6 Side Hustles for Photographers to start in 2025

In this video I will share my 6 brand new side hustle ideas for photography students and photographers, who are looking to make some extra money with their skills this year. Some ideas will show you how you can leverage your gear to generate some passive income and others how you can actively make more money and grow your income as a photographer online and offline.
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[@katjafeldmeier]

Have you already tried any of these side hustles?

[@alessandrocwilliam]

Great tips as always, thank you for sharing them with us!

[@katjafeldmeier]

it's my pleasure, thank you for watching.

[@Sharkynocap]

I love your content! you! KEEP IT UP ❤

[@katjafeldmeier]

Thank you so much ❤️

[@chidilove8394]

These are great ideas!

[@DynastyUK]

Just my thoughts on these ( Sorry if it comes across agro, I'm not, just speaking from my personal experience )
Most of these are complete 2nd businesses. And will require a lot of work, if not more than your main biz. The renting one only really works if you have the top of the range gear or latest, (unless it's expensive vintage), which tbh, nobody needs, especially if you're looking for a profitable biz.(Top photographers -not youtubers- either rent VERY expensive gear, or use really old gear until it dies.) If you can afford to keep buying the latest and greatest every year you likely don't need a renting biz. Either you are over spending on gear in the first place, or you doing pretty well!
Plus the insurance you'd have to pay for renting is riduclous. and the promotion of your renting biz would cost both time & money. And as someone who has rented out gear in the past, it's a bloody hastle, people are just.... no... don't do it, almost as bad as facebook marketplace ;) lol UNLESS you are gonna make the renting biz your Main biz. In that case hire people and go all in. But again, the same goes for a lot of these.
What I would do for most of these, is make a partnership with a trusted photographer, A.I/digital artist or businessman and run the biz together, get someone who compliments your weaknesses If you're not so good with Socials, promoting or hate anything that's not photography get someone who loves the biz side of things involved.
Anyway, some nice ideas in theory, just as long as people are realistic about what they have to do compared to what they get back. Saying all of this, I do know some people that have just fell into the right place at the right time and made a killing doing something that started as just a side hustle. It's never a given though.

[@katjafeldmeier]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences on here. No hard feelings :)
I agree that most of these could be made into their own businesses. For some people they work as temporary things or side hustles.
I’ve made a video previously on here with 10 more ideas…maybe some of them appeal more to you..feel free to check them out and share your thoughts.

[@annehughes6706]

How does one start getting clients with Linkedin?

[@katjafeldmeier]

I have an entire video about it on my channel, you can check that out 😊

[@kernzilla]

for any noobs watching this, I'd be cautious of renting out your primary bodies. I wouldn't love changing *all my detailed settings/buttons back to the way i like it, but more so I'm not willing to add variables/make my gear less dependable. Anyhting rented is usually less cared for.
Not throwing any shade at you Katja, but wouldn't want a beginner doing something like this without fully thinking it thru first. Oftentimes the most rented gear sees the most hazardous conditions, and this adds unknown miles to our precious gear. to me, it's not worth the $100, YMMV. Now if it was my 3rd or 4th body, then yea, make a few extra grand a year with it, but otherwise I'd be skeptical.

[@katjafeldmeier]

Good points. Yes, it’s more about less used equipment or extra equipment.

[@ConstansPhotography]

Buy everything brand new, rent out, get it back used, profit!😅

[@katjafeldmeier]

sure, if you have the money why not