Six Mantras To Create Money With Your Digital Camera

Most people have a camera - even a digital camera. I put it like this because you have more control over the picture with a digital camera, so you have more chance of creating the image that you want and this is important if you would like to sell your efforts.

Pet Portraits: numerous people like to have portraits of their beloved cat or dog. These photos are not a problem to take, because animals are so photogenic. There are a number of ways you could play this or you could have a number of different alternatives, all at different rates

Mantra One: six photographs of kitty in different situations on a CD

Mantra Two: as above, but with the client's favourite digital photograph printed out and framed. You would offer a choice of sizes and frames at different prices here.

Mantra Three: as option one, but with an oil painting of the favourite picture again in different sizes and frames

You could use a printing service for option two until you can afford to purchase your own printer. The oil paintings you can have done in the Far East from photos.

Graduation Photos: are very much appreciated by parents and grandparents and once again, you could offer at least three different options. Graduation photographs are a good concept because not everyone goes to their nearest college or university and parents cannot always be there.

Picture Editing: numerous people have a digital camera or a cell phone that takes photographs, but not everybody has a computer, or editing software or knows how to use it if they do have it. You could edit, crop, brighten and frame their amateurish photos and create a nice CD photo album.

You could offer to create several themed photo albums from a jumble of hundreds of photos that they have collected at random during the year(s).

Photograph Presents: you could team up with a novelty gift store or a personalized gift store and turn people's favourite photos into personalized, novelty presents. Photographs, particularly digital photographs, can be transferred to almost anything these days: coffee mugs, beer mats, coasters, T-shirts, postcards, calendars, pens, ties, you name it.

Framed Photos: places like waiting rooms, front offices, pubs and restaurants like to have tasteful pictures on the wall. You could offer a set of photos on a theme to every establishment according to what they want. A construction firm might like photos of the board and of their best jobs (most likely they are still standing).

Pub landlords often move around a fair bit, so they could have a set of photographs of taverns they have owned. Or a series of photographs of the current pub, with some historical captions.

Prized Photos: many individuals with expensive possessions like photographs of them - a beautiful home, boat, car or model. Go to the local marina, drive down an expensive street or go to an enthusiasts club meeting (go-kart racing, radio controlled models). Go to bouts or local fashion shows and offer photos to contestants or models.