MicroStock Photography – Earn money selling your photos online
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MicroStock Photography – Earn money selling your photos online

If you have basic photography skills and are looking for a way to earn residual income online, you may want to consider selling your photos on microstock photography websites. These websites are an online marketplace for digital photography. I have been submitting my stock photos to microstock websites for the past two years. I now have over 300 photos approved on a few websites and I typically earn $200-$300 per month in residual income.

If you are not familiar with microstock, let me tell you how to start selling your photos online. First, you’ll need to have an eye for a good shot and a camera that takes photos of at least 4.0 million pixels. For example: a 2400×1800 photo adds a total of 4.32 million pixels – a photo of this size is valid – however, a 1000×1600 photo adds a total of 1.6 million pixels which is more smaller than the minimum size requirement of most websites. A multi-lens digital SLR is the best option for those who really want to make money selling photos online.

Now the trick is to figure out what kind of photos you should take. The best way to do this is to browse through the top 100 images. You’ll find this link by going to the microstock website and then clicking the link that says “Most Popular Images”. Take a look at the above images and you will notice that the quality of these photos is very high. You don’t need perfect photos to make money selling your photos online, but your photos must be good enough to pass verification by website reviewers. I usually get about 60% of my images approved. Although many microstock photography websites disapprove it, I sometimes wait a month or two and resubmit the rejected images. Many times these photos will be accepted the second time around.

If you want to take photos at home indoors, you can set up your own mini photography studio and create images at your convenience. Set up a small table and some lights and you can take food-related photos, which are very good sellers. This is called tabletop photography and believe it or not, there are photographers who make their living doing tabletop photography on their own. However, from what I’ve seen, the best sellers are photos of people and vectors. Getting high-quality photos of people can be difficult and when you submit these photos, you’ll need to have your models sign a model release. This statement tells the microstock agency that these models are relinquishing the rights to buy or sell their royalty-free image.

People also sell vector format illustrations on these websites, and in many cases these illustrators make even more money than the photographers. There are some people who make thousands of dollars per month in residual income through micro share websites. An example of a photographer making a ton of profit is Yuri Arcurs. He is known as the best stock microphotographer in the world. Yuri earns over $10,000 per month in residual income from photos of him.

If you decide to go into stock photomicrography, you’ll probably face some hurdles getting started. But those people who are committed to creating high-quality photos with great concepts can be rewarded very handsomely. Commit to submitting a certain number of photos each day and you’ll see the financial rewards in no time! Before you know it, you’ll have created a residual income stream with unlimited growth potential. Happy shooting!

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