$170K From Practicing Photography

Charles Wollertz has been a traveling photographer for 10+ years 📸

In a recent video, he shares how he’s earned $170K from stock photography…

He says…

This did not happen in 1 year… this has been [culmination of] over 10 years… the average I’ve made has been $16,000 a year uploading and selling photos through these agencies.

Charles notes that $170K is the 30% cut he’s received from selling his photos on agency sites like Shutterstock. So he reckons he’s sold more than $500,000 worth of photos 💰

See some of his photos here.

Charles again…

Keep in mind that this is not my full-time job. I do this as a side job.

I use my extra photographs when I’m learning a new technique… This was when I was learning photography because I started from zero.

So I am happy to say that I’ve been through the journey and not only stock photography but photography in general.

What set him apart…

Not many people get 500 photos rejected and go back the next week to do it all over again.

Gotta love that grit and determination 💪

Also…

I was learning how to use my camera, where it’s best, where it’s not. So I took photos everywhere I went, I took my camera. 

I was taking pictures of every single thing I could: outdoors, indoors, lighting, whatever was happening in my world. I was taking pictures of it and I was uploading those photos.

Now sure, $16,000 per year isn’t a ton of money.

But again, it’s a side hustle for Charles, one that has helped him learn a valuable skill and develop a nice passive income stream 😎

If you’re eager to learn a skill yourself, maybe there’s a way you could earn while you learn, and build up your own passive income stream over the years.

For example, if you wanted to learn music production, you could start uploading songs and mixes to YouTube and other platforms, and earn money via ad revenue and/or royalties 🤑