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I'm going to be a bit blunt here: your photography isn't the kinds of stuff clients who buy stock/microstock go for. In 2011, the vast majority of stock photography is used to sell business products to business people. And if it's not that, it's used as a source of images to be composited with other images.
I've worked in interactive and print advertising ...
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What you're seeking: "an easy way where I would just upload my pictures somewhere and let it go" doesn't exist. If you want to make money, you'll need to invest time and work in making that happen. Let's look at a couple options you mentioned:
Stock Photography
The stock photo market is flood with pros and amateurs seeking revenue. What sells in stock ...
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It depends very much on what you are trying to accomplish. There are at least 3 broad categories, which I'll try and give some examples. Note that my examples are probably US centric, but the services might also have foreign affiliates, I haven't looked into them all, so...
Selling Prints to Clients
Okay, so you've done a photo shoot with some clients, ...
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I'm a gallery represented photographer and I can tell you what I know. I can see two paths into a gallery, the first is when the gallery owner is already familiar with you work, the second is when they are not.
You are lucky if you fit into the first camp, I did. But it isn't all luck. I worked hard to get noticed, I was just lucky in that I got noticed ...
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Your only solution is to start an "old digital camera" movement where you espouse the virtues of the very digital look of the earliest digital cameras, and then put on a gallery show in New York with the images blown up to 4 feet by 6 feet to emphasize the very digitarianism they exude.
Hey, if they can do gallery shows with iPhone images this should be a ...
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10 years is a very long time in electronics, even the pro level Canon 1D is bettered for resolution by a camera phone these days.
There's more to image quality than megapixels of course (I'm sure to get some flak in the comments for the 1D comparison) but I still think you'll be best served by getting a new camera, even if it's bottom of the range, chances ...
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I make extra money through photography by developing personal relationships with potential clients, and using the internet as more of a portfolio guiding people rather than as a primary money maker by itself.
Most of my photography money comes from shooting events (weddings, etc), or from one-off gigs where people want something photographed more nicely ...
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The easiest and safest way to sell photography equipment is to sell it to people you know! I've had the good fortune to be able to do this in the past. Failing that, I've also sold stuff on eBay and not had any problems. You only ship when the buyer's funds are in your paypal account, and using an insured & signed for delivery system prevents them from ...
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Have you considered a solution like Instaproofs? They don't have a setup fee, you can set your own prices, you can upload whatever you want to (it's designed as a professional photography proofing site), and they charge a commission only when a sale is actually made... The commission is kinda steep- 15% of the total order amount (although it is on a sliding ...
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The problem with stock sites these days is that they are utterly saturated with photos. Your photos are just a few amongst thousands; the chances of them being picked up are therefore small. Type 'sunset' into Getty Images and you get over 50,000 hits on more than 800 pages. If your photos appear on any page over about 10, you can probably forget about ...
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Other than selling it to people you know (as pointed out by Matt) the easiest and safest way would be to a camera shop that deals in second hand equipment. You walk in there with your kit, they look at it and you walk out with money. Of course you will get less money than if you cut out the middleman, but that's your trade off to make.
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Without serious work, your chances of making money from your photos are quite low because there's lots of people who do work hard to make their images more appealing for potential buyers.
There are only two options of making money with hobby shots I can think of, both rather occasional than generating regular income:
someone wants your photo thanks to ...
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I would say you almost certainly cannot use that image commercially, without getting permission. If that site is legitimate, it would appear their intention is providing layouts and images for personal use.
Only thing I can think of is to go to tineye.com and enter that drum image there, and see if you get any hits. You might be able to discover the ...
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Each and every product sold separately at retail stores should have it's own EAN code.
When combined in a bundle by the manufacturer, they receive a new EAN code.
An EAN code embeds the manufacturer's identifier.
The EAN code spec has a specified range that allows a retailer to create it's own EAN code valid only within that retailer. That could be used ...
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This is somewhat covered in this question. But it comes down to your prints are worth whatever people will pay for them. You can calculate a minimum price based upon your material costs and an amount you feel your time is worth, but this is really just the floor below which you are losing money.
So some key factors that will influence price:
Audience: ...
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In my experience, it doesn't make much difference if you don't put much effort put into advertizing and promotion. I am with Fine Art America and I've sold a handful of photos but only one was a random buyer; the rest were friends of friends on Facebook and word of mouth. (I spent some money on advertizing on Google (which sucked) and Facebook (which was ...
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I would suggest you very strongly consider the pros and cons of the microstock model before submitting your images there. Generally speaking, micro is a model that's much better for the consumers than the producers of content.
If you'd prefer a more traditional stock photography model I would suggest you check out the Alamy agency: http://alamy.com/
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In a way, your camera may not be as limited as you think, or as camera manufacturers may want you to think.
First up, 5 megapixels is fine, and more than most people need. Ever since we passed 2 megapixels it ceased to be the main thing determining image quality really, and unless you're doing some extreme cropping or printing literally "poster size", the ...
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I think Alamy will meet your needs; there is no fee to host your images, and as long as the images are sharp (in focus) and technically perfect (no blemishes, black borders etc, level horizon) and of sufficient resolution, they will take them.
They ask for an initial submission of 10-15 images which they will run through a QC check; if they all pass then ...
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I'm going to ramble on here for a little while about a few different things; this isn't directly an answer, so everyone please feel free to vote down at will.
If you do want an answer to your specific question, "Legal Issues Photographing Rafting Companies," the only possible answer is: ask your lawyer.
It's not clear why you're taking photographs of ...
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Have a look at Pwinty http://www.pwinty.com . It's a nice simple API for ordering photos - and you don't need users to leave your site like the other options suggested.
they offer world wide shipping.
I don't think Peecho offers much in the way of prints and posters and doesnt't look like fotomoto offers what you want either
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Test it - if you haven't used it in a while make sure everything still works (also, especially in the case of lenses, you may want to add a picture taken with this lens to the sales listing)
Clean it - be careful, you really don't want to damage the equipment now - but removing visible smudges and dirt will help with the next step
Photograph it - this will ...
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The title of this question is a little misleading, for the question I thought you were asking:
Do unframed prints sell better than framed in person?
ie in a showroom I feel the answer is undoubtably framed photos sell better. They look better, they stand out more and feel like you care about the image more.
But it sounds like the question you're asking ...
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There should be no problem taking the photos; assuming you are in the US or Europe there are generally no laws against taking photos on public land. However, if you plan to sell the photographs you should obtain a release from the people in the photograph.
Here is the Wikipedia article on model releases
And here is a set of sample model release forms
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My recommendation would be have a look at Flickr discussions, given that there is probably little experience with Getty in our current user base here (we're a pretty small bunch). Getty has an arrangement with Flickr that allows them to contact users who are interested in selling and so the experience of that is probably going to appear somewhere in their ...
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I don't really know anything about selling old photos, I can only give a few general advice.
IMO any artistic work worth as much as their owners/authors value it, the way you advertise, publicize and value a work will affect it's price. respect them and give them some personality and they'll show you what they're capable of.
I didn't see any options in ...
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The biggest factors affecting price will be your skill and how much people like your work. Name might count for something, but if you can produce the kinds of images that Ansel Adams made, you can charge a lot more than if you can't. It can of course be difficult to figure that out, but you can try:
Ask. Post some photos online and try to get some ...
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For limited sales I'm using Hahnemuehle's authenticity certificate system. Pricing is about $3.40 per certificate.
Regarding the postcards, you are selling the usage of the photo for a period of time, for a total quantity (or unlimited). My advice to you is you should not base your pricing on volume because you can never be sure about any company's ...
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Unfortunately there are a few too many variables here to be able to give a specific answer, but I will share some thoughts based on personal experience.
There's always the personal choice of somebody who's in charge of buying these prints; and as anyone who's ever tried to sell prints or exhibited knows that's a whole minefield, one which I'll certainly ...
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