In today’s uncertain economic times everyone is looking for ways to earn extra income and if you are a photography enthusiast stock photography is a viable option to earning extra cash. Becoming involved in stock photography puts your photos out into the global marketplace where they can be seen and purchased by a wide variety of consumers. Undoubtedly learning how to sell photos online can be incredibly lucrative; however, there is also a high potential to fail. Many people who jump into this business do so with their eyes closed and never understand why their photos were rejected at the outset. Understanding what the pitfalls are give you the opportunity to avoid them and become successful. If you want to try out this growing field here are some tips on how you can become successful.
Quality is key. Every stock photography site has a reputation of quality to maintain and therefore will only accept photos of the highest quality. To avoid immediate rejection you should only submit photos that are high quality and crystal clear. While you don’t need the best professional camera on the market you do need one that can give quality results. I recommend using a minimum of 5 mega pixels and that you set your camera to maximum resolution, this should give you the quality you need to have your photos accepted. In order to make money you need to have the potential customers be able to see your photos, therefore they must make it past the submission phase.
The second thing to remember if you really are serious about learning how to sell photos online is that you don’t want to burden the web site administrator by submitting 30-40 pictures at a time. The higher number of photos that you submit at one time, the higher your changes of having them ignored by the photo selector; this calls for absolute rejection! In the beginning I recommend you choose no more than three of your best photographs for selection. If you are extremely confident of your photos quality you might want to risk sending a larger batch but remember the potential for absolute rejection. Another thing to remember is to not change your photos file names since uploading duplicate photos will also ensure rejection. Once you have uploaded your photos you can rename them, using appropriate keywords to help consumers find your photos.
The third factor is appeal. Once you have taken the photo you may be tempted to use a photo editing software program to accentuate its appeal and refine its quality. Beware, however, that each time you open and edit a photo you are reducing overall quality so your best bet is to take a quality photo immediately. If you must alter it remember that each edit will reduce quality. Several free photo editing programs reduce quality more than average so it is recommended that you use a program such as Photoshop which will minimize damage.
To get your photos noticed you want to sure potential buyers can find them and here is where keywords come into play. Visibility is key and if your image shows up early in the search you are increasing your opportunity for sales. However, if you use too many keywords you are risking rejection as well as it can be considered spam. Therefore, use a maximum of 10 keywords to make it visible.
Quality, correct key words and appealing presentation are the ways to avoid your digital photograph from being rejected. Make all ends meet to produce a unique picture so as to outshine from your flourishing competitor.
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