| Would you like to sell photos online at your own | | | | don't really want to go thru the hassle of setting |
| gallery? Send people to your very own web | | | | up a merchants account to charge peoples credit |
| address to purchase the photos you've taken of | | | | cards do you? Good because you don't have to! |
| them. There's more than one way to go about it. | | | | You don't really want to print, trim, pack, address, |
| Here we take a look at the benefits of building a | | | | ship, and provide customer service on each order |
| photo website, using services designed for | | | | do you? Good because you don't have to. (if you |
| professional photographers.Not long ago it would | | | | answered yes, we have an opening for a lab |
| have been a major project starting your own | | | | tech) of course I'm just kidding, we don't have |
| photography business. My how things have | | | | time for all that, were out shooting more pictures |
| changed. Today, the new online photo services let | | | | to sell!That's right, now you actually have the time |
| you up load all of your photos to your own gallery | | | | to go out and take lots and lots of pictures. Go |
| and set your own prices. Shoot whatever you | | | | crazy you can take a million photos if you want. |
| want and send your customers to your beautiful | | | | There's no limit to number of photos that you can |
| online gallery, to purchase the shots.It's the easy | | | | upload on some of the professional photo sharing |
| way to get your photos and video on line for | | | | web sites. Hey your goal oriented right? How long |
| family, friends and customers to view. They can | | | | would it take you to shoot a million photos? Let's |
| click to order any size prints or a variety of gifts | | | | see, this should be easier than figuring out the |
| like coffee mugs, sweatshirts, holiday cards etc... | | | | Tootsie Pop thing. If you shoot everyday for 10 |
| and you make money on every sale you set | | | | years you'd have to shoot 274 pictures per day, |
| your own prices. So now you just upload the | | | | because I don't think you can take 2739 photos |
| pictures and Aunt Alice can order what she wants | | | | every day for a year!Here are some suggestions |
| and stop bugging you for copies! Get carried | | | | on what to shoot:1. TAKING PICTURES ON |
| away, upload UNLIMITED photos with a click, | | | | VACATION |
| shoot a million pictures if you want, you can't out | | | | a) Museums and Historical Landmarks |
| grow that! Your precious family heirlooms, safely | | | | b) National Parks and Monuments |
| stored in full resolution. Download them anytime | | | | c) City Skylines and Architecture |
| you want, because it's a photo storage website | | | | d) Amusement Parks |
| too. Hey, backup is good right? Organizing photo | | | | e) Back Roads and Byways |
| albums could not be simpler with the easy to use | | | | f) Scenic Overlooks2. SCHOOL SPORTING |
| tools these companies provide. As with everything | | | | EVENTS- Especially regional and state |
| each photo sharing website has its advantages, | | | | tournaments or championships. They are a |
| click on the link at the bottom of this ezinearticle | | | | goldmine, parents love pictures of their superstars. |
| to compare the different services.One of the | | | | If you take a photo of each kid and then a team |
| photo gallery website providers called Smugmug | | | | group picture, many of the parents will buy a few. |
| has teamed up with GoogleMaps to create | | | | One for the house, one for grandma etc. When |
| SmugMaps, I would have named it smoogle maps, | | | | you add up all the kids from all the teams, you're |
| whatever you call it, it's so cool! Install | | | | looking at hundred's kids. The money starts adding |
| GoogleEarth, then click on the green GoogleEarth | | | | up real quick. |
| botton. Then while your logged into your | | | | a) Football Team Photo |
| smugmug account click on the map, the photos | | | | b) Cheerleader Squad photo |
| you select are tagged to that spot and displayed | | | | c) Homecoming Activities |
| for the world to see, promoting your art gallery. | | | | d) Regional & State Championships |
| You can also SmugMap by typing in the street | | | | e) Soccer, Wrestling, Swimming etc... |
| address or gps coordinates.Are you an artist | | | | f) School Plays, Concerts and more |
| waiting to be discovered? Get your work out | | | | g) Little League Baseball |
| there today. Whether your shooting the local | | | | h) Soccer Teams |
| cheerleader squad or an expedition to Alaska. | | | | i) Basketball Teams3. |
| Selling your photos is now very easy to do. You | | | | |