable UV Light Meter $583.90 Features of the Fisher Scientific Traceable UV Light Meter: Easy-to-use meter with a wide-band UV wavelength of 320 to 390nm. Convenient operation and data storage. DATA HOLD button freezes display to capture readings. Precise photodiode and color-correction filter provide cosine- and color-corrected measurements. Push-button recall of highest, lowest and average readings. Dimensions: 11/4L x 3W x…

Datacolor DC S3X100 Spyder 3 Express Spyder3Express Get the most from your monitor Spyder3ExpressTM adjusts the color on your monitor so your photos appear more accurately. Easy-to-use right out of the box, this award winning proven technology helps you calibrate your display – just like professionals. There’s a reason your on-screen colors aren’t always true. Chances are, your monitor color is the problem, not your camera or your…

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Help me choose a movie camera, and other filming equipment?

i need to get a really cheap, but not horrible movie camera, and any ideas of what other equipment i’d need to film a movie and how i could pick it up for cheap

JVC, Samsung and Sony make camcorders from $200 to $280 that will all fill the basic bill.

A tripod is another $30

Some clamp lights at a hardware store $8 each

You might want to experiment with body mics using an MP3 recorder with a little mic or one of those cheap $25 digital dictation machines to help improve the sound of talking in a room that is large.

Probably need a PCI FireWire card for your computer

A FireWire cord to connect the camera

A DVD burner

We’re talking under $400 here.

You’re not going to really notice a difference in quality until you jump into a $4,000 camcorder.

Paterson Film Squeegee, #211 $13.65 Completely safe for film, with extra-soft blades that can’t scratch and a handle design which prevents excess pressure on the film. Blades are 3 – 1/4″ long, suitable for film formats up to 4×5″….

Yankee Rubber Bladed Film Squeegee $6.95 Yankee Film Squeegee Made of rugged high impact styrene with 4-inch long and 1-inch wide cellulose sponge. Easy grip design. Accommodates all films up to 4×5 inches….

Amateur Photographer by TIME Magazine. Size 11.00 X 14.00 Art Poster Print Amateur Photographer by TIME Magazine.Total Size : 11.00 inches width by 14.00 inches height.This is the Highest Quality Art Print Reproduction of the Original Work. Fully Authorized by the Artist. OnlineWall is the worlds best quality art print, poster and framing store with over 25 years custom framing experience our quality of art prints cannot be beat ….

Digital Film Making Made Easy $49.95 This DVD helps you decide what equipment you need when you want to make a quality movie. It covers several different cameras and formats. The DVD also covers other equipment such as a depth-of-field adapter, what it is used for and basically how it works. A Steady Cam and how it works. The different types of audio equipment, microphones and how they are used. The different types lights and wha…

HP Combi-Plan T 4×5 Sheet Film Developing Tank System $74.95 A compact daylight developing tank for sheet film or glass plates from 6.5cm to 4×5″. The adjustable film carrier holds 6 sheets (12 sheets if processing black and white back to back), and can be used with wet or dry film. During processing a locking retaining clip keeps the film securely in its carrier and the leak-proof lid allows inversion agitation as in 35mm daylight tanks. A loader is suppli…

Opteka Professional Wrist Grip Strap for Digital & Film SLR Cameras $7.95 The Opteka padded camera grip wraps around the hand, and is designed to stabilize a camera or camcorder when shooting, and to alleviate fatigue during extended sessions of photography or videography. Compatible with all Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, and Samsung DSLR cameras that feature a standard 1/4″-20 tripod socket ….

Adorama Stainless Steel Daylight Film Developing Tank for Two Rolls of 35mm Film or One Roll Of 120/220 Film $12.95 Stainless steel tanks and reels have long been the professional’s choice. With Adorama’s stainless steel tanks and reels desired temperatures can be easily obtained and maintained. They will not warp or corrode. The PVC caps are light-tight, easy pouring, and wet or dry they are easier to remove than stainless steel covers. Available for 35mm and 120/220 reels….

Kodak Indicator Stop Bath For Black & White Films And Papers, 1-Pint Bottle To Make 8-Gallons. $6.09 Concentrated liquid stop bath that turns purplish blue to signal exhaustion. Dilute one part concentrate with 64 parts water….

Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera (Updated Edition) $8.75 For serious amateur photographers who already shoot perfectly focused, accurately exposed images but want to be more creative with a camera, here’s the book to consult. More than seventy techniques, both popular and less-familiar approaches, are covered in detail, including advanced exposure, bounced flash and candlelight, infrared, multiple images, soft-focus effects, unusual vantage points, zoo…

Killer Camera Rigs That You Can Build, Third Edition: How to Build Your Own Camera Cranes, Car Mounts, Stabilizers, Dollies, and More! $38.43 “The singular beauty of this book is that Mr. Selakovich has successfully dedicated himself to producing clarity with every page.” – Michael Ferris, Camera Operator/DP (Die Hard)”For filmmakers who like to shoot their films with a mobile camera withough spending a fortune on equipment rentals, this book is a great gift indeed. I highly recommend it for its clarity and common sense.” – Kris Malkiew…

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