Aperture users – we’ve got your back!

We’ve gotten a lot of calls this week about our Aperture workflow, and we thought it was a great time to review the highlights of our Aperture Workflow, developed for us by Sara France!

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Information on our Aperture Workflow

Aperture Workflow Announcement!
Aperture Workflow Updates

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Do you have any questions about how to incorporate our Aperture Workflow into yours? Get in touch with us – we’d be happy to schedule an appointment for you to talk with one of our Color Consultants!

We are pleased to announce the “Pricing, Process, and Profits for the Wedding Photographer” Workshop in Indianapolis, Indiana!!! Here are all the details – please come and join us!!!!

Date: Tuesday, May 1
Location: 3619 North Arlington Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46218
Time: 6:00pm
Price: FREE

*This workshop is now over. 

Topics:

Topic: Dial in your Pricing and Packaging (Jared Bauman)

Jared will explore pricing and packaging for professional photographers and how important it is to the success of your business. Jared will reveal the secrets behind pricing and packaging, the basics to each pricing strategy, and the science behind effectively setting up your pricing, whether it be Packages or A La Carte.

Topic: Systems are Sexy (Leeann Marie)

Do you find yourself always saying “This is the year I’ll get organized an efficient!”? Let’s talk…

I’m not talking a pretty branded website, latest gear, or Photoshop actions – I’m talking about creating a business that not only meets your client’s needs, but exceeds them. A business that is as efficient as possible – even if you don’t consider yourself a “business person”

More on the speakers:

Jared Bauman – Southern California Wedding Photographer, Co-Founder and President of ShootDotEdit

ShootDotEdit

Bio:

Jared Bauman has built a photography studio in Southern California that photographs over 200 events and sessions annually.  In business for a decade, Jared’s clients fly him across the world to document their big events.

Jared is a Co-Founder and President of ShootDotEdit, the #1 post processing partner for the professional wedding photographer.  The company has grown to service more than 4,000 photographers in over 40 countries.

Known for his business background, Jared has released several educational DVDs and tours the country speaking to photographers about their small business.

In his free time, Jared loves to travel and backpack, photographing God’s creating with his panoramic camera.

Leeann Marie – Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer, Consultant for Start Up Coaching

http://www.leeannmariephotography.com

Bio:

Leeann Marie is a Pittsburgh-based wedding, engagement, and boudoir photographer. An avid blogger, she loves connecting with her clients, friends, and other photographers around the world. She holds an engineering background from the University of Pittsburgh, which has led to a love of technology and teaching. Her Photography Business Survival Coaching focuses on the 7 areas of a new wedding photographer’s business that can lead to easy loss of money, effort, and time. She personally coaches her clients to ensure that they move forward in the industry prepared to be in the top 10% of their market. She loves Lady Gaga, champagne, and kettle-cooked chips. She has traveled the world to places such as Russia, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and Panama, and believes in living the life you have dreamed.

*This workshop is now over. 

We are pleased to announce the “Pricing, Process, and Profits for the Wedding Photographer” Workshop in Louisville, Kentucky!!! Here are all the details – please come and join us!!!!

Date: Wednesday, May 2
Location: Republic Bank – 9600 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville KY 40241
Time: 6:00pm
Price: FREE

*This workshop is now over. 

Topics:

Topic: Dial in your Pricing and Packaging (Jared Bauman)

Jared will explore pricing and packaging for professional photographers and how important it is to the success of your business. Jared will reveal the secrets behind pricing and packaging, the basics to each pricing strategy, and the science behind effectively setting up your pricing, whether it be Packages or A La Carte.

Topic: Systems are Sexy (Leeann Marie)

Do you find yourself always saying “This is the year I’ll get organized an efficient!”? Let’s talk…

I’m not talking a pretty branded website, latest gear, or Photoshop actions – I’m talking about creating a business that not only meets your client’s needs, but exceeds them. A business that is as efficient as possible – even if you don’t consider yourself a “business person”

More on the speakers:

Jared Bauman – Southern California Wedding Photographer, Co-Founder and President of ShootDotEdit

http://shootdotedit.com/

Bio:

Jared Bauman has built a photography studio in Southern California that photographs over 200 events and sessions annually.  In business for a decade, Jared’s clients fly him across the world to document their big events.

Jared is a Co-Founder and President of ShootDotEdit, the #1 post processing partner for the professional wedding photographer.  The company has grown to service more than 4,000 photographers in over 40 countries.

Known for his business background, Jared has released several educational DVDs and tours the country speaking to photographers about their small business.

In his free time, Jared loves to travel and backpack, photographing God’s creating with his panoramic camera.

Leeann Marie – Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer, Consultant for Start Up Coaching

http://www.leeannmariephotography.com

Bio:

Leeann Marie is a Pittsburgh-based wedding, engagement, and boudoir photographer. An avid blogger, she loves connecting with her clients, friends, and other photographers around the world. She holds an engineering background from the University of Pittsburgh, which has led to a love of technology and teaching. Her Photography Business Survival Coaching focuses on the 7 areas of a new wedding photographer’s business that can lead to easy loss of money, effort, and time. She personally coaches her clients to ensure that they move forward in the industry prepared to be in the top 10% of their market. She loves Lady Gaga, champagne, and kettle-cooked chips. She has traveled the world to places such as Russia, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and Panama, and believes in living the life you have dreamed.

When we first opened the ShootDotEdit doors in 2007 (5 years ago), we were on the cutting edge of the professional wedding photo editing industry by completing and returning every event within 8-10 business days. Our professional wedding photographers were jumping up and down, knowing that they would be getting an entire wedding edit returned in that amount of time. Yep, you read that correctly! Under 2 weeks, and happy, happy, happy!

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DotMan’s been out visiting our customers again! And, so, the next logical question is: where in the world did DotMan visit for this month’s road trip???

DotMan took a 5 hour flight to visit our dear client Lizzy Gregg in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He helped her decorate her Christmas tree, cook up some dinner, and even posed with a very eager looking and well-groomed pup. Awwwww! And, in the name of exercise and a bit of fun, they took a trip to the local amusement park (playground).

We thank Lizzy for being such an amazing host, and wanted to share the adventure with all of you. Have an wonderful holiday season, and we wish you all the best for the new year!

P.S. Want to see more? Click HERE to check out the ShootDotEdit Facebook page to see the rest!

FAST is BEST

SUPER-DUPER PROMO!

UPDATE: ShootDotEdit no longer supports Lightroom 3. We recommend upgrading to Lightroom 5 to take advantage of all of the amazing features Adobe has added. CLICK HERE to learn more about Lightroom 5.

Well, our sincere apologies for breaking from our promised and continued blog post on SDE Lightroom Workflow 3.0.  We had SO many exciting and new announcements to tell share over the last few weeks, so we strategically postponed……, but we are BACK and ready to talk about submitting your Job!

A few things to remember as you are closing the Lightroom Catalog you will be sending to us:

1. Ensure the Standard Size Previews have been generated
2. Ensure all the images have been placed into the correct folders

Okay, now you are ready!

Here is the Step by Step instructions for the above video:

1. Login to the ShootDotEdit DotTracker using your Client ID and Password
2. On the Client Page select “Submit Job”
3. Select Lightroom Workflow
*This will ensure that you can upload the SDE Lightroom Catalog
*This will ensure that you receive back a Lightroom Catalog via email
4. Fill out Job Submission Form > Click Continue
5. Complete Billing Form > Click Continue
6. Submit your Lightroom Catalog, Lightroom Previews, and all RAW images via our Uploader or mini Hard Drive/DVD/Thumbdrive

That’s the last step in the submission process.

Now you can Sit back, relax, and let ShootDotEdit take care of all of the rest!

Soooooooo, what happens when you get an email from us with your completed Lightroom Catalog?  Check back next week to see how to merge your returned Lightroom Catalog with your RAW images.

Have you ever met Dotman?  He is the ShootDotEdit mascott!

Lately he has been feeling slightly blue – the entire team has been very busy, and we haven’t been paying much attention to him.  So, behind our backs, he packed up and took a road trip to visit one of our beloved clients, Liz Bradley!

They had a wonderful week together in Ottawa, Cananda.  Cooking, playing with the dogs, and of course, good ol’ fashion hang out time.  Also, they took it upon themselves to document their time together.  DotMan is such a camera hog!!  Sheesh!

Anyway, after taking a look at these, we decided it would not be right if we did not share them with all of you.  Here is a small sample of Dotman’s trip to the Great White North, Cananda.   Eh’!

P.S.  Want to see more?  Click HERE to check out the ShootDotEdit Facebook page too see the rest!

Congratulations to Garrett and Kevin on winning the Eyes Closed Challenge!  Their image below was the hands-down favorite by the SDE Team as well as YOU!  🙂

They won the rights to the last bag of Goldfish Crackers, which is an extremely valuable prize around the office!

Watch out Garrett and Kevin, we are switching the teams up next time, and everyone is already thinking up new ways to make the next Photo Adventure more challenging.  🙂