The first task for any digital photographer is to create an attractive portfolio and also to organize photos in an accessible files on your computer. Limit your photos to about 20 per file and use names that will help you to easily locate them when the need arises.

Obviously the quality of your photos is key and you want to try and get your photos right the first time as editing can sometimes reduce the quality of your photos and could result in them being rejected by the leading stock photography sites. To get the best quality make sure your camera settings are fixed at an optimum resolution. Lighting is also key and I recommend that for outdoor shots you should try to keep the sunlight directly behind you, for indoor photography I recommend using the flash and closing curtains in order to produce better quality shots.

For basic cropping and image resizing use Photoshop Elements 6 as other free online software will reduce the quality of photos for these basic editing procedures. The software is available at Adobe.com and I can also recommend some excellent training videos for Elements 6 provided by LearnElementsNow.com that will show you some excellent editing techniques that will actually improve overall photo quality.

With digital technology we can take as many photographs as we want without processing costs so i recommend you take advantage of this and take as many photos as you need in order to get that perfect shot. Also, take your camera with you wherever you go as you never know when the perfect shot will cross your viewfinder.

The best way to market your photos is through existing stock photography sites however they don't accept just anyone's work and will ask you to take a test which must be passed before you can submit your photos for sale. This is why you want to make sure your photos are high quality, wasting time and resources is not a good idea.

Upon acceptance to the stock photography site don't submit everything you have, take care to only submit your very best work. Present your work in a way that will entice purchasers to return to your stock. A final tip is to always submit your photos in .jpg format as certain other formats will be automatically rejected by some stock photography sites.

Don't rely solely upon stock photography sites, there is a whole range of other photo business opportunities that will allow you to literally turn your photos into cash.