How To Make Extra Cash As A Freelance Photographer

Ever wondered how you could make passive income as an amature photographer? Or how to work with your hobby and how to benefit from it? and as Stan Jacobs said, “ To be happy in life, develop at least four hobbies: one to bring you money, one to keep you healthy, one to bring you joy, and one to bring you peace.”

Here are some ideas on how to generate extra cash while doing what you love best, which is taking photos and making money out of it as a second income is a totally great way to do so.

Taking Up Events

Events like birthdays, baby showers, weddings, baby gender reveal and the list goes on. It is a great opportunity that will sharpen your skills and find your own style of photography while doing so.

This will teach you to work under a certain amount of pressure but it’s worth it, in the long run, it will toughen you up in the process. Always value your time even if you are starting new. Never underestimate the work that you do.

The pros once you become known your income will be high. Cons it's a very physically demanding job and the expectation bar is high.

Selling your photos online

There are many places to sell photos online. The number one way is selling your photos in stock photography; you can sell your images on Shutterstock, Adobe stock, Freepik as well as on the Wirestock platform that will easily assist you in selling your photos with ease and fast. but this will take a lot of time and dedication and a pinch of patience. It doesn't happen overnight, let us tell you that.

Another tip in the world of stock photography is staying up to date with the trends and adjusting your shootings accordingly. To gain money in stock photography, you should regularly upload for an extended period of time.

Video Footage

Another aspect that is booming right now is video footage sold in stock photography agencies therefore if you are passionate about videography you can give this idea a shot. Also, this will help you advance in videography and making money doing so. Don’t forget your footage should be of great quality so that it can be accepted by the agencies.

Your hobby is generating passive income. How crazy is that? Good agencies are assisting to make that path as easy and smooth as possible; from uploading your footage and photos and getting on the journey to be sold.

Let’s jump to the pros and cons of taking this idea the good news is you’ve got more pros than cons:

• It is a passive long-term income so let's say you’ve uploaded a picture 3 years ago it can still bring you income and the amount that you generate will be more substantial it becomes a source of income in the end.

• The only con in this is initially your income is likely to be low by the time it will grow.

And if selling photos is not your thing there are other ways as well to make extra cash as a freelance photographer:

Teach Photography

Whether that be online on platforms such as Skillshare or you can do a series of workshops with other photographers as well.

Another idea is that you can use your skills of editing photos and videos to the test and have great progress working as a photo and video editor for start-up small businesses or for students that are graduating from Cinematography or Photography major.

• The pros are that it will be a learning experience for you as well. If you make a well informative course it will pay off in the end.
• The cons of planning that course from scratch is a bit time consuming as in every market there will be competition but make sure to be creative and to stand out.

Service

Let's say product photography as small businesses need their products being presented in a nice aesthetic way and this is where you come in in the picture with your photography skills. This type of service is called product photography that involves taking pictures of products for commercial purposes.

The freelance world is yours to test your skills in, look for your niche and work accordingly. Freelance platforms will cut a certain amount of your earnings.

Lightroom Presets

Make Lightroom Presets and sell them. They are really popular for social media and it’s to bring the best out of a photo and still, you can be creative and make new ones and sell them online. Lightroom is the most used photo editing software. Make a package and offer it online and make some passive income in your spare time.

Conclusion

There are multiple ways to make money as a freelance photographer. All you have to do is find what you are good at, that being teaching it to a group of people or selling them on stock photography platforms or a few other ways mentioned above. find what you want to do and start immediately. Always always be patient, all good things take time.