Enjoy Travel Photography

I recently discovered a way to make some extra cash AND share my travel photos with others. This has nothing to do with selling on eBay or dealing with cranky customers.

I got an e-mail telling me about websites that will display your photos on line and sell them for you. Once a photo has been downloaded, you get a commission for it! Being on line, it operates 24/7 without any further action on your part.

I don’t know about you but I am kinda touchy about my photos. When I shoot a good one, I take it personally when someone tries to imply that it really isn’t worth much. It’s almost like a slap in the face. That’s why I don’t like to deal with people directly when I want to sell any of my work.

These “microstock” sites are made to order for people like me. I upload my photos. They display the ones they consider to be the best and most saleable and pay me when people buy them. Their prices are fixed and I don’t have to deal with buyers trying to talk me down in price.

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One of the expenses involved in vacation travel is all those travel photos we like to take. Some of the photos will be of the “Wow!” variety. Some will be more like, “Ho hum.”

Different people bring home different kinds of photos. Some just take snapshots to prove that they had been there, and done that. I call these “record” photos.

Other people go out of their way to take photographs that capture the beauty and the wonder of the places they visit. I call these the “beauty” photos.

Those two categories are, actually, the extremes of travel photography. They reflect the talents, skills and desires of the people behind the cameras. They are neither right nor wrong and I won’t treat them that way.

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