99 Ways for a Photographer to Make Money

12/11/2013

Special Events

1. Photograph vocational school graduates

2. Wedding photographer

3. Photograph large parties

4. Photograph at banquets

5. Prom and graduation photos

6. Photograph fashion shows

7. Photograph trade shows

8. Wedding movies

9. Photograph new stores' grand openings

10. Photograph local performances

11. Commencement day photographs

People

1. Take pictures of people mounted on ha horse

2. Make polaroid pictures of seamen going abroad

3. Take pictures of people wearing special costumes

4. Photograph people on a fancy motorcycle

5. Take pictures of people in nightclubs

6. Take pictures on the beach

7. Antique photo shop - produce 1890's type portraits for the "nostalgic crazy"

8. Take I.D. photos

9. Take passport photos

10. Specialize in legal photography

11. Produce community yearbooks

12. Produce company year books

13. Produce composites for models, actors and actresses

14. Photo fund raising

15. Take slow-motion sports film for athletes

16. Take executive portraits

17. Photograph children on a pony

18. Take portraits of children in department stores or malls

19. A day in a child's life - an album of 30 pictures

20. School photography

21. Santa Claus portraits

22. Travelling industrial photographer

23. Illustrate manufacturers' sales manuals and catalogs

24. Illustrate manufactures' sales manuals and catalogs

25. Public relation photos for business

26. Photograph store fronts

27. Produce progress photos on construction sites

28. Real estate photography

29. Produce illustrated promotional brochures for business firms, hotels, etc.

30. Interior decorator's photographer

31. Photograph in-store merchandise displays

On the Road

1. Foreign fashion photography for textile and fashion manufacturers

2. Photograph tourists in famous places

3. Summer camp photographer

4. Roving festival photographer

5. Sell scenic prints to gift shops and hotels

6. Offer personalized vacation photo packages to resort clients

7. Sell slide shows of interesting places or subjects

8. Build a mobile portrait studio in a trailer or van

9. Be a slide-show lecturer on different subjects and geographic locations

Making Novelties

1. Candid keychain photos

2. Photo stamps

3. Color postcards for hotels or resorts

4. Exceptional color scenes for calendar printers

5. Personalized Christmas cards - with family portraits or photos of family home

6. Photo buttons

7. Photographs on coffee mugs

8. Photographs on shirts

9. Imprint a photograph of a child on the face of her doll

10. Photo sculptures

11. Bookends adorned with any desired photographic subject

12. Decorative photo plaques

13. Personalized photo matchbooks

14. Instant personal postcards by gluing polaroid shots to blank postcards

15. Stationery imprinted with personal portraits

16. Custom calendars

Services

1. A microfilming service

2. Photo duplicating service

3. Slide duplicating service

4. Restoring old photos

5. Producing filmstrips

6. Duplicating negatives to sell

7. Slide-titling service

8. Making offset negatives and plates

9. Collecting old photos to make into books

10. Making photomurals

11. Retouching service

12. Custom photo lab

13. Blowing up photos, on the spot

14. Photo oil portraits

15. Selling prints to photo agencies

16. Camera rental

17. Camera exchange

18. Repairing cameras

19. Teaching photography

Miscellaneous

1. Making postcards

2. Publicity photography

3. Photographic essays for various publications

4. T.V. news freelancing

5. Selling news photos

6. Taking and selling peculiar photos

7. Selling local photos for travel magazines

8. Aerial photography

9. Documentary film making

10. Photos of human interest

11. Composing photo guides for tourists

12. Photographing accidents for lawyers and insurance companies

13. Photographing parades

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