The Top 9 Essentials For Photographers
THE BEST TOOLS, PROGRAMS AND GEAR FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS IN 2023
HoneyBook
#1
BEST CLIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
A good client management system is crucial to running your photography business. You need a system to keep track of everything within your business and most importantly- NEVER double book a date or worse, miss a wedding because you forgot to put it in your calendar!
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- Send proposals, invoices and contracts
- Calendars and scheduling tools
- Keep track of where your leads + clients are in your workflow
- Email templates, contacts forms and more
ImagenAI
#2
BEST ai bulk photo editing software for photographers
How does editing an entire wedding in less than 15 minutes sound? ImagenAI makes this possible. It's the ultimate editing time saver! Either upload previously edited Lightroom Catalogs to teach the artificial intelligence your unique editing style, or choose from their many Talent Profiles to start editing instantly.
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GET 1500 FREE EDITS!
- CAN EDIT 1000 PHOTOS IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES!
- STARTING AT ONLY 5 CENTS/PHOTO
- CONNECTS WITH LIGHTROOM FOR A SEAMLESS PROCESS
- IT CONTINUES TO LEARN YOUR STYLE TO MINIMIZE YOUR WORKLOAD.
#3
AC Presets
best presets for lightoom and photoshop
We use the presets we've created, AC Presets, to edit all of our photos. From engagement sessions to every different part of a wedding day, these are our go-to.
AC Presets are warm and nostalgic while staying natural and true to life to ensure your photos are timeless. Apply these as your base preset for all your photos and make minor tweaks to perfect them.
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#4
Semrush
BEST WEBSITE FOR SEO (SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION)
Semrush is our favorite program for optimizing our SEO. You can easily find keywords, see what's driving the most traffic to your website, track your progress and so much more.
There are endless tools within Semrush that have helped our website rank and generate organic traffic and leads.
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#5
Narrative
BEST PROGRAM FOR CREATING AND PUBLISHING BLOGS
Effortlessly create and publish blogs in minutes with Narrative Publish. We love Narrative because you can choose to have it auto-create your blog or you can create a custom blog layout.
You can easily utilize SEO tactics within Narrative and seamlessly publish to your website. We use Narrative to publish all of our blogs!
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#6
Pic-Time
BEST program for Online photo galleries
Effortlessly create and publish blogs in minutes with Narrative Publish. We love Narrative because you can choose to have it auto-create your blog or you can create a custom blog layout.
You can easily utilize SEO tactics within Narrative and seamlessly publish to your website. We use Narrative to publish all of our blogs!
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#7
KISS Albums
Best company for printing photo books and albums
KISS is our go to company for ordering high quality heirloom albums. They have many customizations for your covers such as Japanese silks and fine linens, distressed leather and more.
They have a built-in album design tool you can use, upload your own spreads, or have one of their in-house designers take care of the design process for you.
Special Offer
get $50 credit towards an album
#8
Later
BEST SOCIAL MEDIA PLANNER FOR INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST & MORE.
Later is a website where you can preview your IG grid before posting to make your feed beautiful. It also has auto-publishing features to make it easy to schedule your posts in advance.
In addition to Instagram it offers multiple other social media platform management such as Pinterest, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and more.
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#9
Photo Mechanic
best program for culling (photo selection)
We use Photo Mechanic to sort through all of the photos from weddings and sessions to choose which to edit. It loads previews of thousands of photos in seconds, making it much faster than going through photos in Lightroom.
A feature of photo mechanic that we love is the ability to rate photos. We use this rating system to mark photos that we will edit, which photos we will blog and which photos we will post.
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