Photo Mojo

There is a fairly new photo service that allows you to make money off of your pictures, share them and even offer copyright protection. Cincinnati-based Photrade is a growing photo community that deserves your attention as a photographer that wants to make extra cash to pay off that new lens you just purchased.

You can upload your photos manually or even import from Flickr currently. Once loaded, visitors can view, or even embed (with your watermark) into a blog post or a social web site. For commercial use, this is a fantastic way to purchase photos at a discounted rate than the big stock photography houses.

I visited with CEO Andrew Paradies (pronounced like paradise) recently and was immediately impressed with the application and services offered. Andy suggest that Photrade is a mashup of Flickr and iTunes in that photos are searchable and downloadable for a small fee.

As an extra bonus, Photrade is reaching out to their community by providing timely, insightful and practical articles about photography that you can use. It strips away the general snobbery of our craft and is fun to read. Check out Hyperphocal here.

Photrade is currently in beta invitation only status but if you ask nicely on the signup page…