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If you are a freelance photographer or love playing with your camera, there are three ways you can earn money from photography:

1. Sell Stock Photographs: Stock photography refers to a stock of existing photographs that can be licensed for specific uses. There are several ways you can sell your stock photos. One way is through stock photo agencies like Getty Images, Jupitermedia and Corbis. Flickr is a popular Internet service that lets you showcase your stock photos to prospective buyers. You can also make use of professional online stock images trading platforms like iStockphoto and Fotolia. If you want to cut the middlemen, you can create your own website where you can showcase your stock photos and sell them. However, you will need to promote your website.
2. Create Photography Products: You can take your photographs and create products for sale. SmugMug, Shutterfly, Snapfish and Kodak Gallery are popular websites where you can upload your photographs and get them printed on posters, postcards, t-shirts, books, puzzles, mugs, aprons or whatever you can think of.
3. Sell Photography Services: Use your skills to sell photography services as a freelance photographer. Make money shooting weddings, birthday parties, anniversaries, corporate parties, product launches, portfolios etc. Advertising in print and online yellow pages for your area is the best way to find customers.

Selling your photos or photography services is a great way to earn a little extra cash to pay for your next digital camera or lens.