Photographer Can Earn $1,000,000,000 With Photos And Videos

Hello my dearest and coolest photographers out there, Manish here. In today's world, earning money is somewhat tough. I am experiencing this in my present life. I have gone through ups and downs because of my poor financial knowledge. I do not come from a poor family; my father is a retired bank officer and my mother is a hardworking housewife. My family always supports me in whatever I want to do in my life. Even my father helped me financially and gave me a good amount of money to pursue my photography journey. I earned a significant amount of money but never saved it, and now I am working from scratch.

Let's jump to the topic: you can earn a good amount of money just by selling your self-shot photos. Let's take an example of my photo of a beautiful pigeon.

This photo has sold multiple times on stock agencies, and the highest amount I earned from it was $4 as a licensing fee. You might be thinking that many photographers earn $1,000 from selling photos, and here I am, showing such a small earning and feeling good about it.

First of all, let me clarify that I haven't learned or joined any courses related to photography. Even if you ask me to define the exposure triangle, aperture, ISO, and shutter speed, it will take me plenty of time and probably make you laugh out loud. God planted some photography skills in me, and in 2018, I asked my father to lend me a good amount of money to purchase a new DSLR camera. I got that money within an hour. My new DSLR was a Canon 1300D. This DSLR camera is neither good nor bad. With this DSLR, I captured some of my best photos and videos, even though I didn't know that if you are uploading your photos and videos online, you first have to edit them on software like Adobe Lightroom, Snapseed, etc. Then, you have to upload your best content to websites like Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Alamy, etc. to earn money. I am lucky that I created a profile on Wirestock and uploaded 180+ unedited JPEG photos, and with those photos, I earned $68.

When you get royalties for your photos, it means you are a good photographer. No one buys your photo thinking that this guy is poor and hardworking; they buy your work because it adds value to their growth.

Sorry for this boring experience. Now, I think that nowadays there are plenty of amazing AI software out there which can enhance your photos and videos. Topaz Labs provides software to enhance content with the help of AI. Their subscriptions are quite high and not everyone can afford them. If you are confident that your work is amazing and you can make money with your photography skills, then you can buy their subscriptions as an investment and earn money.

Now, regarding the pigeon photo I mentioned earlier, if I upscale that photo and convert it into an ultra-high resolution, then it could earn me more dollars and pounds. The same goes for videos: if you have low or medium quality but the best and rarest videos, you can use those AI software to make high-resolution videos and upload them on multiple websites to earn money consistently.

I want to know your thoughts.