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Originally Posted by SinnedCBU
Hi, any of you guys any idea which kinds of photos sell most on which website?
Like I have access to beaches near where I live,most of my shots are beach shots.do you have any recommendation which website i can try my luck in? or should i just post everything to all those websites mentioned on this thread. Thanks in advance.
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Here is some info that i get through a site that sends me information on how to make money selling photos. The site is:
http://www.thephotographerslife.com/
You can sign up for thier weekly emails with some useful tips.
Here is one that I got that answers your question. Good luck
Chunky bits: Newspapers (and, to a greater extent, magazines)
are getting away from longer narratives and are increasingly running
USA Today-style info-graphics or “charticles” -- stories broken up
into info-bits that can run with graphics. Think “The five coolest
Greek islands you’ve never heard of,” or “Seven places where you can
spend the night in a former prison.” (Please don’t ask me why it
always has to be an odd number. I have no idea.) This, too, is
potentially good news for freelancers.
These stories are much easier to write than longer narratives; you
don’t have to be Bill Bryson or Pico Iyer to do them. You just have to
have a good idea and the ability to research it. Many of the big-name
travel writers don’t want to cover these stories, and the ones who do
are no better at it than you are.
** 3. It’s the economy, stupid: Nearly every story published in the
coming year will require some sort of money-saving spin. “Tokyo for
Tightwads,” “New York for Nada,” “Chicago for Cheapskates,” “Bangkok
on a Budget”… you get the idea. Also big, in every market, will be
closer-to-home stories. So-called weekend getaways will, for many
people, be the only traveling they do in 2009. Every travel editor I
know has the same complaint: It’s really, really hard to get good
close-to-home travel stories from freelancers. They’re going to need
more of these than ever in the coming year, and it’s a great way to
get your foot in the door.
** 4. Picture this: Even more so than in the past, photos will be a
great way to make extra money when you sell a story. As newspapers cut
their photo budgets, they’re using fewer and fewer stock images, and
more images supplied by writers. The per-photo rate isn’t high, but,
if they publish six or seven of your photos in a spread, you can often
double your pay.
Things to shoot: People and places specific to your story. The
stubble-faced vintner who showed you around his vineyards... the café
you write about that reputedly serves the best haggis in Scotland...
the whale-watching boat you went out on. Even if they have a big
budget, editors can’t get these shots from stock agencies.
Also, get detail shots with a sense of place, like a bushel of apples,
a gargoyle door-knocker, or unintentionally funny signs. Page
designers love these, and they’re often hard to get from stock
agencies. If you don’t have a decent digital camera, get one (eight
megapixels is plenty).