selling shots

mac123

Does anyone here make money from photography as a hobby? Maybe through the sale of travel or sport pics?

sasar

Some of my photos are on sale on stock sites and sometimes I'm hired to shoot live gigs or other events.

run_Forrest_run

sasar wrote: »

Some of my photos are on sale on stock sites and sometimes I'm hired to shoot live gigs or other events.

wow sasar, some lovely shots on your site...

sasar

Thanks!

mathias

The brother is making money from photography at the moment , he managed to get in with a specialist magazine , that concentrates on Tractors ..... I kid you not.

It started with a Guinness world record attempt for the most tractors ploughing a field , he got a good stitch aerial shot of it by blagging his way up in the Photographers crane , and sold the shot to a magazine , with a fee to him for anyone who ordered a poster of it ....he took the shot with a 20D ....

Now its snowballed for him and hes making around 2K a month going to these vintage car rallys and taking pictures for these magazines ....

He now has a pile of magazines with his shots in them ... and he only started last year ....

You'd be surprised ( I certainly was ) how many people are that into Tractors that they will spend money on posters !!

So ... Thats one way ...

Predhead

Wow they're pretty impressive! Nice work.

ShakeyBlakey

mathias wrote: »

The brother is making money from photography at the moment , he managed to get in with a specialist magazine , that concentrates on Tractors ..... I kid you not.

It started with a Guinness world record attempt for the most tractors ploughing a field , he got a good stitch aerial shot of it by blagging his way up in the Photographers crane , and sold the shot to a magazine , with a fee to him for anyone who ordered a poster of it ....he took the shot with a 20D ....

Now its snowballed for him and hes making around 2K a month going to these vintage car rallys and taking pictures for these magazines ....

He now has a pile of magazines with his shots in them ... and he only started last year ....

You'd be surprised ( I certainly was ) how many people are that into Tractors that they will spend money on posters !!

So ... Thats one way ...

is that real??, now tell the truth, cuz ................
be honest cuz.........................
if he enters the tg4 comp he prob is already in with the owner of tg4 for the great pic he took of the owners tractor or sheep!

mathias

Hah ! I know , it sounds mental , but here is a link ,

http://www.iifa.ie/OCT07.doc

its a copy of and Irish farmers association mag , on page six is the stitch shot , the magazine was " Irish Vintage Scene " and thats the Bro's shot ... The record attempt was a success and it all happened in Cooley , and hes working regularly for that mag now. Amongst others ,

So there you go , pics to prove it " Did " happen.

And at the end of the article is a contact number for anyone out there who has a tractor fetish and wants a print , he's sold loads. It was the "Centrefold" in Irish Vintage scene last august.

I still find this hilarious .... never in a million years would I have thought of this !!

Rojo

That's really interesting, Mathias! Fair play to him!

Fajitas!

Who would have thought Bus Eireann had an internal staff magazine?

I wouldn't until I ended taking photos for it!!

There's some right niches out there. It's interesting stuff.

ShakeyBlakey

mathias wrote: »

And at the end of the article is a contact number for anyone out there who has a tractor fetish and wants a print , he's sold loads. It was the "Centrefold" in Irish Vintage scene last august.

Heres a few more bob for him, I just orderd a super sized canvas print:rolleyes::cool:;)

whyulittle

Fajitas! wrote: »

Who would have thought Bus Eireann had an internal staff magazine?

I wouldn't until I ended taking photos for it!!

There's some right niches out there. It's interesting stuff.

ESB have their own tabloid sized colour paper!

City-Exile

I sell a few prints from football games.
Sold 25 copies of one image alone.

Mellor

How do you end up selling them?

City-Exile

Someone asked me for a copy, they told their friends & before I knew it, I had orders others.

Paddy@CIRL

It helps to not just be good but have a good attitude for it aswell, got 12 pages in an American E-zine at www.wreckedmagazine.com which I'm delighted with, shot my first shoot for Max Power recently and more to come. To think it all started with a £70 P&S

ShakeyBlakey

mac123 wrote: »

Does anyone here make money from photography as a hobby? Maybe through the sale of travel or sport pics?

Mac there is( or used to be) a book called the "freelance photographers market handbook", it came out each year and gave addresses and phone numbers of magazines ( i guess e-mail also now), calender publishers, etc and what type of pics they were looking for, how much they usually pay, actually i just came across it and its still going strong.
http://www.search.ie/ukshop/irish-268314-0907297595-The_Freelance_Photographers_Market_Handbook_2008_Photography.html

Maybe if you get this book it will help you find who may be interested in your pics.

Borderfox

Very handy book, I think the message that comes across in the thread is that for every sport, activity, company and hobby there are relevant magazines which you can sell shots to in a supplement to your regular salary..:) long live diversity