Who will use Lightroom Beta? First and foremost, Lightroom is the product professional photographers have been demanding, especially those who deal with large volumes of digital images. These include fashion and portrait photographers, photojournalists, wedding, landscape and commercial photographers. To these add the seasoned personal photographers who aspire to achieving the same results as the pros, and who demand the same level of quality in their tools.I retouch at no extra charge for large prints and print for wedding albums (digital photgraphy format).



Are you a member of a professional body? Ryan is a qualified member of The Master Photographers' Association (LMPA) and the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers.Yes, we have a complete Lab Module kit for the labs. It requires no software or downloads. The lab must be able to receive email, hold your high res images for printing, and be able to ship (mail) your images to your customer. (See the Lab Module page for more details.

Are there any costs associated with the lab module? No. The PHOTOtool takes NO fees from any transaction. It is your vehicle to do business with whatever lab you want. The PHOTOtool is not a lab. We build software and web sites. On most Photographers site there is a link to "portfolios" or "galleries" etc. This link would go to the tool gallery home page. There is a link back to the home page. Photographers may choose to host their personal sites on a different server, this solution works for them as well.Ryan is a qualified member of The Master Photographers' Association (LMPA) and the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers.

Can any lab use the Lab Module? Yes, we have a complete Lab Module kit for the labs. It requires no software or downloads. The lab must be able to receive email, hold your high res images for printing, and be able to ship (mail) your images to your customer. (See the Lab Module page for more details.)Yes I am a member of the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers and I have professional indemnity and public liability insurance.Yes.

How do you handle Credit Cards and shipping? Taxes? the tool is installed it contains the function to allow you to take credit card information, on a Secured Page (this is why we ask that the site be hosted with SSL). The information is used to display your "order page". An e-mail is sent to you informing you that you have an order - or you can check your orders from the administration any time.The professional photographer usually has the memberships to different associations such as PPA (Professional Photographers of America) and/or WPPI (Wedding and Portrait Photographers International).? This alone shouldn't qualify or disqualify a professional.? Recommendations from other vendors and locations sites is good, too. I hope this has been a help to you in some way, shape or form.

Do you re-touch photographs? I retouch at no extra charge for large prints and print for wedding albums (digital photgraphy format). This includes airbrushing skin, fixing "fly-aways" in hair , objects in the background, ect.No, strobes or flashes are not required for product photography, continuous lights work well and are actually better than strobes for most tabletop photography. Portrait photographers often use strobes or flashes because the the subject is moving and the short duration of a flash is needed to eliminate blur caused by motion. Product photography typically involves stationary objects that are not moving so the ability of a strobe to freeze motion is not required.We have added this as a cool little add on. You can add news items, or links, or "What's New" stuff to your current site. You simply build a page for news and we do the rest. Or you can have the news display on your home page, or in the gallery area.