If you have a digital camera, and you enjoy taking pictures with it, you can learn how to make money with your digital camera.
It's easy, and it can be extremely profitable as well.
You can work full time or part time and make money taking photos.
Some Ideas to Help You Make Money Taking Photos First, and most important of all: if you are serious about this project, and you really want to make money with your camera - take your camera with you everywhere you go! When you keep your eyes open as you go about your work, errands, shopping, traveling, whatever, you'll very quickly discover how easy it is to find subjects for your photo shoots.
Every time you leave your house, you'll find at least one great photo opportunity.
And if you're staying home for the day, walk around your house or apartment looking at your familiar surroundings with a new perspective.
Your cat or your dog, an interesting pattern of shadow or sunlight on your floor, a special or unusual piece of furniture or decorative object, a vase of flowers...
with a click of the button, you can put them all, and more, into your collection of photographs.
Now let's take a look at four ideas for ways you can make money taking photos.
These are just tips to get you started; you'll think of many more ways to make money with your camera, once you begin.

1. Family and Pet Photography - If you like animals, this might be just the way to start your new business.
   There are many people who love their pets dearly and would love to have a good photo of the family with their pet.
   The easy way to do family and pet photography is to do it in the family's home.
   It's much less traumatic for a cat or dog to be in familiar surroundings, rather than taken to a studio in a pet carrier.
   Plan on spending a fair amount of time on each shoot for pet photography.
   It's not likely to be easy to get the dog or cat (or lizard or parrot, whatever) to get into a "pose" that's a real photo opportunity; animals aren't usually good at sitting still and smiling properly on command! It's better to take the time to let the pet just do whatever he normally does in the house, and then immortalize him with a click of the button.
   The cost of your time should be taken into account in the price of the photo.
   
2. Baby and Toddler Photography - This works somewhat differently from family photography, in that you will need to acquire some varied backgrounds for your close-ups of the babies.
   A few interesting props are useful in getting a baby to grin for the camera.
   Several stuffed animals, maybe a large ball or a giant-sized prop crayon or a few huge alphabet blocks, will have that little person laughing in no time.
   Plan on taking several shots of the baby or toddler in different poses.
   You'll be surprised at how easy it is to offer parents various "packages" of different-sized prints.
   Be sure to include some wallet-sized prints, at least one large one, and several 5"x7" prints for grandparents and other relatives!
3. Used Car Inventory Photography Service - Check the Internet to see if used car dealers in your area have websites.
   Also, take a look at your local newspaper to see how used car dealers are advertising.
   In either case, familiarize yourself with how the dealers are using photographs to show their current inventory.
   Then take out your digital camera and shoot some excellent pictures of cars - cars in their driveways, cars on the street, even your own car.
   Try different angles until each vehicle looks its best.
   Get creative! Make up a portfolio of the shots; include some of your other photographs of different subjects, just to showcase your versatility.
   The next step, after you've done your homework on the various dealerships, is to contact each one.
   Your best bet is to start with a phone call, explaining to the dealer that you can save him a great deal of time by providing him with a photo-inventory of the cars on the lot.
   This can be used for ads in the paper, or for the company's website.
   If the dealer hasn't got a website, and you know your way around a computer, you could offer to establish a website in addition to the photography.
   Set up an appointment for a visit, to show your portfolio and sell your expertise.
   
4. School Photography - A great way to make money taking photos is to contact schools and offer your services.
   Most schools, even private pre-schools, take an annual "class picture" and "school photo.
   " Parents are always eager to buy the pictures each year, to keep a record of their child's growth and friends as the years go by.
   You can also offer individual portrait shots of each child: this is where you can really make money with your camera! If the parents and the school administrators are pleased with your work the first time, it can be a profitable opportunity for annual work, and a chance for referrals to other schools as well.
   If the school holds sports events, that's still another chance to sell photographs for money.
   Pictures of the athletes in action are always popular with parents.
   

Tips To Make More Money With Your Digital Camera

• Use the Internet to advertise your service on the Internet.
  Try http://www.
  craigslist.
  com for a start.
  You can advertise for your own area and get your name out there when local people are scanning the Internet for something they need.
  
• Always take LOTS of pictures! Take many more than you expect to use; it's easy to delete the ones that aren't quite up to standard.
  Take them from many angles, and with different lighting effects.
  If you have your digital camera with you at all times, just like your wallet, you will find some amazing shots just waiting to be captured by you with a click of the button.