Sell Stock Photos As a Freelance Photographer

by Cate Blatt

Freelance photography is an adventurous passion for many but a lot of people stayaway from freelance photography because they are not sure where to sell theirimages. The good news for such photographers is that you can actually make adecent living from the stock photography business and sell stock photos. And youwill still have the freedom to work at your convenience.Submitting your photographs to stock photography websites is like investingmoney in a bank because those images can generate income for you throughoutyour lifetime. Or at lea

st as long as the websites are “alive”. This is because once

you post your images for sale they will remain available to buyers indefinitely.

Where to Sell Your Stock Photos

The truth is that there are a lot of websites that allow photographers to sell theirimages. These stock photo sites come in a variety of sizes and have varying levelsof quality images. But mainly the sites can be broken down into micro stock agencies and macro stock agencies.Micro stock agencies such as iStockphoto, Dreamstime, Shutterstock and Fotoliasell your images for a very low cost from one dollar to a couple of hundred dollarswhile Macro stock agencies such as Alamy, Corbis and Getty will not sell anyimage for less than about fifty dollars.

Small Sales Can Add Up

While a fifty dollar sale might sound quite enticing, submitting images to Corbisand Getty can be a tough task for newcomers because their approval procedure isvery tough. If you are just starting out you would probably do better to cut yourteeth on the micro stock photo sites.Can you make enough money from websites that sell images for just one dollar?Yes you can make money and you may even make a lot more than websites thatwill not sell images for lower than fifty dollars. But how is this possible?