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11/09/2019

Over the next few weeks, Apple are going to be releasing major upgrades to macOS and iOS. iOS 13 is going to be released on 19 September. We have already updated our iOS app to support iOS 13, so please ensure that you use the App Store to update to version 4.6.2 of our app […]

06/09/2019

Selling products to your clients face to face after a portrait session is a long-established method of taking orders and making money. In-person sales (IPS) sessions wained a little with the surge in popularity of online web gallery systems, but their popularity is on the rise again. Many photographers choose the IPS model as they […]

06/09/2019

We’re going to be carrying out some scheduled maintenance on our website servers this weekend, which is going to lead to some unavoidable downtime for our account management pages. However, Light Blue’s online services will be unaffected and you will be able to carry on using all of Light Blue’s features while this takes place. […]

30/08/2019

In any photography business, you’re going to have things that you need to get done in order to deliver great service and pictures to your clients. Running a small business means that you’ve got to do everything from responding to new enquiries through to handing over finished products to your client, and all of the […]

23/08/2019

Lynne Kennedy is based in the far north-west of Scotland, next to the Isle of Skye, where she specialises in photographing elopements and small weddings. The majority of her shoots are on Skye but she occasionally travels a little further afield to another island or remote part of the mainland. She’s been photographing weddings since […]

16/08/2019

Do you follow up on enquiries? You could be missing out on work. We loved this tweet from Graham Carruthers. It can be difficult to keep on top of enquiries, but with Light Blue you can set up a workflow that automatically follows up enquiries. Workflows can be used to add a series of tasks, […]

09/08/2019

We know that one of the most important parts of your business admin is being able to forecast accurately. Being able to know exactly what is happening in your business at any time helps you to plan for the future. With Light Blue, you can run various reports to check your business finances, one very […]

02/08/2019

As a wedding or portrait photographer, there are times you need to handle large numbers of leads. You might attend a number of wedding fairs throughout the year and need an easy way to handle all the contacts from that, or maybe you run a busy portrait studio and need to manage lists of leads […]

01/08/2019

We’ve released Light Blue 8.1.2, which is another free update to everyone who subscribes to our online services or has bought Light Blue 8. This is a minor update that adds new features and fixes bugs that were reported after the launch of Light Blue 8.1. Using “partner” as a contact role now supports all […]

26/07/2019

Based in the Highlands of Scotland, Margaret Soraya has run a wedding and commercial photography business for the last 15 years. She also has a love of landscape photography, with a passion for the beauty and wildness Scotland can offer and has recently begun a new business running landscape photography workshops in remote areas of […]

19/07/2019

We know that a lot of photographers run multiple brands under one business. Maybe you shoot both weddings and newborn photography, or you have a separate website for corporate photography. With Light Blue you can run all these brands in a single account.* This is really handy for a lot of people because, while they […]

16/07/2019

Apple have a reliable schedule of releasing major updates to macOS and iOS in the Autumn, and we can expect macOS Catalina and iOS 13 to be released towards the end of September 2019. For the last few years, Apple have been releasing public betas of their major operating system updates in the Summer. Installing […]

15/07/2019

tl;dr: we’ve taken care of this so that you don’t need to do anything. On 14 September 2019, new regulations are being introduced across Europe to protect people using cards to pay for goods and services online. These new regulations are called Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and will add a requirement for two-factor authentication for […]

05/07/2019

We posted part one of our series of blog posts on five tips for getting started with Light Blue a couple of weeks ago. If you missed it, it’s worth reading it first before today’s post! After part one, you should be getting to grips with the basics of adding shoots, contacts, and workflows. Today […]

28/06/2019

For many of our customers, Facebook is a key marketing tool. There are lots of different ways to market on Facebook from organic posting to paid adverts. One of the most popular tools is to use a Facebook lead generation advert. You might be running a competition or have a great offer that will get […]

21/06/2019

We understand that it can be daunting learning a new software, especially one that’s as powerful and full of features as Light Blue. Its easy to put it off because its all too overwhelming. We want to help! We have a great “Setting up Light Blue” webinar to help you get set up and if […]

14/06/2019

Keeping on top of your finances is really important when you are running a business and, while we have some great tools in Light Blue to help with this, some business need even more accounting tools. Many of our customers use QuickBooks to do their accounts and had asked for an easier way to get […]

07/06/2019

Camera? Check. Phone? Check. Bin bags? Err … Preparing for a shoot always includes carefully packing your camera bag. But what exactly should you try to squeeze in to all those handy pockets? And why might those bin bags come in handy? Here we delve deep into the camera bag essentials that might just become […]

04/06/2019

We’ve released Light Blue 8.1.1, which is another free update to everyone who subscribes to our online services or has bought Light Blue 8. This is a minor update that adds new features and fixes bugs that were reported after the launch of Light Blue 8.1. You can now create Purchase records from Sale records, […]

03/06/2019

Google are updating their security rules for apps that send emails via Gmail (and G Suite) and we’ve been keeping up to date with their changes to make sure that you’ll be able to continue to send emails from Light Blue via your Gmail account. The new security rules mean that you might need to […]

31/05/2019

Dealing with a deluge of data is unavoidable when running a business.  For professional photographers, managing and protecting your client details, schedules, invoices and of course all those precious images is vital.  Lose it and you’ll end up in stormy waters. You’ll be faced not only with a loss of income and huge administration headaches, […]

24/05/2019

Based in The Wirral, Amy Knowles runs Slinky Photography, a newborn family and maternity photography studio. Amy got in touch with us after reading our blog post about how to use scheduling tools to allow your customers to book shoots online with Light Blue. She took the advice and ideas that we’d presented there to […]

17/05/2019

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw In any business, effective communication is crucial. In photography, it’s a simple way to set and meet expectations before, during and after a shoot. Keeping in touch at every stage of the customer journey helps to avoid misunderstandings […]

07/05/2019

We’ve just released Light Blue 8.1, which builds on the success of Light Blue 8 by adding new features, improving existing features, and squashing bugs. Light Blue 8.1 is a free update for all of our subscribers. You can install the update by using the “Check For Updates” command in Light Blue (which is in the […]