Tips For Photographers to Sell their Photos To Newspaper, Magazine & On internet

Even Every Photographer wants to sell their photos to newspaper, magazine and on internet to make some earning.???

But not anyone can do this type of stuff. There are some tips for you if you want to sell your work.

Step #1 : Shoot Iconic Landscapes

Make a list of iconic landscapes, buildings and events in your area -- the “Eiffel Towers” of your town -- and photograph those first.

Although you should eventually capture subjects that go beyond the obvious, focus on the icons just to get started.

However, since most photographers are probably doing the same thing, photograph the icons under unique conditions such as exceptional light (early or late in the day), at twilight, using blur to denote motion, after a rain when everything is wet and lush, as a reflection off a mirror, window, or puddle, and so on.

In other words, photograph the obvious in not such an obvious way.

Step #2 : Select The Right Magazines

Not all magazines are created equal, and all of them have a distinctive editorial flavor.

For example, some travel magazines use only traditional imagery with perfectly exposed pictures and nary a slanted horizon, while others are more edgy and not afraid of overexposed highlights and dynamic (read “not straight”) photos.

Review as many travel magazines as you can and determine which ones publish images in your particular flavor.

Then add those magazines to your mailing list of potential clients.

Step #3 : Select the Right Person

Every magazine has a person in charge of selecting and licensing stock images, and it is important to add this person to your mailing list.

Typically this person’s title will be Art Director, Photo Editor, Photography Editor, and the like.

Look at the magazine’s masthead to obtain this information.

Some magazines are small and don’t have dedicated art or photography editors. In these cases I add the Editor to my mailing list.

Step #4 : Use the Mailing List.

Once you have a nice collection of iconic images and a working mailing list with magazines’ names and contact information, it’s time to put the mailing list to work.

You should begin using your list with as a few as a handful of entries, but keep adding to the list as needed.

Write a one-page cover letter to each magazine offering your services as a stock photographer, and specifically asking to be placed in their mailing list.

Include a set of your best images (up to 20 should be more than enough, but quality is more important than quantity) for their visual reference, and invite them to contact you or visit your website to view more images.

Make sure the pictures are printed, since they are easier to look at than they are on a disc, where the editor will have to make an effort to view them.

I’d recommend that you prepare a letter-sized sheet with nine images that are representative of your work.

Step #5 : Follow-Up.

After your initial mailing, follow-up with a promotional card featuring only one image, and in the cover letter you include a list of my most recent subjects.

You should send three to four mailings per year to those on my mailing list.

This process takes a while, so be patient and persistent.

It might take months or more for an editor to respond to your requests.

Using this approach, you will not only make sales of stock, but also landed assignments.

Best Of Luck

Waqee Haidar