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Make Money With Your Camera by Photographing Children

Here is another great way to get started in your own digital photography business.

You can visit a children’s toy store, book store or clothing store, or the children’s department in a department store and negotiate a deal with the manger take photographs of children at specific times, possibly Friday evenings or Saturdays.

The store can promote your digital photography service along with their regular specials. You will benefit them by attracting more customers to their store. You benefit by taking orders for your photographs. The parents and kids benefit because they get some great photos for their albums. It’s win-win-win situation.

Some items you will need to set this up include:

• First, you will need a “set” to use as a background. You can build this set yourself, creating a form draped with sheets or fabric or, the store probably has a suitable form on hand from their displays. Use solid colors for the set.. Black or neutral shade compliment just about any color clothing the child might be wearing. You don’t want a “busy” background that detracts from your subjects.
• You also may need special lights. You must be sure to test the lighting ahead of time to se that they work properly. You can purchase photography lights at various photo stores or on eBay.
• You need an eye catching poster promoting your service and your prices. This can be created using your computer and a desktop publishing program such as MS Publisher. Your printer probably won’t handle a poster of this size,so take it to a service and have them print it out for you.
• You will also need an order book for taking orders. On one side of the order page, print your business name, contact information and the type of photography you are offering. On the other side, include lines for the customer’s name, contact information and notes about the photographs. You will need two copies of these order pages - one for the customer, and one for your own records.
• You will also need a record book to keep track of the photographs so you don’t get the photography mixed up confusing the Smith family photos with the Jones family photos.

Be sure to collect either a down payment sufficient to cover your printing expenses or payment in full at the time you take the photographs.

Also when negotiating with your customers, remember to discuss how they want the photographs delivered. I suggest that you leave the prints in the store where the customer can pick them up. This will bring the customer back into the store where they are likely to shop once again.

When delivering the photos, include a coupon for a discount on the next order, or perhaps a coupon they can pass along to their friends. You might also offer a free photo session to any customer who refers three new customers to you.

I think that the best delivery option is to upload the photographs to a web site and allow your customers to download and print them as they choose. This saves you the cost and work of printing and delivering the photographs. You will need considerable web storage space, however, since you will upload several high resolution photographs.

You can promote these photo shoots with kid-friendly occasions, such as Christmas, Easter, Halloween or the start of the school year.

This money making digital photography tip is a sure winner. You will never run out of proud parents wanting professional images of their children.

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