Posted:
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Making
Money with Digital Photography and Live
Events
A
Little Initiative Leads To a Fun Career
A few years ago I became
interested in digital photography,
mainly for web publishing and personal
reasons. Do you know how nice it is to
NOT have to deal with film, scanning
pictures, and the costs of developing
all of those "not so great" photos that you
didn't know were so bad until you paid
to have them developed?
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About
the same time I got my first digital
camera a friend of mine was playing in a
rock band. They needed pictures for
the band's
web site to be used in promotional printings and
ads. When I first began to do their
photography, I had NO IDEA what it all
would lead to... but it eventually paved
the way for me to make a very lucrative
income in the live events industry.
At the clubs my friend's band
played in, most of the time they would
be in a line-up of three bands for the
evening. As part of my gig, I shot live pictures
of my friend's band's performance. Then
I got another idea. I'm here already,
usually to finish the night with the
band, so I started to take pictures of
the other bands. Afterwards, as they
were breaking down their equipment, I
introduced myself as the other bands
photographer, and explained that I liked
their music and look, and took
pictures of them also.
I got the names of the band members,
jotted down notes about which
instruments each one played, and then
got a mailing address to reach them. I
told them that I was going to print up
some proof sheets and send them to
them. All were very agreeable and
willing. And why not? It didn't cost
them a thing.
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