Paid for Photos

You can earn money from your photos. Here are several sites that offer you opportunities to sell your photo collections.

123RF
Sell your photos on 123 Royalty Free and earn 50% of net proceeds from each photo downloaded. Earn 15% of revenue when someone you refer buys credits or subscribes to 123rf. Refer photographers and earn 10% of the price of each of their photo downloaded, as well as a free complimentary credit.

SPYMAC
Spymac.com is a media-sharing network that pays for original pictures, short films and audio files. They run daily and monthly jackpots and share revenue among contributors who upload the best content.
The system depends on ratings, total comments, total views and total revenue of each upload to determine who gets a share of the jackpots. Members also receive a share of their referrals’ winnings at the end of the month. Spymac pays by check when a minimum of $25 has been earned.

SHAREAPIC
Shareapic.net allows members to share unlimited pictures and earn money. They pay $0.22 per 1000 image impressions or views. Members can also make money from Google ads displayed in their picture galleries. Shareapic.net pays via Paypal within 7 days of request if earnings are over $20.

ZOOM And GO
Earn points for sharing your photos, videos, hotel reviews and for performing various other tasks (such as booking a hotel through the site). Redeem points for cash and/or prizes.

LANDSCAPING IDEAS
LandscapingIdeasOnline is looking for gardening/landscaping articles that are between 600 - 1500 words in length. Pay may be per article or on a profit-sharing basis. They are also hiring Photographers and Sales Associates.

BREAK
Break.com accepts original flash games, videos, and pictures. Receive up to $2000 if your video makes it to the frontpage and up to $25 if your picture is placed in a gallery. They pay by PayPal within a week.

IGO UGO
IgoUgo is a travel site that pays members for participating. Members earn GO points for registering, filling out a personal profile, uploading photos, and writing travel reviews. GO Points can then be redeemed for frequent-flier miles, gift cards from retailers like amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Target. IgoUgo also offers country-specific rewards for international members.

ISTOCKPHOTO
Photographers earn 20% of royalties or up to 40% if eligible for exclusivity. To apply and upload photos at iStockphoto, photographers are required to upload a piece of government issued identification. Photographers also have to submit 3 sample images for review. iStockphoto will send a notification of their decision via email. Free Membership.


FOTOLIA
Photographers set the price of their photos (based on photographer ranking, chosen license and exclusivity of the image). Commission ranges from 33% to 80%. Free Membership.

FOTOLIBRA
Trial fotoLibra Members can upload ten images for free, but these can’t be changed until they upgrade to a paid membership. Full Members can upload up to 4 GB of images and Platinum Members have unlimited storage. fotoLibra takes 50% commission and pays by check.

source: http://www.pcmoneymaker.net

Mosque "Baitul Ihsan" Photo Contest

This contest was held in 2004, and it was internal photo contest. Why was it internal? It was Masjid Baitul Ihsan, Bank Indonesia’s mosque located in Jakarta Indonesia, needed some pictures that would be used for its publications. The contest was intended to find pictures suitable with it need and the participants were limited to Bank Indonesia employees only.

At the time the contest was announced I had no idea what kind of pictures that might be suitable. So, in one weekend before the contest deadline, I went to Baitul Ihsan along with my wife and daughters trying to figure out. I walked around the mosque, inside and outside and somehow the ideas about the pictures and the theme flowed like water.
These pictures I put here were among selected pictures by the Juries. Well, although it was just an internal photo contests with limited participants, still, I could be proud of. (one of these pictures later on was accepted in Salon Foto Indonesia, a national class photo competition).

"Learning to Recite Al Qur'an"

"Love of a Mother"


"Get Ready for Praying"


"the Reflection"

Images of Budapest

Our visit to Budapest was also in 2003. Budapest is the old city in central Europe and the largest city in Hungary. Danube river flows in the middle of the city, bisected city into two, which Buda is on the right bank and Pest on the left (east) bank. These both cities were unified to become known as Budapest now on 17 November 1873.

I had not had a digital SLR camera at that time so I still captured the images of Budapest with a Canon EOS 3 and using negative films. I digitalized the pictures using a negative scanner.
I did have much time to travel around Hungary, so the pictures taken were merely in Budapest.

Danube River

St. Itsvan Basilica Church

Left from Communist Era


Budapest Young Couple