If Travel For Business, Make Some Extra Money On the Side

Use Your Time Away To Make Money One way to make some extra money as a travel

professional is to get paid for some of the photos that you take while you are on the road.

If you already do a lot of traveling for your business, then you can start this business for free.

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Learn to Take a Great Photo

If you want to make money doing this you will need to learn how to take great travel photos.

If you want to get into the world of commercial photos, you need to understand that it is clarity that sells.

One article cannot cover everything you need to know about taking a good photo but here are some important tips to get you started.

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Tips

You can really do this with any camera but at some point you should get a high quality one like a Canon Rebel.

Learn how to use it and all of the features that it has. You should pull out the operating guide and really learn about each

feature. If you buy a high quality camera you can also find books specifically

on your model at the book store. You can also probably find articles on the web for your specific

model· Have an eye for detail and color.

Start observing the world around you and look for situations that might appeal to other individuals in a photo.

Be ready to grab an opportunity when it presents itself.

Example

For example if you are hiking through the hills of Scotland and come across a lone piper, grab your camera and get some pictures.

Photograph Everything

Look for anything that you can photograph and take the picture.

Look for sunsets, moonrise, cloud formations, rivers, oceans, beaches and tree shapes.

You Want to Take Pictures of Everything. One great thing about a digital camera is that

you can take tons of pictures and only keep the ones that turn out good.

You no longer will be wasting money on film learning your craft.

Take pictures of buildings and cool sights

Take a lot of flower pictures

These are always good sellers. Greeting card markets love photos of flowers

Wildlife and Nature

These are great for calendars and geographic magazines and educational markets.

Diverse Array of Subjects

• Having a diverse array of subjects that you photo is the key to success in any photo business.

• It also applies to a travel photography business.

• The more topics that you cover the more potential sales you can get.

• You can make a good living from stock photography.

Think Outside the Box

Use your travels to sell photos. You do not necessarily have to sell your

photos as travel photos. You can sell your flower photos to calendar

companies or whatever.

So take pictures of everything.

For the pictures that turn out like crap, just delete them.

For the ones that do turn out good, think about who would be interested in that subject and market it to those types of companies.

Where to Submit

You can also submit them to stock photography sites and let them sell the pictures for you.

Travel guides, brochures and websites are all possible markets for your photos but so is every other market.

So if you decide to be a travel photographer just don’t limit yourself to travel photography.

There is a wide range of markets that you can sell your pictures to.

The main thing to aim for with any photo is to sell it to multiple markets.

This is how you will make big money in this business.

Develop a Portfolio

One thing you will want to do is to create a portfolio of your best work.

That way you can advertise to potential clients using actual photos that you have taken.

A high quality portfolio will look better than rummaging through your desk to find some examples.

What to Charge

The other thing is that you should charge a fair amount for your photos.

You don’t have to sell them for just pennies. You should sell them for a lot more because you

have spent a lot of time learning your art. You also spent a lot of timing finding and taking the

perfect picture. So don’t sell yourself short. Research what others are charging at Stock Photo

Sites to get an idea of what to charge for yours

Other Places to Submit Photos

If you really know what you are talking about and can take a fantastic shot, think of submitting it to a photographic magazine, along with all the details of the precise equipment you used and a step-by step account of your procedure.

A bit of a challenge maybe, but worth the effort. There are many other markets to consider too; all

kind of magazines, newspapers, catalogues, travel brochures and books.

So grab that camera and start shooting