| Would you like to sell photos online at your own | | | | hassle of setting up a merchants account to charge |
| gallery? Send people to your very own web address | | | | peoples credit cards do you? Good because you don't |
| to purchase the photos you've taken of them. There's | | | | have to! You don't really want to print, trim, pack, |
| more than one way to go about it. Here we take a | | | | address, ship, and provide customer service on each |
| look at the benefits of building a photo website, using | | | | order do you? Good because you don't have to. (if |
| services designed for professional photographers.Not | | | | you answered yes, we have an opening for a lab |
| long ago it would have been a major project starting | | | | tech) of course I'm just kidding, we don't have time for |
| your own photography business. My how things have | | | | all that, were out shooting more pictures to sell!That's |
| changed. Today, the new online photo services let you | | | | right, now you actually have the time to go out and |
| up load all of your photos to your own gallery and set | | | | take lots and lots of pictures. Go crazy you can take a |
| your own prices. Shoot whatever you want and send | | | | million photos if you want. There's no limit to number of |
| your customers to your beautiful online gallery, to | | | | photos that you can upload on some of the |
| purchase the shots.It's the easy way to get your | | | | professional photo sharing web sites. Hey your goal |
| photos and video on line for family, friends and | | | | oriented right? How long would it take you to shoot a |
| customers to view. They can click to order any size | | | | million photos? Let's see, this should be easier than |
| prints or a variety of gifts like coffee mugs, | | | | figuring out the Tootsie Pop thing. If you shoot |
| sweatshirts, holiday cards etc... and you make money | | | | everyday for 10 years you'd have to shoot 274 |
| on every sale you set your own prices. So now you | | | | pictures per day, because I don't think you can take |
| just upload the pictures and Aunt Alice can order what | | | | 2739 photos every day for a year!Here are some |
| she wants and stop bugging you for copies! Get | | | | suggestions on what to shoot:1. TAKING PICTURES |
| carried away, upload UNLIMITED photos with a click, | | | | ON VACATION |
| shoot a million pictures if you want, you can't out grow | | | | a) Museums and Historical Landmarks |
| that! Your precious family heirlooms, safely stored in full | | | | b) National Parks and Monuments |
| resolution. Download them anytime you want, because | | | | c) City Skylines and Architecture |
| it's a photo storage website too. Hey, backup is good | | | | d) Amusement Parks |
| right? Organizing photo albums could not be simpler | | | | e) Back Roads and Byways |
| with the easy to use tools these companies provide. | | | | f) Scenic Overlooks2. SCHOOL SPORTING |
| As with everything each photo sharing website has its | | | | EVENTS- Especially regional and state tournaments or |
| advantages, click on the link at the bottom of this | | | | championships. They are a goldmine, parents love |
| ezinearticle to compare the different services.One of | | | | pictures of their superstars. If you take a photo of |
| the photo gallery website providers called Smugmug | | | | each kid and then a team group picture, many of the |
| has teamed up with GoogleMaps to create | | | | parents will buy a few. One for the house, one for |
| SmugMaps, I would have named it smoogle maps, | | | | grandma etc. When you add up all the kids from all the |
| whatever you call it, it's so cool! Install GoogleEarth, | | | | teams, you're looking at hundred's kids. The money |
| then click on the green GoogleEarth botton. Then while | | | | starts adding up real quick. |
| your logged into your smugmug account click on the | | | | a) Football Team Photo |
| map, the photos you select are tagged to that spot | | | | b) Cheerleader Squad photo |
| and displayed for the world to see, promoting your art | | | | c) Homecoming Activities |
| gallery. You can also SmugMap by typing in the street | | | | d) Regional & State Championships |
| address or gps coordinates.Are you an artist waiting to | | | | e) Soccer, Wrestling, Swimming etc... |
| be discovered? Get your work out there today. | | | | f) School Plays, Concerts and more |
| Whether your shooting the local cheerleader squad or | | | | g) Little League Baseball |
| an expedition to Alaska. Selling your photos is now | | | | h) Soccer Teams |
| very easy to do. You don't really want to go thru the | | | | i) Basketball Teams3. |