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If you’re looking for a freelance job, photography can give you that opportunity so that you can earn money while showing your creativity. Freelance photography jobs are easy to do, and they can pay tens if not thousands of dollars per picture.

Doing a freelance job as a photographer is easy to start with. All you have to have is a professional grade camera. It can either be a high definition point and shoot camera or a Digital Single Lens Reflex or DSLR camera. From there, you can then create a clientele, starting with your family members, relatives and friends of friends. This way, you can create your portfolio without spending a cent other than on your camera. Coming from this point, you can then be a professional freelance photographer that can do the jobs that would be required of you. Be it a simple photo shoot gig, a head shot for people who would like to create their own portfolio as actors or models.

You can also become an events photographer, covering the events such as weddings, birthday celebrations, anniversaries and parties. Best of all, the time that you spend on these freelance photography jobs will be based on your time and your willingness to take on clients, so you can have other jobs aside from this freelance task.

As you can see, it’s very easy to have a freelance job as a photographer. All you need is a camera and then you can start shooting away, capturing priceless memories while earning money from doing something that you would truly enjoy.

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Photography is a very diverse field with so many interesting options to go into. Below is another list where you will find different photography careers that you can specialize and excel in.

1. Still Life Photography. The modern counterpart of Still Life paintings popular in the olden times, Still Life Photography focuses on inanimate objects as subjects. These objects may include man-made materials such as drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, shoes, cosmetics, and books. Natural materials are also popular, like fruits, baskets, water, leaves, flowers, plants, rocks and shells. Knowledge in lighting and camera angles is very important, as well as manipulation of subject’s placing and visual effects.

2. Sports Photography. Particularly interesting to the sports aficionados, Sports Photography combines the challenges of capturing the players in action and important highlights of the game.

Skill in high-speed photography is a must, as well as quality equipment. Having the right length of camera lenses can help you capture just the right shot, as well as having the right aperture. Finding the right location is a necessity as well.

3. Travel Photography. If traveling is your thing, then this field will be perfect for you. A travel photo is defined by the Photographic Society of America as “an image that expresses the feeling of a time and place, portrays a land, its people, or a culture in its natural state, and has no geographical limitations”. With this in mind, the travel photographer must immerse himself in the culture of his current subject location and capture what defines them as a society. Aspects may include landscape, cityscape, architecture, community, clothing, jewelry and art.

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Still not decided on which photography career to take? Take a look at the list below to widen your options.

1. Nature Photography. It encompasses all the subjects that have to do with nature (e.g. landscapes, the various flora and fauna). Production time usually take a little longer than other fields, often requiring you to stay for long periods of time at your “set” to capture your shot. In addition, this field is usually managed by a one-man team, needing you to travel and do all the work alone.

2. Portrait Photography. Perfect for those who are looking for a freelance photography job, you will most likely be commissioned to be the “official photographer” events and parties.

Photographers in this field usually have their own studio, where people can come in and have their pictures taken. Some can be at the special events like graduation and birthday celebrations, to official pageant shots or portfolio (especially for models), to covering debutante balls and weddings.

Portrait photographers have direct contact with the end consumers, and you must be sensitive how they want the photos to look like since the subject is oftentimes personal to them.

3. Food Photography. An offshoot of Advertising and Still-Life Photography, this field requires a special set of skills in making sure food will look like it tastes great. You should have the great attention to detail in setting up the lighting and props. There should be a correct angle to make out the texture, and styling the food. One of the challenges is to keep the food looking fresh, even though it’s been laid out for hours under the camera. This is usually a team-based project, comprised of the photographer, art director, and the food stylist.