Jet-set woman, 25, reveals genius way she racked up a six-figure fortune in six months WITHOUT a full-time job – all while traveling around the world on VERY exotic trips

A young California woman has revealed how she made almost six figures in just six months simply by taking photos while traveling the world.

Alexandra Hallman25, has spent much of the past few years traveling the world after discovering the ultimate strategy for making money while on vacation.

She takes photos of her surroundings and then sells the images to companies to use on various marketing platforms, such as social media, websites, and other advertising channels.

While chatting to DailyMail.com about the method, she revealed that not only does she earn thousands a week from it, but she is often rewarded with perks such as free hotel stays or products.

Speaking exclusively to DailyMail.com, Alex said that after studying film production at Seattle University, she began creating content for businesses including local coffee shops and restaurants, as well as mega brands like Virgin Galactic and L’Oréal.

She initially dreamed of working in film, but became discouraged after struggling to find full-time work.

“I could barely make ends meet and worked three exhausting jobs to pay the rent and buy groceries,” she recalls.

So she started thinking bigger.

“I always enjoyed creating content,” she said. ‘I never had to do modelling. I think that’s confusing for people on TikTok.

‘They always think, “Oh, that’s only for beautiful people.” But I was never in the photos; it was always pictures of the food the restaurants had. And they used them on their menus.”

“So I became really good at photography,” she continued of her early professional experiences.

A few years ago, Alex, who admits she was never keen on the idea of ​​a rigid 9-to-5 job, found herself kitesurfing in Zanzibar.

‘I love taking pictures. And I noticed that every object, product or surfboard I held over this beautiful clear blue ocean – a pair of sunglasses, or a coconut or even a banana – was aEverything looked beautiful with the view behind it,” she said.

‘I thought, “Wow, these look like magazine covers, brands should use this.” And brands need photos to sell something. Especially hotels, you want to know where you’re staying.’

From then on, she started posting beautiful photos for free on her Instagram and tagging companies that might be interested.

“And then these brands started picking up my photos and sharing them from all different countries,” she explains.

‘And so my work became internationally distributed. Some of my all-time favorite companies asked to use my photos to share on their socials.”

This evolved into companies sending cold emails – for example the Hilton in Cabo – with relevant photos.

Eventually, she started getting commissions for specific types of content from the likes of L’Oréal.

“The creator makes 100 percent of the profits,” she emphasized, as she works without an agent or management team. “You don’t work from 9 to 5 for someone else.”

“And I can choose where I want to go,” she added, also saying she was very happy to have recently come to Sweden to see Taylor Swift’s concert.

She was also allowed to visit Rome, where she stayed for a week in a luxurious penthouse.

After years, her hard work has paid off and she reported to DailyMail.com that she has raked in almost six figures from her photos in the past six months alone.

Alexandra often documents her travels on TikTok, where she has amassed more than 93,000 followers.

But when some on social media started questioning what she had done to achieve an idyllic, carefree life, she was annoyed that the grueling work she had done was not being recognised.

That feeling eventually compelled her to write a book detailing how she makes her living, called The Sleepy Millionaire: How To Get Paid To Travel, which she then followed up with a second, titled No Clocking In: Profit 24/7 From What You love.

“The book has done much better than I ever imagined,” she told DailyMail.com.

And she has received overwhelmingly positive feedback, with people from all over the world writing to her to thank her for her insight.

“I wake up crying every morning and I get so many messages from young girls and mothers, even boys in college,” she said.

‘I’m just inundated with messages from people saying I’ve changed their lives.’

In a recent video, Alexandra, who passes by the The sleepy millionaire on her TikTok And Instagramrevealed that she made $12,000 on a trip to Aubra alone.

“I am 25 years old and currently making $12,000 while in Aruba,” Alexandra stated.

‘You don’t have to be inside [the photography industry]. As I sit here and take a picture of my hand holding this Corona, with the ocean behind me, [I can] sell that photo,” she continued.

‘It’s so much money. Every company needs photos.’

In her TikTok, she reiterated that in her book she laid out the steps of how she built her portfolio and clientele as a freelancer.

She explained on the video streaming app that her book covers everything from how to deal with pricing, licensing rights, contracts to what to say in emails.

“Copy and paste my email and send it to as many companies as you want, okay?” she continued.

‘Everyone thinks about this too much. It’s like: send it to as many companies as you want. There is no limit.

“And whatever money you make, it won’t change what I do, because there are a billion companies in the world, there are so many hotels in the world, there are so many vacations to go on, so many countries, so many cities.”

“And you don’t have to do it for traveling,” she added, vowing that someone could even make money from photos they take “at home on the couch.”

The Los Angeles Times outlined this earlier how individuals can earn passive income from stock photos.

“Although you don’t normally make much money from a given sale, you can sell the same photo many times and in many different ways,” the newspaper reported.

Among the most trusted recommended platforms were Adobe Stock, Shutterstock and iStock, Alamy and Foap.

Rates vary widely but are generally based on usage.

The LA Times also warned against uploading your photos to sites that required exclusive rights to sell your images.

Meanwhile, photographers can also sell their work to Etsy or print-on-demand stores like FineArtAmerica, RedBubble, or Society6; through such platforms, images can be licensed for use as prints on a wide range of consumer goods, such as puzzles and T-shirts.