A fairly common thing we hear from photographers is: “My clients just don’t want printed products.” But here’s the truth — more often than not, it’s not that they don’t want them. It’s that they’ve never been shown the value of them. They’re used to digital galleries. They expect USBs. That’s what the industry has trained them to expect. But just because it’s all they know, it doesn’t mean that’s all they want. Ian tells the story of being in a seminar with a number of very wealthy Americans. When he tried To View More >>

Our new Online Album Designer is a great on the go resource that makes designing and editing books and albums quick and easy. Today we show you how you to swap images around in the design. To switch images on the same layout: Drag and drop one image over the other. They will change places. To switch an image with another on a different layout:  Click one of the images you want to switch and drag it to the side of the screen, which will allow you to scroll through the layouts. When you get to the layout you want, drag the image you're moving over the image To View More >>

Since launching Workspace we've had a lot of requests for an affiliate program, so we're pleased to announce it's finally here! We sell our books and albums around the world. We have customers in countries we’ve never visited, who speak languages we don’t understand. It's no wonder that just like you we depend on the good will and recommendations of our existing customers to generate new business. Our new affiliate program enables you to earn commissions by recommending our products and services to your friends and colleagues. It's a way to encourage our supporters to promote us, and to repay To View More >>

No-one likes piracy, so how can you stop people stealing your digital images? There is only one sure method: Store your data on a computer in a secure office - and don't connect it to the internet. I'm not kidding. I was speaking to a commercial lawyer friend who deals with multi-million dollar litigation, and if his stuff is super-confidential, that's exactly what he does. Recently we had an irate client complain that some of her images had been pirated from Workspace, and ask how we could let that happen. She explained how it was done (I'm not going to tell you) and she was quite right. Within To View More >>

The Image College in association with Queensberry, is bringing Johannes van Kan to Australia for a brief visit in August/September to present one day seminars in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The heart and soul of the high end wedding album Winner of the 2010 WPPI Album of the Year, and multiple winner of the NZIPP Iris Awards Wedding Album of the Year, Johannes van Kan is one of an elite group of world class photographers creating profoundly beautiful albums for his wedding clients. In this event Johannes will take you on a journey beginning with: - Why he does what he does - The thought processes To View More >>