| Here are 27 great ideas for growing your income | | | | use them on DVDs at fairs, festivals, expos. |
| using photography: | | | | 15. Approach nonprofits, clubs or small businesses to |
| 1. Portrait parties - offer to parents with small kids. | | | | build how-to slideshows from their activities. |
| Hosts get freebies and/or piece of subsequent | | | | 16. Contact the local marinas or yacht clubs. Offer to |
| bookings. | | | | do "boat day" photographs, small prints or build collage |
| 2. Drawing for free senior sessions at tanning, hair and | | | | for the club, sell prints to owners. |
| clothing stores | | | | 17. Contact fishing and hunting clubs - members, prizes, |
| 3. Offer to shoot and write articles for the local weekly | | | | day-of-tournament photos, website images. |
| paper (small-time weekly) | | | | 18. Contact convention center/bureau and offer |
| 4. Mine the engagement section of the paper for | | | | services...even if they have a staff/contract. |
| wedding leads | | | | Sometimes they will need extra coverage...or the old |
| 5. Identify local businesses that may benefit from | | | | guy might get fired! |
| photography (restaurants, salons, etc.) Target them | | | | 19. Offer photo scanning and restoration...consider |
| from yellow pages . Shoot a free "spec shot" and | | | | offering the service for free to victims of flood/fire |
| make a sample brochure to show them what you can | | | | disasters. Watch out for copyright issues here! |
| do. | | | | 20. Household insurance documentation - photos of |
| 6. Make a brochure for summer beach/tourist photos | | | | valuables, slide show or CD, offsite storage |
| and leave at hotels, restaurants, rest stops, souvenir | | | | 21. Flying clubs - fly-in event support. Find out when |
| places | | | | their show or event is taking place and be there for |
| 7. Make framed decorative artwork/photography | | | | the day. |
| samples and show to doctor/dentist offices and hotels, | | | | 22. Same for bike clubs, hot rod clubs. Schedule a day |
| and other places that decorate. Offer them special | | | | in the spring when these folks can come out for |
| pricing on quantities of prints. | | | | photos. |
| 8. Hire a small airplane for the afternoon. Do a spec | | | | 23. Dermatologists and plastic surgeons - before and |
| aerial shoot and send proofs to local businesses, | | | | after photos for marketing. May also work well for |
| universities and other places that might like to use | | | | weight loss centers and gyms. |
| aerial photos in their marketing. | | | | 24. Hair and makeup specialists and orthodontists, |
| 9. Shoot a couple of nice for-sale homes in your | | | | more before and after opportunities. |
| neighborhood and sell yourself to local realtors. | | | | 25. Golf Courses and country clubs - grounds portraits |
| 10. Contact local law and insurance businesses to offer | | | | (sell to members), tournament, member and member |
| up insurance photography services. | | | | family portraits |
| 11. Contact the local garden club, and shoot their show | | | | 26. Rent a pony at some community event and sell |
| or event. | | | | pictures of kids...the grandparents will go nuts |
| 12. Run a special on pet photography (3rd highest | | | | 27. Ski club - grounds photos, marketing images, shoot |
| photo buy!) Contact pet grooming businesses and the | | | | and sell on spec for action skiing shots |
| local vet and offer to display or conduct sessions | | | | To grow your earning skills, take the initiative and do |
| there for cooperative marketing. | | | | some "spec" work. You'll build a portfolio, generate |
| 13. Make postcards out of good local scenic shots and | | | | business and develop your photography and editing |
| sell them to local businesses for tourism or unique | | | | skills. |
| advertising. | | | | Have fun making money with your camera! |
| 14. Make a slide show of local businesses so they can | | | | |