Offering products in your photography business doesn’t mean turning into a pushy salesperson. (Oh, I've said that before!) Done well, selling is just another form of great service. Here’s how to make it feel effortless and truly valuable — for both you and your clients :) 1. Start with the why Don’t jump straight into product talk. In your interactions with clients, help them understand why printing matters. Share stories, examples, and your own philosophy. Be the person who loves their products! Explain how an album becomes a family heirloom. How a framed To View More >>

Previous |  Contents | Next Download the eBook Model yourselves on people who’ve built long, profitable careers — those who get as much fun out of making a sale as taking a picture. Predictions Here are some predictions for you: Over the course of your career new cameras and technology will continue to make it ever easier for anyone to take a half-decent picture and share it with their friends and family. Even so, many people will continue to make a good living using skills that they share with most people on the planet (not just photography — writing, cooking, To View More >>

Love matte printing and matted albums? If your answer's yes you'll love that our Smooth Matte stock is now available in the Overlay Matted range. We already offer a range of beautiful print options in Overlay Matted, including Silver Halide Lustre and Tintoretto, but we know Smooth Matte will be just as popular. Smooth Matte offers that desirable Fine Art look — but being offset printed it's more affordable and more durable than inkjet printing. (If you'd prefer a textured "water-colour" finish go with the ever-popular Tintoretto.) Smooth Matte is available right now through Workspace. To View More >>

Flushmounts are our most popular albums, but we get two requests regularly — more pages and less confusion! So, amongst other things, we’re simplifying the range and adding new thin pages. Watch out for the release announcements, and the introductory offers. Here’s what we’ll be offering in Flushmount: — All album sizes (including new 9x9 and 12x9, which we expect to introduce in the New Year —they’re already a hit in Studio Albums). — All our cover and upgrade options. — Heavy, medium and thin pages (for up to 30, 45 and 60 pages). — Three To View More >>

With thousands of new templates to choose from in Queensberry's online album designer, here's a great way to simplify your workflow. Tag your favourites so you can filter out the rest. It's so easy, and this little video explains how. Need extra help? You'll find plenty of articles about Workspace and Queensberry products and services on our main website and help  centre,  but  click here for helpful video tutorials and articles about the Album Designer. As we introduce changes we post details on the Queensberry blog, and To View More >>

This is the second of four posts from Megan DiPiero with advice about how to build a stronger brand and brand message— to add purpose to your marketing, draw attention to your service, and ultimately increase sales. Click here for Part 1, Identifying the Client Experience. Today Megan offers some questions to help you determine your brand's purpose and passion. Where does success start? It starts with the FUNDAMENTALS. It begins with identifying your purpose and your passion. Creating a mission for your brand is crucial to success, and gives To View More >>

We're big animal lovers at Queensberry! Portrait Albums are perfect for pet and portrait photography, or even a mixture of the two.  We saw Kelly Wolfe's album as it went through the bindery, and thought you might like to see it too! Kelly has recently returned to photography and is based in North Waikato, New Zealand.  Kelly talks about the importance of having product samples. "It helps inspire ideas when we are planning a portrait session together, and also helps them start thinking about what products might best suit their own space and personal tastes – whether To View More >>

It so nice knowing that you liked what we made for you — makes all the hard work feel worthwhile. Heidi Horton just shared this lovely video of her new sample album: “Look what's just arrived in the studio!!! My new sample album! A gorgeous 12 x 12 inch Queensberry in Powder Blue Micro Leather; one of my favourites from Queensberry Albums beautiful leather line up. I seriously can't stop looking at it...I am in love with every single spread! Thank you Heidi, there’s a wee thank you on its way to you. Be sure to tag us when you share your Queensberry products on Instagram, To View More >>

In our latest beta we've been doing all the normal things like fixing bugs and tweaking the Queensberry order process but you can read about that in our release notes - I'm excited and I want to jump to our headline! Imagine being able to present your album online and get your clients' feedback and approval from directly within Photojunction. Photojunction has teamed up with albumexposure, the contagiously easy online album proofing tool. We've integrated things so you can register with albumexposure directly in Photojunction and upload your design from PJ to your albumexposure account in just To View More >>

A very happy new year to all Queensberrians - staff, clients and album owners. Let's make this the start of a great 2013. Love and hugs to you all from New Zealand. To View More >>