Digital Photography Money Making Tip #12
Does making money with digital photography interest you? Here is a wonderful way to sell your work. Even better, you will simultaneously make a senior citizen very happy and solve a difficult gift buying challenge that many families face these days.
Here is the problem you solve: Today's geographically dispersed families find it difficult to visit and maintain in-person contact. Those who suffer the most from this isolation are the senior citizens - those folks whose health or financial resources may prevent long distance travel to visit family members.
They crave family mementoes and photographs. They may not have a computer to receive email, or may lack the computer skills needed to display emailed digital photographs.
Now, on the other hand, distant family members struggle to think of suitable gifts for their senior members. Once we reach a "certain age" we become difficult to shop for. Storage space may be limited, for example, if the senior is living in a retirement home.
Here's a unique and most welcome gift that you can promote with your digital photography. It's one that solves the gift giving problem while lessening the senior's sense of isolation.
You compile a large selection of family photographs, burn them to a CD or DVD, using slideshow or presentation software such as Photodex's ProSho. Next, package the DVD with a small, portable DVD player. Amazon sells these little DVD players at price ranges from about $30 to $200. The Panasonic DVD-LS80 8.5" Portable DVD Player
gets the highest ratings from customers. I would avoid the really tiny players with the 2.5" inch screens. Elderly eyes have problems with such tiny displays.
And do be sure to test your DVD disk on the player before turning it over to the family. When we're dealing with electronics, things can and do go wrong.
To provide this digital photogtraphy service, you will need to contract with a family member. That person, in turn, is responsible for collecting family photos of distant family members. You might take photographs of the local family personally, if you choose.
When the person you contract with produces the photos from other people, you create your slide show presentation. You can get special software programs that create stand-alone side shows, or you could make a PowerPoint presentation and burn the free PowerPoint viewer onto the DVD.
Please be sure to remind the family that the senior citizen could require help learning to use the DVD. Ask them to arrange for someone to provide this help if necessary.
This is a unique gift and a wonderful use for your digital photography.
And, you can sell updates for future years. Once the senior has the DVD player, he or she will appreciate receiving additional DVD presentations of birthday parties, reunions, new homes purchased, family vacations and so forth.
This is just one money making suggestion. Check the article list for more ways to make money with digital photography.
Thank You!
June Campbell
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