99 Ways for a Photographer to Make Money

Good morning out there! Don't forget to start your day with a smile. Anyways, I hope you like my previous post the other day and now I have a great story for photographers out there, I have a friend of mine whose friend had made $1000 in a week just by taking photographs for special events, I think that's better than working from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. everyday doing some boring stuffs with a very minimum salary, so for photographers out there who are currently jobless and only took photos of random stuffs without getting paid, I am going to list out the ideas for you all, I hope it helps:


1. Photograph vocational school graduates

2. Wedding photographer

3. Photograph large parties

4. Photograph at banquets

5. Prom and graduation photos

6. Photograph fashion shows

7. Photograph trade shows

8. Wedding movies

9. Photograph new stores' grand openings

10. Photograph local performances

11. Commencement day photographs

12. Take pictures of people mounted on a horse

13. Make polaroid pictures of seamen going abroad

14. Take pictures of people wearing special costumes

15. Photograph people on a fancy motorcycle

16. Take pictures of people in nightclubs

17. Take pictures on the beach

18. Antique photo shop - produce 1890's type portraits for the
"nostalgic crazy"

19. Take I.D. photos

20. Take passport photos

21. Specialize in legal photography

22. Produce community yearbooks

23. Produce company year books

24. Produce composites for models, actors and actresses

25. Photo fund raising

26. Take slow-motion sports film for athletes

27. Take executive portraits

28. Photograph children on a pony

29. Take portraits of children in department stores or malls

30. A day in a child's life - an album of 30 pictures

31. School photography

32. Santa Claus portraits

33. Travelling industrial photographer

34. Ilustrate manufacturers' sales manuals and catalogs

35. Ilustrate manufactuers' sales manuals and catalogs

36. Public relation photos for business

37. Photograph store fronts

38. Produce progress photos on construction sites

39. Real estate photography

40. Produce illustrated promotional brochures for business
firms, hotels, etc.

41. Interior decorator's photographer

42. Photograph in-store merchandise displays

43. Foreign fashion photography for textile and fashion
manufacturers

44. Photograph tourists in famous places

45. Summer camp photographer

46. Roving festival photographer

47. Sell scenic prints to gift shops and hotels

48. Offer personalized vacation photo packages to resort clients

49. Sell slide shows of interesting places or subjects

50. Build a mobile portrait studio in a trailer or van

51. Be a slide-show lecturer on different subjects and
geographic locations

52. Candid keychain photos

53. Photo stamps

54. Color postcards for hotels or resorts

55. Exceptional color scenes for calendar printers

56. Personalized Christmas cards - with family portraits or
photos of family home

57. Photo buttons

58. Photographs on coffee mugs

59. Photographs on shirts

60. Imprint a photograph of a child on the face of her doll

61. Photo sculptures

62. Bookends adorned with any desired photographic subject

63. Decorative photo plaques

64. Personalized photo matchbooks

65. Instant personal postcards by gluing polaroid shots to blank
postcards

66. Stationery imprinted with personal portraits

67. Custom calendars

68. A microfilming service

69. Photo duplicating service

70. Slide duplicating service

71. Restoring old photos

72. Producing filmstrips

73. Duplicating negatives to sell

74. Slide-titling service

75. Making offset negatives and plates

76. Collecting old photos to make into books

77. Making photomurals

78. Retouching service

79. Custom photo lab

80. Blowing up photos, on the spot

81. Photo oil portraits

82. Selling prints to photo agencies

83. Camera rental

84. Camera exchange

85. Repairing cameras

86. Teaching photography

87. Making postcards

88. Publicity photography

89. Photographic essays for various publications

90. T.V. news freelancing

91. Selling news photos

92. Taking and selling peculiar photos

93. Selling local photos for travel magazines

94. Aerial photography

95. Documentary film making

96. Photos of human interest

97. Composing photo guides for tourists

98. Photographing accidents for lawyers and insurance companies

99. Photographing parades

16 Instant Money Making Business!

You're on the road to success and you came here to read this because you want an information on starting a part time business, without investing a lot of money, yet one
that will quickly makes a lot of cash. You'll find most of it here!

I will be sharing you the basic concept on each of the business, what
product or service it provides to your customers, how it is
operated, and what equipment or
facilities or help will be needed if there's necessary. But whatever business you choose, remember that no business can succeed without an effort. Always remember that success comes from determination and hard work. If you use and apply the information that I am sharing, you are on the road to success.





1. Badge-Making

Rent a small multilith printing machine and also badge sealing
machine, and using self-adhesive Presstype for typesetting,
design and set cut sayings for the badges. Sell as a custom
service, make some slogans to order, or make a wide range of
far-out sayings in bulk quantities and sell them to local gift
and novelty shops for resale.

2. Rental Equipment

Be the source of supplies for do-it-yourselfers. On every Saturdays and Sundays, rent out power tools, such as circular saws, jigsaws, reciprocating saws, gasoline
chain saws, electric drills, electric planers, belt and orbital
sanders, routers, paint sprayers, wallpaper-removal steamers,
staple guns, pumps, home cleaning machines, Roto-tillers, and
other equipment for daily fees. You can just operate it out of your garage.


3. Talent Bureau, For Kid's or Adults' Parties

Using local ads, or your own contacts, line up 10 to 20 local
entertainers, magicians, comics, puppeteers and other talents,
and supply them for parties, club meetings and other functions.
Have a list of films you can also supply for the same, or other
groups, which they can project themselves, if they wish, or you
will supply an operator.

4. Start a Hobby Center

Make money on your unused space. You can turn your basement into a woodworking
center, your spare bedroom into a photo darkroom, and your
garage into a pottery workshop with a wheel and a small kiln.
Just rent the space and equipment by the hour, expand into more
hobbies as time and money permit, and charge additional fees for
instruction in any of those fields you're good at.


5. Organize a Babysitting Service

One of the troubles most people find is that their babysitter is
always busy just the night they want to go out. You set up a
service, finding good reliable teenage girls and boys,
middle-aged or older women, and act as a go-between, providing
sitters whenever your customers want them, collecting the fees,
and paying the sitters. Advertise your service, and handbills
house-to-house locally being a good way.


6. Make Money From Your Hobbies

Are you an expert at something that you do at home for fun?
Then you should make it pay off for you. If you're a gourmet cook, open a cooking class. If you're an accomplished
painter in oils or water-color, offer a portrait-painting
service. If you're a skilled carpenter, design and make custom
cabinets to order. Almost any hobby you're good at can be
turned to making a profit if you think about it carefully, and
decide who could use your expertise - as a consultant in that
field, if nothing else. All you really have to do to get
started is to place an ad.


7. Publish a Part-Time Jobs Directory

List all the possible jobs people can get
part-time, especially angling it at college kids on vacation,
teachers after school hours, housewives with time on their
hands, and moonlighters looking for part-time second jobs.


8. Be an Instructor

Teach whatever you know. Your trade, profession, cooking
skills, a second language, woodworking, chess, photography,
knitting, karate, bridge, auto repair, etc. People will pay for
good lessons in these useful and enjoyable skills.


9. Run a Floor Scraping/Polishing Service

You buy or rent, a heavy-duty machine, and do the
cleaning and waxing of fine, hardwood floors. If the floors are
in very bad condition, machine sand them and them completely
refinish them with modern super-durable polyurethane finishes.


10. Operate a Children's Hotel

This is sort of a "boarding house" for kids while their parents are away for a week-end or two-week vacation. This requires a large
house, and preferably, a large yard or grounds, swings, slides,
and facilities useful for kids. Must be done very responsibly
and carefully. Also, don't take very young children (less than
9 or 10 months) because they may require too much dressing,
feeding, etc.


11. Start a Mail-Order Business

Write a booklet about something people really want to know
about, print a few hundred copies, and place some small ads.
You'd be surprised how much money you can make. Sell modern
copies of out-of-print uncopyrighted material or books. Or sell
something unusual you make at home, providing that it is
something really useful to your prospective customers.

12. Run a Pet Hotel Service

For dogs or cats or both. People will pay high fees to ensure
high-quality care fo the animal they love. Separate kennels for
each animal are essential. Good food and adequate care and
attention must be assured too. You can hire responsible
teenagers to help you. Advertise with posters in pet shops,
veterinarians' offices; or newspapers.

13. Sell Second-hand Kids Clothing

Children usually outgrow their clothes rather than wearing them
out. So many families have such clothing left around. You
collect it, paying nothing or as little as possible. Then you
resell it; you can do the selling by ads.

14. Make Plastic Engraved Signs

All you need is a simple-to-operate machine that engraves
lettering in various types onto sheets of plastic of many
colors, finishes and sizes. Perfect for signs for merchants,
banks, doctors, dentists, schools and colleges, private front
doors, and many other uses.

15. Be a Used Car Buying Consultant

With a knowledge of cars, plus the proper test equipment (for
checking the engine, transmission, brakes, font-end alignment,
and chassis), you go with your customer to check out the used
car he is thinking of buying. Advertise your service next to
the ads offering used cars for sale. After a while you will get
to know people in this field and you can pick up more money by
acting as a middleman in sales between private individuals.

16. Operate an Event or Party Services

You rent out everything needed for a party: tables, chairs,
punch bowls, table cloths, cutlery, and napkins. You can also
supply waitresses and bartenders, finding them through agencies
that supply temporary help such as Manpower. But if you can
find good workers yourself, you can save the agency fee and make
more money.

Well then, there you go, I hope all of these information that I've shared can help you out there who are looking for ways to open a part time business and achieve some great side income, however, this can also help your business grows too, from part time to full time. All you have to do is never give up, learn from your mistakes, learn from experienced entrepreneurs and you are in the journey to succeed.