I Made $70,000 in 6 Months with AURA PHOTOGRAPHY (The $5k Weekend Side Hustle)

Synopsis

Summer Ray runs SomaluMin, a mobile aura photography service where she uses a special camera to capture colourful "energy field" portraits and charges $44 per 10-minute session. In six months she earned roughly $70,000 while keeping her day job by partnering with yoga shops, gyms and other local venues for weekend events that produce $5,000 weekends. The episode frames it as a strategic, event-based side hustle built on partnerships, pop-up locations and high-ticket per-hour pricing.

Ideas in this episode

• Experiential / themed events business

  Summer Ray runs SomaluMin, a mobile aura photography service producing $5,000 weekends by partnering with yoga shops and gyms for ticketed pop-up sessions at $44 each.