To be honest, for each photographer out here stating they sell some photos/prints, there’s probably 50 others not selling anything at all (so to speak).
Selling photos/prints to randoms is really hard these days. Unless you have a big following that would buy stuff from you, or are very good at online marketing, you need to be lucky to sell something. The stock photography market is mostly dead and extremely saturated. There’s so much available, tens of millions… Selling prints isn’t what it used to be either. Most I know spend a lot of time culling, editing and putting up photos and gain nothing at all. Some have even turned to create prints with AI because that is slightly more popular than just regular photos.
When people ask me if they can sell photos I always tell them no, and to better focus on commissioned work. It’s easier to make money that way.
To be honest, for each photographer out here stating they sell some photos/prints, there’s probably 50 others not selling anything at all (so to speak).
Selling photos/prints to randoms is really hard these days. Unless you have a big following that would buy stuff from you, or are very good at online marketing, you need to be lucky to sell something. The stock photography market is mostly dead and extremely saturated. There’s so much available, tens of millions… Selling prints isn’t what it used to be either. Most I know spend a lot of time culling, editing and putting up photos and gain nothing at all. Some have even turned to create prints with AI because that is slightly more popular than just regular photos.
When people ask me if they can sell photos I always tell them no, and to better focus on commissioned work. It’s easier to make money that way.