18/5/10 Cash From Your Digital Camera

Here’s a way to make £600+ a week with no skills, no fancy equipment and no technical expertise!

My father was a teacher for over 35 years before he retired recently and he approached his impending retirement with a mixture of trepidation, excitement, sadness and relief.  

On the one hand he was understandably tired and of course deserved some time to himself to enjoy all the things he loves to do like drinking fine wine, bird-watching, photography and walking in the countryside. On the other hand he did actually quite enjoy teaching and had told me many times that he got a sense of satisfaction from the job because “There is something to be said for the routine of getting up for work in the morning!” 

Fair enough but not a statement that you can necessarily agree with when retirement is in the very distant future! 

Anyway, on the approach to the big retirement day, my Dad had a little niggle going on and that was that he might simply be bored, especially after following pretty much the same routine for all those years. Would he be able to adjust quickly to all the free time he was going to have or would my mother find him wandering aimlessly around the house, moving ornaments an inch to the right and drinking endless cups of tea? 

A retirement that almost wasn’t 

So, as his retirement approached, I chatted with Dad about how he thought he might start spending his time and he confided that he was thinking that he may get a little part-time job to kind of keep himself occupied. Well I was shocked to say the least!  

What was the point of retiring and then getting another job? What kind of job was he thinking of? Being nowhere near the age of retirement myself this idea was truly inconceivable to me as I imagined a retired (older) me, shopping, lunching, visiting friends and generally having a whale of time (until Dad pointed out  “Isn’t that pretty much what you do now?” – the cheek!). 

He explained that although he was going to be retired he still wanted to use his brain and have some contact with people on a daily basis and I realised that part of this was to do with the fact that my mother had yet to retire at this point so Dad didn’t really want to be rattling around the house on his own waiting for her to come home from work and he thought a nice little job would solve this potential problem. 

Supermarket shelf-stacking? 

So, we chatted about options – supermarket shelf-stacking, working in a library, volunteering for charity work and so on and so forth but although some of these things appealed to Dad, to be honest I simply couldn’t imagine him actually doing any of these jobs and I thought he would end up just as bored as if he was sat at home drinking tea. 

“Isn’t there something you can do that you will actually enjoy?” I asked, mentally running through his numerous hobbies trying to link a hobby to a job. He loves wine (proper expensive wine, not cheap plonk) so perhaps working in an off licence or a wine warehouse would appeal – he has so much knowledge in this area that he would be great at helping people choose what they want. We put this as a ‘maybe’. 

Perhaps he could combine his love of nature and the countryside with becoming a guide for a rambling association….or something. I was clutching at straws but I really didn’t want dad to go and work in a supermarket. 

But then I had a bit of a brainwave because another hobby my Dad is really in to and one I mentioned early is bird-watching. He gets a real thrill out of walking in the countryside, spotting birds – the rarer the better - and photographing them. In fact he is rarely seen anywhere without a tripod and camera secreted somewhere about his person. Any photo opportunity and he’s right there – he whips out his camera and snap, snap – you’re on film forever whether you like it or not, in fact I swear we wouldn’t have half as many photographs of the children if the job of capturing them on camera had been left only to myself and my husband! 

Don’t worry, I am not just randomly waffling about my Dad  

I am telling you this story for a reason which will become clear shortly so please stick with me. 

Having recently set up my own niche website I knew a little about the concept of ‘stock’ images as I required some for my own site. These are images that you can purchase from special photo libraries for use on a website, in a magazine, advertising campaigns and so on and so I tentatively suggested to Dad that as he enjoys photography he might be interested in taking random photographs, uploading them to these photo libraries and selling them for others to use.  

He looked at me a little blankly, but as I did have some knowledge of this, having needed images in the past, I briefly explained the idea to him and how he could make money from photographs that he would be taking on his day to day travels anyway, over and over again simply by advertising them on some of the many digital photo libraries. Now I’ll tell you a little more about this in just a moment because I just want to tell you that Dad was all ears by this point and the best thing about it was that he was fully aware that this would be a really easy ‘job’ for him to do. He didn’t even need to carry a bulky camera around with him because he could just slip a digital camera in to his pocket so that he was ready for any photo opportunity at any time.  

Light bulb moment 

It’s true, that is all that’s required – a digital camera which you can pick up really cheaply these days and a PC with an Internet connection for uploading your photographs to the photo libraries later on.  

Thinking about it, Dad and I both realised that this could actually be a really lucrative part time business for him. He wouldn’t be tied to an employer, he could do it whenever he felt like it so it was really flexible and he could combine it with his love of the countryside too. 

We almost did a high five, but didn’t because…well I don’t know why we didn’t really. Do you high five your Dad or is that weird? 

So, anyway my mission was to find out some more information about this, because as I’ve said, although I know a little about stock photographs I am by no means an expert. I trawled the internet and as far as I could tell there was only one course available on the subject which pulled all the bits together into a kind of business blueprint and unsurprisingly this was called Cash From Your Digital Camera.  

This blueprint totally opened my eyes to the world of photography and exactly how much money can be made from it and Dad was looking quite excited at the prospect too I have to say! 

For a peek now, all the details are here

I let Dad read the manual first when it arrived as that only seemed fair! But when I finally got my hands on it I was impressed with not only how simple this business opportunity is, but just how much information is included in the course covering everything from a fast start up guide so you can get going as quickly as possible through to hot selling subjects, trouble-shooting, taking the perfect photo and copyright issues. 

It’s obvious really  

Cash From Your Digital Camera shows you exactly how the everyday pictures that you snap on your digital camera can make you £600 + per week.  

Just think about all those hundreds of pictures you see everyday all around you – in advertisements, online, in magazines. Now think about where those photographs come from. Somebody had to take the photograph in the first place! Most likely a normal, every day person just like you, me or my Dad! 

Now imagine if every picture you took whilst you were out and about doing everyday things was potentially worth £20, £50, or even £100. That’s like having your very own portable cash generator that you can switch on and off whenever you like and that’s why in my opinion this is a brilliant little part time (or full time) earner. 

I just want to make it clear that this isn’t about hiding in bushes, snapping celebrities and hanging around Leicester Square premieres or anything like that – I can hardly imagine my Father doing that – definitely not his thing – no, this is far simpler and dare I say it involves far more boring pictures! That’s boring in the sense that I’m talking about shots of buildings, flowers, birds, tables, chairs, cars, food, clothes, books – everyday things that are all around you.  

You’ll even learn a great trick which will allow you to take shots of people – something that many photographers avoid due to issues with permissions and privacy – well this trick gets you round all that which means your money making potential is even greater, and, there are loads of industry websites that will snap these kinds of images up and pay you over and over again for the use of them. 

A great opportunity 

So, what you will learn is exactly how to go about what I see as a very relaxed, flexible business model but one that you can easily make a really good income from –£1 to £100 per photo – yes please – and you’ll be doing something you enjoy. 

Here’s a little taster of what you’ll learn from Cash From Your Digital Camera 

• Red hot photo subjects so that you can always spot a photo opportunity when you are out and about 
• A crash course in taking great photographs 
• The best photo libraries to deal with including 9 of the very best sites 
• How to do the technical stuff like editing and uploading – but explained in a non-technical way! 
• How to get the best prices for your images 
• Copyright secrets to protect your work and earn you more profit 
• A totally legal crafty trick you can use to get one over on your competition 

Click Here http://www.on2url.com/app/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=47457&AdID=495717   

This is truly a step-by-step guide written in a simple manner that anyone of any age can understand so it doesn’t matter if you are a beginner or have some experience of taking photographs. It also doesn’t matter if you have a full time job – you can easily do this at the weekend and remember the beauty is that you can easily make sure you always have your digital camera on you. Then if you are out during your lunch break for example and you spot something interesting you just take a picture of it. No fuss. 

What’s more within this course you also get 7 clever little camera sidelines you can use to bring in extra cash such as informal wedding photography and digital photo inventories – all designed to give you multiple income streams using just a digital camera and between 5 and 10 hours of your time a week. 

Throughout Cash From Your Digital Camera, you’ll learn some incredible stuff so if you’ve got a minute to spare, I recommend you head on over and take a look. Dad’s delighted and has made a great start and is currently building up a library of photographs and what’s more he loves it. He’s making money from what essentially was his hobby and you can too. 

Cash From Your Digital Camera http://www.on2url.com/app/adtrack.asp?MerchantID=47457&AdID=495717 

As always I wish you the very best of success, 

Amanda 

P.S If you sell on eBay I’m sure you own a digital camera already which you use for taking photographs of your products. You could easily run this business alongside your eBay business as another income stream…just pop your camera in your pocket every time you go out and keep your eyes wide open. 

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