Travel Photography - Sell Your Images
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With the explosion in digital cameras and access the web, selling your travel pic's has never been easier! Mirco stock photography companies have spring up out the wood work and offer photographers a place to sell and buyers a place to snap up quality images and cheap prices. Today, stock photography is not just for the pro's, anyone and everyone sign up (for free), upload images and start selling to world.
If you think you have what it takes, check out these simple tips that will help you along the ay to making a extra dollars with your own travel images
In focus
Images must be in focus! Stock photography companies get thousands of images every day, so start of on the right foot and make sure your photos are sharp and in focus.
Cut Out The Rubbish
When you take a photo, you create a scene. Make that scene as eye grabbing as you can. Look at what you shooting and cut out the rubbish. If it's a person, photograph the person, not the entire street they happen to be standing in!
People/Trademarks
Many stock photography companies require you to submit a model release form when uploading images of people or images which include trademarks. This can be difficult if your traveling through a country where you can not speak the lingo.
If your keen, consider getting a release form translated to the local lingo making it easier for your subject to understand whats happening.
The other option is to sell your images as "Editorial" meaning you will not require the release form. For full details of all the legal requirements, check out Dreamstime.com.
Takes Lots
Digital camera's rock, simply because you can take thousands of images and then delete those you don't like. So don't be shy, click away, try different settings and worry about the sorting latter!
Be Tough
When you are sorting out images to upload, be really tough on yourself. Asking yourself, if I was the buyer, would I really pay cold hard cash for this image? If you can not answer immediately with a yes, don't upload it!
Also consider asking friends for their options, it will save you a lot of time uploading, time could be spent shooting more images!
Dare To Be Different
Thousands of photos are submitted daily to stock photography sites. Many images are the same old thing, same old angle etc. Boring, boring boring!! So when you're standing in front of a grand old building or a mountain sunset, look for a different angle. Lay down on your back and look up, climb some steps to get higher, get closer or move left and right. If it's a sunset, look behind you, often the colors and rays of light will be reflecting of something no one else is seeing! Dare to be different and you will up you chances of success!
Have a Go At It!
While there are many people around the world selling images through stock photography sites, there are many more not selling because it's hard or they think their images are not up to par. Have a go at it, you will only succeed if you if you try!
A great site to use is DreamsTime.com - Free, easy and popular with buyers! Try it, you could make good money with your own travel images!
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