earn money from your photos

lynch512 · Jan 10, 2005

I've made about $75 from my photos so far. the site is actually pretty sweet. Everytime one of your photos is downloaded, you get $.020. When you make $100 they send you a check, however you can change this amount to whatever you want. So if you want every $50 dollars you can just set it up that way and get a check everytime you sell $50 worth of pictures.

http://submit.shutterstock.com/?ref=462 <- go there to sign up
http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery.mhtml?id=462<- or go here to check out my gallery[/url]

Unimaxium · Jan 10, 2005

Welcome to the forum. I'm not sure if this post is spam or not, but nonetheless that site does sound intriguing. Maybe I'll set up an account to see if I can sell some of my photos. PS those are some nice photos you have in your gallery.

Karalee · Jan 11, 2005

Love the referral number though

oriecat · Jan 11, 2005

2 cents per photo?! You have got to be kidding me..

fadingaway1986 · Jan 11, 2005

I just looked - its actually .20c a photo...

tmpadmin · Jan 11, 2005

There was another thread in in Personal and Prof Photo sites http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16080 and http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15550

All are referral links. Can't blame anyone for wanting to make a few extra bucks but these days, the internet is a mess of this type of thing. I'm courious to see how this works out Unimaxium. Let us know if you can, know how it goes. I'm sure most of everyone's bloopers or random shots would move - if this is legit.

Canon Fan · Jan 11, 2005

I smell a

Digital Matt · Jan 11, 2005

Istockphoto.com also gives 20 cents per photo. Yeah it's not much, but look, you can download them for cheap also. It's meant more for the freelance graphic designer. Lots of students get stock from there, and I have as well. That being said, there are some amazing photos on that site, and if you put the right photo up there, you do stand to make money.

If you want to make money at it, it's not going to happen from bloopers or random shots. Carefully planned studio shots of common everyday items are what sells on there, or pictures of business persons in suits drinking coffee, or on the phone, etc.... A lot of these stock photos are downloaded for use in websites.

danalec99 · Jan 11, 2005

Thanks Matt, I was just about to mention istock.

Unimaxium · Jan 11, 2005

tmpadmin said:
There was another thread in in Personal and Prof Photo sites http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16080 and http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15550

All are referral links. Can't blame anyone for wanting to make a few extra bucks but these days, the internet is a mess of this type of thing. I'm courious to see how this works out Unimaxium. Let us know if you can, know how it goes. I'm sure most of everyone's bloopers or random shots would move - if this is legit.

I'm not yet sure if I'm going to sign up. I prolly don't have anough shots worth selling, at least not yet. But maybe sometime in the future.

metroshane · Jan 11, 2005

These type of sites, while may be legit at making you a few bucks, devalue the entire market. Not only to you cheat yourself, but you make everyone trying to make a living suffer.

danalec99 · Jan 11, 2005

metroshane said:
These type of sites, while may be legit at making you a few bucks, devalue the entire market. Not only to you cheat yourself, but you make everyone trying to make a living suffer.

I beg to differ. There will always be a market for Porsche and there will always be a market for Corolla. Yup, the Corolla is made in bulk and Toyota is one of the biggest names in the auto business, but that does not mean it will eat up Porsche's value. Please correct me if I am wrong.

metroshane · Jan 11, 2005

What if I start selling my porsches for $.20? No one is going to buy your porsche or corolla. So, soon I'll be out of business because I can't maintain a business like that, but wait there's another sucker who thinks he only deserves $.20 for his porsches. Still no one is buying your cars. And the cycle continues. We are all working very hard at trying to make it as photographers and the biggest mistake we all make is undervaluing our work. That's what the music industry has done to itself. Look at how many great musicians can't survive on the money from their craft because there are 20 other musicians lined up to do it for free. It's no different than outsourcing work to cheaper countries. And it's why we have a federally mandated minimum wage.

But many people do believe the way you do, and so be it.