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There are many aspects of making money with photography that I did not even have time to touch on. One of the hottest markets right now is pet photography.

One of the best resources for making money with pet photography is a program called New Photo Biz.

They have everything from videos to tutorials and even some stock photos you can photoshop in with pictures of pets, babies, and more. The step by step photoshop guide videos show you how to do it all. And what’s great is the Scott, the owner of the program, is already a very successful pet photographer so he knows the business and teaches you what you need to know.

I hope you enjoyed this ebook and that it at least gave you some ideas for using your camera as more than just a tool to capture memories. Turning your passion for photography into some solid income is one of the best decisions you can make to better your quality of life.

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So for this tip you don’t even have to own a camera to make money. I started doing this recently and it is a great way to get some extra income on the side no matter what kind of photography you are currently using to generate cash.

I got this idea when I was in someone’s home and saw some old pictures on a table. I noticed that these pictures were fading and a lot of the color had already disappeared from them. In passing, I just mentioned to the lady of the house that I could try to restore some of the pictures for her and she was very interested.

I did the first one for free, as I had never done this before. But it was much easier than I thought. You don’t even have to be a photoshop guru to do this. All you need is a scanner and a basic photo editing program.

The Epson scanner that I have actually came with some photo restore software that I did not even know about, and this makes the job a little easier too. It’s amazing how much detail you can get back with some photo editing tools. I boosted the saturation on a few of the shots since the color was very faded and I made a few other simple changes that took 10 minutes maximum.

After giving the lady a print of the new and improved picture, she was delighted. The picture I had restored for her was the only picture she had of  her father on her property, so it meant a great deal to her to bring back some of its former glory. People will pay big money for these photo restores because they are sentimental. You can’t replace those old memories.

Any person who has pictures dating back to the 70’s and before will have faded photos that need to be restored, so it won’t be hard to find clients. Even if you just charge 10 bucks per photo and put all the pictures on a CD, you can easily make $100 to $200 per hour. The first picture I did took me ten minutes, but the second one I did only took me 5. It really depends on how much of the original picture’s detail was lost, but either way, it can be a very profitable business for you.

I would even put an ad in the newspaper letting people know that you could restore their photos for them. Some people just don’t want to hassle with it, even though it’s very simple to do.

I hope many of you will at least try restoring some photos to see how easy it is. Do some free jobs for some friends to get some experience and then you can show your future clients the difference with the before and after. What I like to do is offer to do the first photo for free so they can actually see the difference and how much more detailed and colorful the newly restored picture is. Nothing will sell your services like showing them how great it is.

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Now you don’t even need to go up into the air to get amazing aerial photos. Here are some ways you can get your camera in the perfect position way up in the air to get the shots:
• Remote Control Planes
• Remote Control Helicopters
• Mast Systems
• Remote Control Blimps

These above methods are great because you can get pictures from much lower flying levels and make sure you get the perfect shot every time.

But not all of these methods are created equal. RC planes just move too fast and so it’s hard to get a picture that is not blurry. So many will resort to using RC helicopters as they are much more stable and can fly in place. This usually requires two people; one to fly the helicopter and another to operate the controls for the camera. The only problem is that the gas RC helicopters that are required to lift the cameras have too much vibration and cause the images to be blurry more often than not. You could invest in a stabilizer of some sorts bu then there is also the problem of noise and people complaining, which happens more often than you may think.

There are some situations where an RC chopper will work just fine, but I find that the best systems are the high mast systems and small blimps. Most of the masts will go to 50 feet which will be good for most homes, but if you need some more lift you can get great stability with a balloon system.

The camera stays very steady in a balloon system and all there is no noise at all.

If you are interested in getting started with aerial photography than I highly suggest you check out the website over at http://www.aerialproducts.com. They have just the systems you will need for getting a balloon system or mast system.

Either way it will require a little investing so make sure this is something you want to do before you commit to it. A good idea would be to interview different home owners and businesses in town and see if that is the sort of thing they would be interested in having done for them. Based on how people respond to your questions can determine what the market is like in your area for aerial photography.

I absolutely love aerial photography and it’s a fun, relaxing way to generate huge amounts of income in the right environments. It would not be uncommon to make several thousand dollars every month so you would be able to pay off that balloon or mast system in a short period of time.

I hope this opened your eyes a little to the potential there is in all kinds of photography. In the next tip we are going to look at how you can make money from pictures you never even took. You won’t want to miss our last part of the series on how to make money with your photography.

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Whether you are a pilot already or you want to pay a pilot to take you up in the air  to get some aerial pictures, you need to check with your local laws to make sure you don’t get into trouble. But an airplane may not be the best way to get the best aerial shots.

Most planes are not supposed to go much below 1,000 feet and this is too high to do some good quality aerial photography, although still doable. It is  best to work between 100 and 250 feet for most businesses and houses, unless the building is particularly large. Usually you can rent a pilot and plane for between $100 and $150 per hour. Of course you will have to pass this cost along with your rates, but you can more than make up for it with stunning pictures from the air.

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You may think that aerial photography is out of your reach, but if you have this mindset you are missing out on a multi-million dollar market that you can tap into yourself with minimal investment.

No matter who you are, you can get started in the aerial photography business and make a fortune.

How Much Can You Make with Aerial Photography?

I remember the first time I was introduced to the idea of aerial photography. I was in a friends home and I saw he had a picture of his house on the wall. It was a beautiful aerial shot and I asked him where he got it. He said that 20 years ago a guy came to his door with the aerial picture of his home and offered it to him framed as a 12×18 for $200. He also has a smaller sized 8×10 that he was selling for $100, and my friend bought both of them.

So right away I began to do the math in my head and it was spinning with ideas. Now not everyone will want a picture of their homes, but most will think it’s a great idea and be more than willing (in certain wealthy neighborhoods especially) to fork out a few hundred dollars to get that shot that otherwise they could never have.

The example with my friend was 20 years ago and my friend lived in an average middle class neighborhood.. You can probably charge much more than that now and hit an entire street at one time. Even if 20% of the people whose doors you knocked on were interested you could make $1,000 from a single airplane flight.

Now it would be best to already have one home owner or business owner signed up to pay you for the picture before you go up in the plane. And then you can take a few extra pictures of surrounding houses while you are at it and have greater potential for even more money. Any sales you get besides the one you were contracted for is just bonus money.

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Well you don’t have to capture an explosion or some horrible event for your photo to sell like crazy as an editorial image. Any picture that tells a story or documents an event can be useful.

Think about it from the buyers perspective. The only ones who will be using these editorial images are magazines, newspapers and other news outlets. So think about why they would want to use your image, or what it would be useful for.

And of course, if you DO happen to catch a catastrophic moment you can make a ton of money. You can listen to police scanners and try to chase the news if you want to, but it’s usually best if you just happen to be there at the time of the event.

Try not to get in the police officers way if you do happen to be on a scene first. You may be able to get some pictures that the news crew will miss when they arrive if you do beat them to the scene.

I encourage you to check out the Demotix.com website and submit some editorial images to Dreamstime.com to see if this is for you.

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“We’re raising Street Journalists to professional rates (comparable and
competitive with all the big, established news wires and photo agencies) because that’s what your material is worth. In number terms, that means your non-exclusive images will sell for anywhere between $150 - 3,000; and your videos will sell for $500-1,000 / minute. Exclusives? The sky is the limit.”

It’s an amazing concept. This gives average, every day people the opportunity to be freelance photo journalists and make the same kind of money that the big names make.

This kind of business can pay very well, especially if you live in a bustling city where lots of news is happening all the time.
Selling pictures on Demotix is great for those who also don’t want to be tied down by appointments and schedules. Although it is a little more risky as you don’t know which pictures will sell and which ones won’t, it’s a great opportunity for the adventurous.

But if you are just starting in photography, I would recommend trying to build up your base first and get some gigs going before freelancing alone. Editorial images are also accepted on some micro stock photo sites. I havesold many of my news photos on Dreamstime.com and this is nice because they are photos that I could not use otherwise.

Since stock photo companies will not accept anything with a logo or anything commercial in it, you will have a choice to either blur or crop out those logos, or you can just submit it as an editorial image. Just make sure it has some editorial significance.

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With more people having cameras today, the big name news companies are
often the last ones to get pictures and live coverage of a scene. Even when  the terrorists hit Mumbai, it was Twitter users that brought us live updates of  what was going on before the news even had a chance to get there.

This really makes the news agencies jealous, but rather than fight us, they are now willing to pay really good money for newsworthy photos, and they are not the only ones.

In fact, there is a website out there that will absolutely revolutionize the way editorial pictures are sold, and it’s a site called Demotix.com.

What they do is accept all kinds of news photos and videos taken from anywhere in the world, and then they pump them out to news organizations who in turn buy them. Demotix is currently paying out 50% of their profits to you and the pictures that sell will often bring in a nice chunk of change.

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There are all kinds of events you can make money from, so keep your eyes open and always be willing to offer your services to an even that is going on.
You may even have a singer or musical group want to hire you to get some great shots for their CD cover or website.

The key to a successful even photo session is to make sure you have a meeting with the clients before the even takes place and go over all of the boring details.

Make sure you know what they are looking for and what they expect of you. This puts you at ease as well as the clients. You don’t want to have to guess
what the client wants and then hope you get it right. This will just lead to more frustration for you.

The sports event photography market can bring in tons of money. So if you like sports this may be the perfect way for you to start making money with your camera.

There can be a lot of work in trying to get off the ground and running in shooting sporting events and that’s why I think you will love this ebook I have found called Sports Photo Success.

From my contact with the author of this book I know it will be a huge help in giving you some direction and some step by step instructions on making money in this very lucrative market.

So if you feel like it, check out Sports Photo Success Here.

Tip #5 is going to be eye opening for many of you so I hope you are still with me here.

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• Wedding Photography - This one is pretty obvious but it has to be mentioned. Many photographers make their full time income from shooting weddings. I have shot dozens of them in a very short period of time so I really had to start turning some of them down since I wanted to focus on other things besides wedding photography. But you can very easily charge between $2,000 and $5,000 per wedding and just shoot on weekends. $20,000 a month for weekend work is not too shabby. If you want to learn more about how to make the most money out of your wedding photography I can highly recommend a product called PhotoBizforU. The easy to follow guide will step you through everything you need to know in making money with wedding photography.

• Amateur Sporting Events – This is another huge market right now. This includes everything from tee ball, to little league, high school basketball,
football, and any other sport that children play at their school, church or for a league. You can either be paid by the parents of the kid you are to take
pictures of or sometimes coaches will want to hire you. I have done some team portraits at the YMCA before. If you are being hired by the parents
of the player you will want to focus the pictures on that one player, but if shooting for the whole team it will take a little more work and you can charge much more.

What’s the best way to get started with shooting sporting events? Just bring your camera and the biggest lens you have to the game and start snapping pictures. Keep that business cards on your pocket because you will be passing them out like crazy. I have drummed up all kinds of business using this method. If someone comments on your camera or photography just tell them where they can see the photos online. You will either gain a potential customer or client. Either they will buy some of your photos of the game, or they will want to hire you to take pictures of some other event. Either way, it’s a win win, as you gain experience shooting sporting events and also get some good publicity too!

• Birthday Parties – There are parents willing to spend big bucks on their child’s birthday party, so this is another great opportunity. Be sure to
capture all kinds of expressions as well, especially if it is a young child.

• Baptisms – I have been paid very well for doing some church baptisms.
These are very special occasions for the parents so they will usually buy a lot of photos from your site afterwards

• Business Special Days - I remember doing some photo work for Chic- Fil-A when they had a big promotion. It was a lot of fun and there were a ton of people there. They had face paintings and of course the Cow was doing all kinds of crazy things so I had to be on my toes during that whole time. Big days are great for businesses as they can have some of those pictures in the paper or just use them in their newsletters.

• Graduations – You can often charge as much for a graduation event as you would for a wedding, depending on how much work they want for you to do. Often you will not only have to cover the ceremony and get some nice professional shots but also a graduation party and shoot in a more photo journalistic style.

• Baby Dedications – When photographing a baby dedication in a church you will want to be careful not to be too intrusive. Use a telephoto lens as
much as possible and stay out of the way. Of course if the parents actually want you up front and close to all the action you need to do that. They are
the bosses and you are the employee for that day.

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