How to use Private Galleries and Public Galleries in Photography Orders
Posted on 27. Jul, 2010 by Luke in How tos
In this video tutorial I look at the difference between private galleries and public galleries. Which ones you should use, how to add them as a photographer, and how your clients can view the photos in them. Cheers, Luke
How to: Change the look and design of Photography Orders
Posted on 23. May, 2010 by Luke in How tos
It’s important for your branding to be consistent. Your design should look the same in all your materials – your brochures, business cards, website, and of course, shopping cart. Now with the latest version (1.4) of Photography Orders, you can easily change the way it looks. Here’s a video demonstration of me using the new features for going from the [...]
Announcing Photography Orders version 1.4
Posted on 14. May, 2010 by Luke in Latest news
We’re happy to announce we’ve just released version 1.4 of Photography Orders. In 1.4 we wanted to give more options to how you display your Photography Business. Themes The biggest addition to Photography Orders are themes. We’ve redesigned Photography Orders and come up with three themes, black/dark, grey, and light. We’ve also made it so you can easily go in [...]
Version 1.3 released
Posted on 15. Apr, 2010 by Luke in Latest news
We’re happy to announce we’ve just released version 1.3! We have received a lot of customer feedback, and the goal in version 1.3 was to make Photography Orders more robust and expand its usefulness. Here’s a list of what we’ve done. Public Galleries Public galleries was a hotly requested feature. Public galleries allow event photographers to create galleries without the [...]
Upcoming features in v1.3
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Luke in Latest news
We’re currently working on version 1.3 of Photography Orders. The goal for 1.3 was to flesh out a lot of the features, and expand the scope of what Photography Orders can do. Better checkout and order processing In v1.2, the checkout is handled either at Paypal or Google Checkout. In 1.3, the checkout is handled by Photography Orders, and the [...]
7 free wordpress themes for professional photographers
Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by Luke in Articles
For a photographer looking to create a website cheaply, wordpress presents itself as one of the best options. It’s free It allows you to look professional You can set it up yourself Unfortunately, looking through all of the free themes available out there is a time consuming process. Lucky for you, I’ve looked through the complete wordpress theme directory and [...]
Installing Photography Orders on your web host
Posted on 25. Mar, 2010 by Luke in How tos
We’re trying to make it easier for people to install Photography Orders. To be able to install Photography Orders, you need a general idea of how to use your web hosts control panel and how to upload files. You can view the installation instructions here. Some people are visual learners, so we’ve recorded a video of the installation process. (UPDATE [...]
Integrating Photography Orders with your website
Posted on 21. Mar, 2010 by Luke in How tos
We often get questions from photographers about the best way to integrate Photography Orders with their websites. As a result of the feedback, we’ve just released a new tool that allows you to easily build a form for your website. The form allows your clients to login directly from your website, instead of having to go to a new page [...]
Increasing Wedding Photography Sales
Posted on 20. Mar, 2010 by Cam in Articles
The problem is that increasingly wedding guests travel from far and wide to attend a wedding. Meaning that they can not attend your studio or even the lucky couples house to view the photographs.
Less is more with photography software
Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by Luke in Articles
There’s an old saying that “Less is more”. The phrase is often associated with the architect and furniture designer Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe (1886-1969), one of the founders of modern architecture and a proponent of simplicity of style. In software, the mantra is the same. Simplicity and clarity lead to good design. “Less is more” is a part of [...]

