I'm using hibernation as an excuse for failing to update my blog in a timely manner...lol (sure sure)
Over the past few months I have been thinking of different ways to possibly wean myself off 'Normal' work and make a bit of money through photography. There are so many ways to do this, but I also have limited resources to do this myself. There are many people selling their photo's via Stock Agencies and I have been checking out some of them recently. There are VERY different view points to doing this. So I am at a bit of a dilemma at this point!
Some photographers are totally against this because of the fact that they have put a lot of hard work and expense into creating wonderful photographs that they can sell to companies or individuals at a premium price for the high image quality they produce.
The other camp is photographers that sell their images to 'Stock Agencies' and maybe get a few cents to a few dollars per image, but through volume, they stand to make a reasonable living from it.
I am leaning towards having a mixture of both types in my portfolio, since I'm starting to really enjoy taking wildlife photos for which I have already had a few people showing interest in some prints. As far as stock photos, I may just lean towards the simple, unusual type of images, and sell those on the stock agencies sites.
At this point I am not wanting to have a niche or category that I favour since there are so many cool things to photograph. I'll just keep on keeping on and do what I really love, taking pictures of everything I can...!
