99 Ways for a Photographer to Make Money
Special Events
Photograph vocational school graduates
Wedding photographer
Photograph large parties
Photograph at banquets
Prom and graduation photos
Photograph fashion shows
Photograph trade shows
Wedding movies
Photograph new stores' grand openings
Photograph local performances
Commencement day photographs
People
Take pictures of people mounted on ha horse
Make polaroid pictures of seamen going abroad
Take pictures of people wearing special costumes
Photograph people on a fancy motorcycle
Take pictures of people in nightclubs
Take pictures on the beach
Antique photo shop - produce 1890's type portraits for the "nostalgic crazy"
Take I.D. photos
Take passport photos
Specialize in legal photography
Produce community yearbooks
Produce company year books
Produce composites for models, actors and actresses
Photo fund raising
Take slow-motion sports film for athletes
Take executive portraits
Photograph children on a pony
Take portraits of children in department stores or malls
A day in a child's life - an album of 30 pictures
School photography
Santa Claus portraits
Travelling industrial photographer
Illustrate manufacturers' sales manuals and catalogs
Illustrate manufactures' sales manuals and catalogs
Public relation photos for business
Photograph store fronts
Produce progress photos on construction sites
Real estate photography
Produce illustrated promotional brochures for business firms, hotels, etc.
Interior decorator's photographer
Photograph in-store merchandise displays
On the Road
Foreign fashion photography for textile and fashion manufacturers
Photograph tourists in famous places
Summer camp photographer
Roving festival photographer
Sell scenic prints to gift shops and hotels
Offer personalized vacation photo packages to resort clients
Sell slide shows of interesting places or subjects
Build a mobile portrait studio in a trailer or van
Be a slide-show lecturer on different subjects and geographic locations
Making Novelties
Candid keychain photos
Photo stamps
Color postcards for hotels or resorts
Exceptional color scenes for calendar printers
Personalized Christmas cards - with family portraits or photos of family home
Photo buttons
Photographs on coffee mugs
Photographs on shirts
Imprint a photograph of a child on the face of her doll
Photo sculptures
Bookends adorned with any desired photographic subject
Decorative photo plaques
Personalized photo matchbooks
Instant personal postcards by gluing polaroid shots to blank postcards
Stationery imprinted with personal portraits
Custom calendars
Services
A microfilming service
Photo duplicating service
Slide duplicating service
Restoring old photos
Producing filmstrips
Duplicating negatives to sell
Slide-titling service
Making offset negatives and plates
Collecting old photos to make into books
Making photomurals
Retouching service
Custom photo lab
Blowing up photos, on the spot
Photo oil portraits
Selling prints to photo agencies
Camera rental
Camera exchange
Repairing cameras
Teaching photography
Miscellaneous
Making postcards
Publicity photography
Photographic essays for various publications
T.V. news freelancing
Selling news photos
Taking and selling peculiar photos
Selling local photos for travel magazines
Aerial photography
Documentary film making
Photos of human interest
Composing photo guides for tourists
Photographing accidents for lawyers and insurance companies
Photographing parades
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