Are you planning a career in photography? If yes, then it is a very highly paying profession.
Owing to the increasing communication and media, the influence of illustrations by photos is increasing.
These photos are required in magazines, newspapers, books, web sites, newsletters, brochures, and even in advertising.
So first you must decide the kind of photographer you want to be.
If you want to be a professional photographer, you must be dedicated to your profession.
If it is just your hobby or part time job, you can be a bit more relaxed.
But whether you are an amateur or professional, ultimately you need to sell your photos.
If you are a freelance photographer, you can either take up assignments or sell your photos to the required people.
Graphic designers, photo editors, advertising agencies, publishers, etc are all the people who are in need of photos always.
So you can contact these people and discuss about the photos you have and the prices.
If they are interested they will ask you to sell their photos to them.
To sell you photos online, you can use the various web sites and photo agencies.
The websites are of two categories.
In the first category, you can upload the photos and pay the web site a portion of the price whenever an image of yours is sold.
Some of these kinds of web sites are Clustershot, Fotolia, and Corbis.
The second category of websites is where you submit your photos and earn money.
When you submit your photos at these websites, the web sites will pay you a price for it.
Eugenef is such a website to submit photos.
Photo agencies are becoming widely popular nowadays.
You can get in touch with these agencies and discuss on the type of photos you need to sell.
The agencies will direct you to clients or prospective customers sorted out from their databases.
Creating a personal website of your own to sell your photos is a good idea.
When you have a web site you can sell the photos online as well as send hard copies to the interested peoples' mailing addresses when they request for it.
In your web site you can upload the images which are intended for sale and mention the different sizes in which it is available, the price, and the mode of payment.
To promote sales you can even give complimentary gifts and offers on purchase of your photos.
Photo exhibitions will serve as career boosters.
You can hold exhibitions once in a while.
This way, people will get to know about you and get a chance to see your real photos in prints.
There are various ways to sell photos.
You just need to try and find a way out.
Even your nearest newspaper agency might be looking out for a freelance photographer!