Passive Income Photography Ideas
How to make passive income with photography, an idea also known as passive incline photography, is an intriguing subject. What kinds of things can we do as a photographer to create passive income photography?
In this guide, we’ll explore several avenues you can take to make more money with less effort.
Photography Income Ideas
There are two basic methods to make an income from photography: sell our pictures or sell our services. These two ideas are tied up with each other in fundamental ways. Our services as a photographer are sought out in order for us to make pictures for someone. And selling prints is an experience made possible by our photographic service.
A more targeted way to define these ideas is that some people will hire us to create photographs for them while others will buy photos we have already made. As examples to illustrate this, we may be hired by a Realtor for taking pictures of a property. Or we could be hired to document an event such as a wedding. That’s hiring our services.
We could sell physical prints at a gallery or from our own home studio, or a stock agency may have several digital files of our images that get licensed for use at a fee. That’s selling our photographs. Both ways can work great, and we can mix the two ideas together back and forth.
Income Streams for Photographers

An income stream can be active, such as booking a wedding, a portrait session, or a commercial photoshoot. An income stream can also be active as we’re taking our prints somewhere or putting them up to be purchased, in person or online.
An active income stream is one that involves our active participation, even if that action is merely taking an existing photo off of the wall we set up at an art fair and swiping a debit card. Some more passive streams for photography also exist. Read More…