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.

But, let’s be up front and honest here. These sites will not waste their time and hard disk space on photos that simply aren’t good enough to attract anyone’s attention. They will NOT accept “snapshots.”

I’ve been going through my photo archives to find photos that I think are good enough to upload to one or more of the sites for sale. Going through tons of old photos has surely brought back some sweet memories for me.

I’m pretty excited about this and anxious to see how it works out for me. In the near future, I’ll post links to some of their sites so you can try them out for yourself.