How to Sell Your Photos

It wasn't long ago that advertisers and businesses would have to hire a professional photographer each time they needed a specific theme-based picture. This process worked well, but took a lot of time and a lot of money. In the last few years, agencies have created online sites where clients can easily view, purchase, and download images by professional photographers. These stock photos represent a huge cross-section of activities, people, architecture, objects, and other subjects that can be quickly selected by the client. But paying royalties or for exclusive rights to use these images can still be rather pricey!

Compared to traditional stock sites, microstock sites offer images pictures for very, very low prices. In addition, these sites accept photographs from both professional and amateur photographers. When you upload a photograph to a site like iStockPhoto, Fotolia, Shutterbug, or others, it can be purchased "royalty-free". This doesn't mean that it can be downloaded for free, but rather the purchaser doesn't have to pay a royalty each time they use the image.

Want to get a quick start? Get started today with a guide that can show you:

- how to sell your pictures both online and off
- how to take quality photographs
- how to select the best subjects
- where to sell your pictures
- how copyrights and licensing works