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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Are my photos any good, perhaps to make income from? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by wensul@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Sorry if this breaches the rules.

I'm currently unemployed, seeking a job.

But I'd really like your opinion on the picture that I take.

Yes, I'm linking to my personal website.

Sorry

http://zachmerriam.com

Are the pictures any good? Could I perhaps leverage them for extra income?

Sorry. please assist.

edit: I have edited my website to indicate that yes, I am wensul on that website.

EDIT OF EDIT. WORKING ON IT. my website is very poorly designed (by me, duh) and google needs time to process things

EDIT X3 The update seems to have gone through. Yes. top banner exposes my name, and username. That was my choice.

I'm honestly more concerned about my photos.

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[–] virak_john@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

First of all, you need to massively edit your portfolio, and only post your very best work — and no more than one from each set of shots.

And while I don’t think that your photos as they currently stand are sufficient for you to make much money in terms of technique or composition, I question whether you could make a living shooting this subject matter even if your work was significantly better.

The questions I have are, “Who is paying for photos of bugs and flowers and how much are they paying?” I have to think that the market for this kind of work is quite small, and the work would have to be truly extraordinary to provide the basis for paying one’s bills.

I can easily see how someone who shoots people, events, products or sports can make a living doing so. I have done some of that myself, and I’ve also hired people to shoot some of those things and paid them well. But flowers and bugs? I don’t even know where one would start with that kind of portfolio to cobble together a decent income.