Make Money with your Digital Camera
Make Money with your Digital Camera
I am often asked by keen amateur photographers how they can
make money with their hobby. The answer is very often,
wedding photography. Many professional photographers began
their careers by shooting weddings. As a wedding
photographer, you can make a substantial income, without a
lot of overhead. Many wedding photographers work from home,
and very often, part time. But if you are ready to take the
next step, then my Wedding Photography course can help get
you off to a great start.
Wedding photography can be a very lucrative part time of
full time option. In the United State alone, wedding
photography accounts for approx. $5 Billion per year.
That's a sizable market. And with some know how and a
decent digital camera, you can be a part of this industry.
I have designed a course that includes everything you need,
including business forms, technical discussions, sample ads
and business and even tips on using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe
Photoshop Lightroom and Apple's Aperture. You can see more
information and order at www.howtoshootweddi
One of the first questions I am asked when shooting with a
digital camera (after the "which camera do you use,
question), is, what format should I shoot? Tiff, High Res
JPEG, RAW etc. And the answer is very simple. RAW! There is
NO other option. And you need to make sure that you are
using the highest resolution (megapixels) available on your
camera.
You should only be using a digital SLR (DSLR) camera, with
the most powerful (expensive) flash available for your
system. When you shoot a wedding, you will need to use
flash for basically every shot you take. Indoors and out,
even in bright sunlight. The flash will light dark subjects
inside and when you are outside, it will fill in the
shadows of your subject, and make the resulting photos look
their best.
A very important point to remember when you photograph the
bride, is to make sure that there is lots of detail in the
brides dress. With digital cameras, the sensor cannot
record as wide a range of light to dark as with film, and
whites in particular, can be very challenging to record
with detail. This is where you need to be able to balance
the flash with the available light to get acceptable
results. Otherwise, you may have some angry people calling
you after the event. And you cannot arrange a do-over for a
wedding, it is a one shot deal. So, make sure you do lots
of practice before your first real, paying event. A good
way to practice is to have you wife/girlfriend/
up in white clothes and take lots of shots and note the
settings you need to get detail in the dress, and good skin
tones on the brides face.
Whenever possible, set up the kids in the bridal party by
themselves. These kinds of photos will sell to the parents,
the bride and groom and many other family members,
especially the grandparents. Part of your job is to not
just take good photos, but to take photos that will sell
and keep you in a job and allow you to buy more equipment
as you need it. You should always take individual shots of
each kid and have the parents help to get them comfortable
so you can get some good shots. Always try to choose an
interesting background where possible. In order to focus
attention on the kids and not the background, I have made a
selection around the kids in Adobe Photoshop, and darkened
the background a little, so the kids will stand out and be
the attention of the photo.
About the Author:
Tom Jackson has been photographing brides around the world
for more than 30 years. If you are interested in making
money with photography, then the course Tom has created can
get you off to a great start. Please visit
http://www.howtosho
starting your own studio.