Dear Reader,

Yesterday, we sent you an e-letter on how travel writers and photographers can best break into the stock photo industry. If you missed it, you’ll find it here: http://www.thephotographerslife.com/break_into_stock_photography/

Today, since Lori’s still out with her new baby, here’s another classic from our archives. In it we reveal the number one, all-time best-selling stock photo subject.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

-- Bonnie

Bonnie Caton
Staff Writer, AWAI Travel Division

P.S. Combining travel writing and photography is one way to double your paychecks while you’re on the road. And you can bump up your income again by shooting photos you can sell for stock (like the pictures you’ll see here, below.) But there’s another fun way to turn your travels into cash:  create your own tours. You pick the destination, activities, restaurants, accommodation... then you take paying, like-minded people with you. Realistically, you could be pocketing $10,000 a tour within just a few months. Find out how with our program: See the World for Fun and Profit: How to Create Your Own Niche Tours. Order now, during our Baby Sale, and you’ll not only save $40, but we’ll also pay for the shipping and throw in a special report, 110 of the World’s Strangest Tours and Cruises, for FREE, here: http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/tur/baby/cat

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September 10, 2009
Classics Series - Issue #2: Turn Your Family into Cash
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Turn Your Family into Cash... Without Selling the Kids

By Lori Allen in Arlington, VA

Which of these family members is the most lucrative to photograph: your niece, your nephew, or your mother?

Well, I can't be certain this will always hold true. But for professional photographer Shelly Perry, it's her niece and nephew together. This picture has sold over 700 times on iStockphoto.com:

 
And this photo of her niece isn't too far behind, with over 500 sales:

So what does that tell you?

People photos sell. Photos of people doing everyday things like laughing, hugging, and shaking hands. And they don't have to be model-perfect people either. In all likelihood, you have right there in your family the makings of some fast cash (and you don't have to sell your children to get it).

Plus don't forget your pets. Shelly's pet goldfish is certainly earning his keep. This photo has sold over 100 times:

 Here are three tips for taking great, saleable people photos: http://www.thephotographerslife.com/great_people_photos

And here’s how to sell people photos without a model release:
http://www.thephotographerslife.com/nomodelrelease

Shelly pockets the majority of her income passively, from her stock photos. And most of them are of people because people photos sell. She uploads the photos, and they continue to earn her money as long as she keeps them up online.

Next month in Santa Fe, New Mexico at our Ultimate Stock Photo Workshop, she'll teach our attendees exactly how she does it.

Participants will get hands-on experience learning how to shoot photos on location and in the studio... and they'll walk away with stock photographs they can sell the instant they return home.

For details (and your last chance to catch the Early Bird discount), click here now: http://www.thephotographerslife.com/phw/santafe09

[Ed. Note: When taking photos of people and pets, don’t forget to focus on the eyes. Shooting outside on an overcast day will give you the best light for portraits. Those are just two tips from our Pets and People Photo Tip Card. Grab a set and you’ll always know what to bring, how to adjust your camera for lighting, what to focus on, and more -- pro tricks for 24 different light situations. Get the experts’ secrets during our Baby Sale today for 27.6% off and FREE shipping, here: http://www.thephotographerslife.com/tip/baby/cat]

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