Snap like a pap, and your pics of celebrities could end up earning you big bucks. Selling 'candid' celebrity footage to newspapers and the media is not a new concept- but it's never been so easy or accessible to do so. The Mr Paparazzi site works with Forbidden Technologies to allow everyday users armed with nothing more than camera phone footage, to easily upload video footage and pictures to the website. The site was created as a response to the massive demand for celebrity info- and for pictures that weren't just considered 'press shots'
With every Tom, Dick or Katie, now carrying around technology that can instantly photograph, the whole concept of the photo journalist is expanding. Site creator Dan Lyons says, "Saleable images of celebrities was always the mainstay of professional photographers. However, a whole new market has opened up with nearly everyone carrying a video camera around on their mobile phone. Now, Joe Public is just as likely to catch some valuable footage of a celebrity as a professional with a powerful zoom lens."
Once you have uploaded your images, you will be contacted withing 48 hours if the team think it has sale potential, and offered a certain amount dependant on the nature and fame of your celebrity sighting. The site offers useful advice as to taking your shots-whereby the brighter the star, the more cash you get to keep. It illustates this with a picture of Craig from Big Brother, explaining that he would be off the radar money wise, whilst David Beckham in his tighty whiteys would fetch a grander price.
So get snapping, and watch the pounds pile in.
