How do you make money?

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Looking for some ideas to generate some income from photography.

I currently work remotely so I travel non stop, currently in Japan. The work I do is okay, it earns a living but it's not something I love.

I want to look at ways I can earn money whilst I travel through my photography which I enjoy.


I take mostly car photos with the odd landscape/city thrown in. I'm not one for waiting a couple hours to get that one perfect canvas shot so I think selling canvas's wouldn't be a big option.



I've done the odd wedding before and it really wasn't my jig, plus whilst traveling it wouldn't be possible to take bookings whilst moving around a lot.



So I want to know, how do you earn from your photography? Who is your customer and how did you find them?

I'd love some inspiration!

Thanks

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keirik said:

Simple answer. It's very hard and much easier to earn in other ways.

I used to be a wedding photographer and reasonably successful (about 40 weddings a year)

Gave up in the end as I could earn 3 times as much working 35 hours a week in IT.

Plus I didn't have to hear "my uncle has a nice camera, so he's doing the photos" any longer.
In fact at the end I used to respond "has your auntie got a nice sewing machine? Is she making the dress?"
They still didn't get it.

Do it for fun.

I like that one.

I know it's not the easiest to get into, but I'd rather spend my time trying to create an income from something I enjoy for the foreseeable future than sticking to a job that I don't.


Even small things like stock photo sites, I know you're not going to make a living off them but if it's something that you just do and forget about, its worth trying.