Many people who are in need of extra income tend to get desperate and forget to consider the first rule of finding a job or choosing a career: "Discover what you really enjoy doing and then find a way to make that activity earn you money."


Let%u2019s say you love taking photographs. If photography is your hobby and you own a good quality relatively new digital camera and a computer with Internet access, you have at your fingertips a source of income that is not only easy but enjoyable and satisfying.


I%u2019m not suggesting that you go out and take hundreds of art photographs and offer them for sale on line. That%u2019s already being done by professional photographers and their agencies and is a very difficult market for an amateur to break into.


I%u2019m also not suggesting you set up a photographer%u2019s studio and make your own prints on canvas or that you start offering your services to photograph weddings or parties. Those endeavors require a significant investment in professional camera equipment and require overhead and transportation.


What I am suggesting is that you zero in on a niche market that only requires your skills as a photographer, minimal camera equipment, and some imagination.


I%u2019m talking about offering your friends and neighbors candid photographs as mounted and framed print on canvas portraits. You take the photographs, your help them choose the best ones to print on canvas, and then you order the finished print on canvas photographs from a reliable photo print on canvas service.


Look around your neighborhood for events where the services of a photographer could add to the occasion. Check out your kids%u2019 school and classroom activities, sports teams, and after-school activities such as ballet, martial arts classes, or scouts. Check out holiday celebrations, graduation ceremonies and nursery school birthday parties.


Since you couldn%u2019t possibly become the official photographer for all such events, narrow your sights to focus on becoming, say, the official photographer of the high school soccer team, or the official photographer of your daughter%u2019s ballet school.


Make several print on canvas portraits as gifts for family or friends and show them around. If your photos are attractive and you use a good print on canvas service, word of mouth will soon bring you orders for more.

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