$58 in 90 Minutes Selling Photos to Tourists at Abbey Road

A Redditor called Matt grabbed his camera and his brother and headed to the famous Beatles crossing in London.

He photographs tourists from about 150 feet away with a telephoto lens. His brother approaches right after and hands them a QR card linking to a watermarked preview.

Price to unlock: £5 (about $6.50).

Here’s the funnel from their first session 👇

• 27 cards handed out
• 25 taken (93%)
• 19 photos viewed (76%)
• 9 photos purchased (47%)

🤑 $58 in 90 minutes

Even photos he thought were terrible sold – including one with an ambulance parked right behind the crossing 👀

Matt reckons £5 was too cheap…

I already do 2-3 shot albums so they have a few to choose from. Next thing I want to test is higher fixed price vs. pay what you want

Makes sense. As one commenter put it, tourists at a once-in-a-lifetime spot are already in spend mode. At $12+ per photo, this starts looking like serious hourly money on a busy day.

Total gear cost was about $880. A used camera and vintage lens could get you started for a lot less.

Pick any tourist hotspot – eg. famous viewpoints or landmarks, graduation photo spots, ski resort bases – and you’ve got the same setup 😎

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