These are difficult times for many people, so it is a good time to strive to earn from multiple earning streams. Obviously, many individuals are doing this already with a part-time second careers, but what if you could have more fun than working in MacDonald’s on the weekend? Hilarious as that may be.
Most people have a camera – even a digital camera. I put it like this because you have more control over the photograph with a digital camera, so you have more chance of creating the photo that you want and this is vital if you want to sell your efforts.
Pet Portraits: numerous people like to have portraits of their beloved cat or dog. These photographs are not a problem to take, because animals are so photogenic. There are a number of ways you could play this or you could have a number of different choices, all at different rates
Option One: six photos of kitty in different situations on a CD
Option Two: as over, but with the client’s favourite digital image printed out and framed. You would offer a variety of sizes and frames at different prices here.
Option Three: as option one, but with an oil painting of the favourite picture again in different sizes and frames
You can use a printing service for option two until you can afford to purchase your own printer. The oil paintings you can have done in the Far East from photos.
Graduation Photographs: are very much appreciated by parents and grandparents and once again, you could offer at least three different choices. Graduation photos are a good notion because not everyone goes to their nearest college or university and parents cannot always be there.
Photograph Editing: many people have a digital camera or a cell phone that takes photographs, but not everyone has a computer, or editing software or knows how to use it if they do have it. You could edit, crop, brighten and frame their amateurish photos and create a lovely CD photograph album.
You could offer to create several themed photo albums from a jumble of hundreds of photographs that they have collected at random during the year(s).
Photograph Gifts: you could team up with a novelty gift store or a personalized gift store and turn clients’ favourite photos into personalized, novelty presents. Photos, particularly digital photographs, can be transferred to almost anything nowadays: coffee mugs, beer mats, coasters, T-shirts, postcards, calendars, pens, ties, you name it.
Framed Photographs: places like waiting rooms, front offices, taverns and restaurants like to have tasteful pictures on the wall. You could offer a set of photographs on a theme to each establishment according to what they would like. A construction firm might like photos of the board and of their best jobs (presumably they are still standing).
Pub landlords often move about a fair bit, so they could have a set of photos of taverns they have managed. Or a series of photos of the current pub, with some historical captions.
Prized Photographs: numerous people with costly possessions like photographs of them – a beautiful home, boat, car or model. Go to the local marina, walk down an expensive street or go to an enthusiasts club meeting (go-kart racing, radio controlled models). Go to fights or local fashion shows and offer photographs to contestants or models.
Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on many subjects, but is at present concerned with cameras for beginning photographers. If you have an interest in photography, please go over to our website now at Photography Studio Cameras
