You choose ShootDotEdit as your wedding editing service because you believe Fast is Best for your clients and your business. When it comes to Album Design, we chose Align for the very same reason.
Fast is Best, and this partnership allows you to continue that speed in your album production.
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You can access this partnership inside of your ShootDotEdit DotTracker account!
“We believe the faster we return your images, the happier your customers will be, the more your business will benefit.”
We recently sat down with LensProToGo, one of our partner companies, to share why we feel they are outstanding. LensProToGo is one of the nations largest online photo and video rental companies; you can rent camera bodies to lenses to lights to cords – everything you may need and they ship all over the United States.
Meg Rodney, whose official title is “makes awesome stuff happen”, took the time to answer our questions. We asked Meg about the background of LensProToGo and she told us the story of how Paul, the owner and founder, left Corporate America seven years ago to become a photographer. He was working hard to support his family, and he had an idea to supplement his photography income by renting Canon gear out of his spare bedroom. It grew to include more kinds of gear, which he had to move to his basement to store and ship. Before he knew it, he was moving to the first warehouse space while starting to hire employees. Paul knew he didn’t want to hire just anyone, he wanted the best customer service in the industry. Not automated responses, but real people who could answer questions and give helpful feedback. So he established the company policy of only hiring photographers. Real working creative professionals who understand the needs of a person who is renting from them.
This dedication to the professional photographer and the commitment to provide them with the best customer service are the main reasons why we at ShootDotEdit choose them as a partner. Being fun to work with is also a plus! Read on for more tidbits from Meg about LensProToGo.
What is your favorite part of your partnership with ShootDotEdit?
We absolutely love how open minded everyone is on their team. At LensProToGo, we think outside the box. I mean…way outside the box. We aren’t a very rule based company. We’re photographers and filmmakers. We’re creatives. Like us, ShootDotEdit is always open to trying different things to improve their customer experience and give back. More than that, everyone on their team is considered a really great friend of ours. Nothing is better than friendship in the world of business.
What is your favorite part of working with photographers?
We LOVE working with photographers (and filmmakers) because we’re photographers and filmmakers too! I think our most favorite part of it is that our customers come to us as a resource. We, as a team, shoot a variety of things (weddings, portraits, babies, pets, products, cars, etc.) so when we don’t know the answer we’ll hand it off to someone who does. We get the warm and fuzzy feeling when this happens because people trust our judgement. We’re here to make sure their shoot is the very best it can be and it’s an incredible feeling when we hear back that all went better than expected because of our suggestions.
Also, Photographers are just cool! Our conversations with them are normally 20% about the order, 50% answering/asking questions and 30% talking about what they are having for dinner or something having to do with dinosaurs. I bet you Verizon customer service doesn’t get that last part!
Describe a day in the life at your business…
Coffee, slippers, hugs, morning meeting, high fives, oatmeal, laughs, local drop offs, e-mails, answering phones, answering phones, answering phones, coffee, e-mails, answering phones, UPS drop off, laughs, clean gear, sort gear, clean more gear, test focus, answering phones, lunch as a family, high fives, answering phones, e-mails, dance party, laughs, more dance party, packing gear, answering phones, e-mails, packing more gear, high fives, pack the rest of the gear and UPS picks up.
For the most part it’s mostly customer service, tons of shipping and a lot of fun!
What do you wish photographers knew better about your business?
I think the one thing we’d want them to know, the most, is that we’re people too. Today, so many companies run as robots. You place an order, get a confirmation email, and it ships to you. Sure, it’s easy, but what’s personal about it? We’re here to assist you in any way we can. It may be hard to understand… but WE LOVE TALKING and may even hold the record for longest customer service call. More than that, there is a human hand in every single step of the process. Your order is seen by the customer service team and either handed off to the shipping team or they will specifically handle any issues/questions.
If you could be any piece of camera equipment, what would it be and why?
LensProToGo would be the 24-70 (we’re a team of Canon and Nikon users so I won’t specify a brand!). I say this because we are ‘the trusty workhorse’. We get the big picture and zoom in to focus on individual customers!
LensProToGo currently has a staff of about a dozen photographers and filmmakers with more coming onboard in the immediate future. They invite you to contact them with questions about renting gear, using gear, or photography and film related questions in general or follow them on social media – Facebook, Twitter & Instagram. They always have something new and fun up their sleeve, and they usually have some great gear pictures to lust after. You’ll have to check it out to see more! And when you go to their site, LensProToGo has provided this special offer to our readers, feel free to use code SDEJHV34 for 10% off all rentals good until April 30th.
Thank you Meg for taking the time to speak with us. We can’t wait to see you at WPPI!
Speaking of WPPI – Download our Free Show Guide below to help you navigate your way around.
Partnering with a Specialist for image editing services can bring on a mixture of trepidation and excitement. In the words of the Graziers: “Excitement because for every hour that we spend shooting, we can spend up to two hours editing. And, we felt trepidation because we had tried it before.”
Matt and Enna Grazier had been down this road before… they had hired others to edit their images in the past, and they did not get consistent color corrected images.
But by choosing ShootDotEdit, the Grazier’s found that open and accessible communication led to consistency in editing.
In the end, the Grazier’s got a lot more than consistent color correction, such as:
– Saved 16 hours of editing PER wedding – Caught up on Album Delivery – Invest in Community, such as Inspire Photo Retreats
Download the entire Case Study, and see how your business can benefit from clear communication in your color correction through this ShootDotEdit Review.
If you’re spending lots of late nights editing wedding photos, it seems overwhelming to take on new clients and shoot more weddings, because what you’re doing is creating more work for yourself.
That kind of stress takes the joy out of what you love to do–shoot!
As you know, one of our integrated partners is Pictage, and we have a special offer to share with you from them! Want TWO FREE months of Pictage membership?
Pictage is bringing back the “12-for-10” promo for 2014!
With the offer, you’ll get two free months of your annual Pictage membership fees when you renew in advance. Just pay for 10 months in advance and then get two months free!
Here are the details: • The “12-for-10” promotion is only available through the month of November.
• New membership starts in Dec. 2013 and runs through Nov. 2014.
• It’s open to current and new members.
Simply follow one of the links below to pre-pay for 10 months of your Pictage membership.
Pictage gives professional photographers a range of solutions that cover every aspect of your business. They’ll help you save time, book clients and sell products! And, you can use our Integration to send your images straight from ShootDotEdit into your client’s Pictage gallery!
As a business owner, have you ever felt like everything within your business must be managed and handled by you? Have you ever thought, “I’m the only one who can do it the right way?” In this ShootDotEdit Review, Leeann Marie talks about her journey in answering that question.
It’s easy to feel like you’re the only person who can manage all of the tasks, especially as you’re growing and getting busier. But there are ‘tipping point’ moments, when the workload you’re bearing becomes, well, unbearable. That’s when many business owners start seeking help from a specialist who specializes in photography editing services.
Here’s wedding photographer, Leeann Marie’s, personal journey to outsourcing her post production to her trusted specialist, ShootDotEdit. Leeann knew trusting a Specialist with her post production made business sense, but she wondered if she could maintain her Signature Style at the same time.
Not only was she able to keep producing beautiful images with ShootDotEdit, but her business has skyrocketed over the past two years.
– Added Two Associate Photographers – Increased Social Media Engagement by over 40% – Cut Weekly Work Time Down to 2 Days/Week – Maintained Same Profit Year over Year
Download this FREE Case Study to learn more about how Leeann transformed her business with the help of Specialists.
Boston and Hartford…. check! Next stop…. California! The first two stops of the tour are complete, and they were a huge success! Check out the video from the first two stops! Don’t forget to RSVP for California!
” What an amazing night of information & fun at the Boston Unlimited Happiness Tour! Thank you & all the other sponsors/speakers for putting together such a great program & sharing your experience & knowledge!” Caroline, Brogen Photography
Our Partners at LensProToGo have launched a new blog they’re calling LensProToGo Labs! A top to bottom redesign and rebranding of their old blog, LensProToGo Labs will offer industry news, new product alerts, tips and tutorials, product reviews, and even just stuff they love, all geared towards photographers and filmmakers alike just like them! We personally really love how user friendly and easily navigable the new blog site is! Check out the site here: http://lensprotogolabs.com and make sure to follow them on Twitter @lensprotogolabs for a chance to win a $50 gift card to LensProToGo every day this week!!
Have you signed up for the Unlimited Happiness Tour yet? It’s FREE, and coming to 7 cities in August and September! Sign up while there is still free space! One of the company’s that we support is Preveal, which is an awesome software sales tool for wedding and portrait photographers. Preveal has joined in on the Unlimited Happiness Tour, and we’re stoked be talking about their brand new version!
Preveal Version 3 released on July 8 and, to celebrate, they’re giving away over $5000 in free prizes from some of the best businesses and educators in the photography industry! They’re giving away daily prizes every day this week, with a Grand Prize awarded on Monday, July 15 that is going to change someone’s business! Enter today! *This giveaway is now over.
Preveal is an iPad-based sales tool for photographers, making it absolutely simple for photographers to sell wall art to their clients by showing them exactly what their images will look like on their own walls, at the right size. This latest release brings with it support for international users, the ability to create and save your own custom templates as well as share those templates freely through the all-new Preveal Community. Preveal is on sale until July 15. *This sale is now over.
You choose ShootDotEdit as your wedding editing service because you believe Fast is Best for your clients and your business. When it comes to Album Design, we chose Align for the very same reason.
