Writing your own Cheque

WRITING YOUR OWN CHEQUE

Photography has always been a money spinner, especially during the colour film and developing era. People lined up to have ID, drivers licence, visa and passport photos taken and developed. Come Christmas, the average young mom wanted a pic of her toddler sitting on Santa's lap and was willing to pay the going rate for it. Weddings photography was a speciality business making it relatively easy for a wedding photographer to make a comfortable living, shooting wedding photos for an entire day. But times has changed, Digital cameras entered the market and developing and printing made an exit. 

Nikon D500 21MP DSLR camera

However Weddings photography is still a viable business. With the influx of digital cameras virtually every smart phone has a multi-megapixel camera or two built in, one front one back for  Sefies and "for applying lipstick". Funny enough, the digital dual cameras cellphones have even replaced the ladies handbag compact mirror. Anyway to return to the photography, you just have to take a peek at the glut of photos that are uploaded onto Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram daily to get an idea of how pervasive cellphone based cameras has negatively impacted the photographic business as well as the average photographer's income potential.

But, there is still a market for those who wish to write their own cheque doing photography. Unfortunately you cannot use your 8 mega pixel camera to shoot wedding pictures (though I've seen people do it) but with a stereo clip on lens you could make quite a small killing selling stereo pics to people who have a 3D Stereo Photo Viewers like i3DSteroidfree and Stereoscopic Photo Player on their phones. Here I'm refering to 3D photos using 3D specs and not the "cross eyed viewing" method. Then here is also the "photo booth concept" of taking photos with loads of props, backdrops, masquerade ball masks, hats, feathers, sign boards, moustaches and 3D specs, etc. By using a selphy printer the pics can be instantly printed to capture those silly moments.

Samsung smartphone with 3D clip on lens

Meanwhile large capacity micro SD cards are constantly doubling their capacity and will soon become the new galleries for Virtual reality (VR) images. Having a camera that can take these panaramic pics will certainly put you in the pound seat.  You can even compile 3D Photo Books if you have an iPhone or iPad. So writing your own cheque doing photography doesn't compel you to have a certificate in higher or tertiary education or a degree in graphic design or a qualification in optics. You just need to develop a  good eye for seeing small and important things that other people may not notice. 

3D clip on lens