Gary Vaynerchuk said something about the worst thing you can do in business is to be romantic about how you make your money. But show me a photographer who doesn't love taking pictures.  In fact I just wrote two rather emotional posts myself about professional photography. So I thought I'd set out the unromantic business reasons to sell products. Not how to sell or what to sell, but why.  And yes, we make the products, so of course we’d love you to sell them, but this is what's in it for you. We call them the three Ps. 1. You benefit from the sale of the To View More >>

This weeks 'Share of the Week' goes to Weddings by Nicola & Glen,  based in the UK , who shared their latest Queensberry album on Facebook .  Thanks for sharing, Nicola & Glen. There’s a wee thank you on its way to you. "It’s that wonderful time of year where we're producing  Queensberry albums for all the lovely weddings over the summer. See Kelly and Rob's gorgeous album in Silk Twilight from last year on our journal here." Be sure to tag us when you share your Queensberry products on Instagram, Facebook or your blog. It doesn’t just To View More >>

The sole purpose of our Favourites feature is to make your job as a photographer easier. Your clients select their favourite images by clicking the Workspace heart while hovering over an image. (On mobile you can reveal the Favourite button by tapping an image to view it full screen.)  Your clients can review their Favourites by clicking the Heart icon at the top right of the screen. You can view them too, in the backend of Workspace, and use them, for example, to order prints, or other products you offer, or to design an album. To View More >>

Are you using the Workspace Desktop Uploader or the Lightroom Plugin? Due to a few issues discovered last week, we've made some fixes to these uploaders and we recommend upgrading from version 1.9 to 2.0 as soon as possible. You can download the latest versions below. Workspace Desktop Uploader Mac | Windows Plugin for Lightroom Mac & Windows Cheers, Anna To View More >>

Mandy & Nathan were married on the 12th of November 2011 at the Kelliher Estate on Puketutu Island, Auckland. They were photographed by Chris Loufte. Here are a few layouts from their magnificent Matted 18x12H album with a Powder Blue Micro leather cover and silver page edging. To see more work by Chris Loufte, click here. Enjoy! Anna To View More >>

Sales are coming along nicely for our new Queensberry Print range, thank you! Our introductory special offer is over, but as promised we've just introduced 15% trade discount on Queensberry Print products - for professional photographers only. Here's how you qualify. If you're an existing client with an approved account you will automatically qualify for the discount for the next twelve months. The discount will be deducted in your Workspace shopping cart as you place your order. If you open a new account you will qualify for twelve months from the date your account is approved. After twelve months To View More >>

Power users really like keyboard shortcuts, especially in winworld it seems, so here's a list of Remix's many keyboard shortcuts from our online tutorial pages. Next week we'll post about right-click and modifier-key functions. HTH, Ian To View More >>

New York Times technology writer David Pogue proposed to his partner last night - with the help of a fake movie trailer, a hidden camera and some incredibly well-timed editing. It's definitely worth the watch: Pogue's Proposal from david pogue on Vimeo. To View More >>

Now you’re doing your own publishing, you have more to concern yourself with than the quality of your images. Of course people will judge you by those. You do so yourself. But they’ll also judge you by your writing, your tone of voice, your graphic design sensibilities. Plenty of people will judge you because you don’t know how to use apostrophes, or when to use i before e. These days plenty more will judge you for not re-reading before you publish, and so not noticing how predictive texting has messed up your sentences. Neither you nor I have a professional sub-editor polishing our stuff, To View More >>

Many years ago I headed to an up-market department store to buy a gift. When I asked the person behind the counter to show me what I wanted, she replied, “It’s expensive you know”. Was she suggesting that I couldn’t afford it, or was she reflecting on her own economic situation? She should have known better. Her job was to show me the product, work with my enthusiasm and make the business she worked for better off. As a business person I’ve reflected on this incident often. I’m always reminded of it at trade shows when people look at our albums and say things like, “They're so beautiful, To View More >>