| Jeff Ascough Photography |
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Jeff Ascough needs no introduction, one of the world's leading wedding photographer pens a few words about his experience of using Foto SF for his business.
“There aren’t many things in this digital world that really impress me, especially where software is concerned, but after seeing Foto SF, I have to say it is incredible. It’s basically a database app to help photographers help their business, at least that’s what I thought. It is so much more than that though. Everything from client records, to book keeping, vat returns, email marketing, booking and client organisation are all covered along with many more features. The email side of the software is worth the price alone. At present if we were sending a client an invoice, we would have to create the invoice, make a pdf and then attach it to a standard email. Foto SF does all of this in one click including sending the email. The possibilities that this opens up in terms of massed marketing and promotion are endless. At present we pay a bookkeeper to sort out our VAT returns at the end of each quarter. The software will automatically do this for you, and produce the VAT return at the click of a button. The money this will save us will pay for the software in the first quarter alone.
One last thing that really caught my eye, was the way in which the software can be accessed by multiple users from anywhere in the world via a standard internet connection. So if I have a client call the office while I’m shooting a wedding, I can access that client’s details, and follow any phone conversations, emails, or discussions that have gone on with that client while I’m away. You’ve probably guessed by now that I’m quite excited about this product. It will undoubtedly help us to service our clients more efficiently, reduce our accountancy fees, and generally make the running of my business a lot smoother.” |
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Jeff Ascough Photography
www.jeffascough.com |
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Contemporary Imaging/Julie Oswin Photography
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Julie Oswin & Steve Walton run a very successful photography business. They also run workshops & seminars for other professional photographers. Their unique, creative & emotive photography has resulted in Julie winning the prestigious UK Wedding Photographer of the Year Award twice and Steve the British Professional Photography Awards Landscape & Travel Photographer three times.
"We were introduced to Foto SF upon recommendation at an event hosted by the MPA and were quite intrigued as to how much it can do for our business and how we would be able to save time doing repetitive administrative jobs. We purhcased Foto SF and immediately released the benefits of the software. We now have time to focus on the core running of the business. The database is run over a network where both of us can work simultaneously. We had the database tweaked to our requirements to cover the various aspects of our business to include the FineArt work, training and the Wedding & Portrait business, this was completed very efficiently and professionally by the tech support guys at Foto SF. Steve & Julie would not hesitate to recommend the software" |
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Julie Oswin AMPA & Steve Walton FMPA FRSA
www.julieoswin.com
www.fineartimages.co.uk
www.contemporaryimagingconsultancy.com |
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Keith Trainor is one of the leading Event Photographers in the UK. Based in Manchester, Event Portraits cover events nationally. Keith is a former recipient of the prestigious "Event Photographer of the Year" Award at the British Professional Photography Awards (BPPA).
"I bought FotoSF because I knew it would make life a lot easier with our busy events business. I can retrieve customer data and orders extremely qiuckly saving us so much time. We have now started using it in our studio as a management tool.Great work Uzair...well done". Keith Trainor |
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www.eventportraits.co.uk |
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By Tim French |
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Tim French is a photographer covering a wide range of Events, Weddings, Proms & School photography. He uses Nikon gear for his work and tells us the reasons why he chose Foto SF for organising his business:
"I started out as just a wedding photographer and soon turned my hand to other spheres and now found myself needing a way to manage the growth I can see. I never had a system that collected all my contacts and helped me see those as assets, not just the work knowing those people brings, but the people themselves as part of an intrinsic network. It has made me collect emails vigillantly at events and reminds me to target, I could say alot more,....all you guys need to know is that it does what it says on the tin.....I would pay in advance for the next FotoSF upgrade!!
My business started to grow at a rapid pace and went from 5 weddinsg on my books to 24 in a matter of months...then also at the same time from 3 events to 18 events, meeting a lot of people. The other decider was the sincere advice given to me by Oz while inquiring about FotoSF. I do not mind giving hard earned cash to hard working and gracious people. I will never forget the look of approval on my wedding couples face when I presented them with the wedding sheet printed via FotoSF with all the wedding details like venue addresses, emergency contacts, shot list, etc. There words were, 'we know we are in good hands'." Tim French |
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Tim French
www.bytimfrench.com |
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awg Photography |
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| Based in NE Scotland, awg Photography specialises in contemporary wedding & lifestyle photography. Andrew also enjoys his passion for wildlife & nature photography.
"Having tried other contact management packages, I selected Foto SF because of its clean design and simplicity. It provides excellent management of my client and supplier contact details with the ability to simply and quickly assign activities and events to them. There are plenty of relevant information and details to both my contacts and events such as detailed information required on a wedding day shoot. It also comes with a full licence for FileMaker and has allowed me to bring all my client information and activities into one application. Integrating Foto SF into my business was simple and quick. I have received excellent and prompt support to my queries during the initial setup of Foto SF and would be more than happy to recommend Foto SF to other photographers". |
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Martin Grahame-Dunn needs no introduction. A very well respected photographer and a brilliant trainer in a career spanning 30 years of professional photography, he now runs his academy for inspiring photographers from his beautiful villa in the heart of Spain. He is also the author and administrator of the "Mentor Me" programme for the SWPP & BPPA. Over almost the entire period of his professional career he has been actively engaged in the training of photographers from the four corners of the globe covering every major discipline. Here are his views on Foto SF:
"In my many years in the photographic industry I have tried and used many forms of software, but I can't think of any that have come close to Foto SF.
I had heard about Foto SF on the grapevine and spoke to Oz at the Nikon Solutions Expo for more details on this software which at face value seemed to be quite a complete package. I was given a very comprehensive demonstration and was immediately impressed at both the simplicity and functionality of the programme. The price is also attractive and if it could save me valuable time then it would be an invaluable resource.
Unifying my client and supplier records from our Excel spreadsheets was the simplest of operations. I now have all my records in one place and the ability to generate reports, invoices and handling enquiries is a dream. This has saved me so much time and has enabled me to concentrate on more important business issues.Personalising the product was a 'piece of cake'! Integration of my business logo was so simple and as for inputting the variation in currencies and tax codes into Euros...it couldn't have been easier. This is clearly software without borders.
Photographers are traditionally their own worse enemies, often using much of their valuable time in ways that fail to enhance their businesses. The 'make do' approach by attempting to make non bespoke software manage their businesses prevents them from doing the most important thing...generating more work. Not only does Foto SF undertake the essential management functions, file handling and basic book keeping, it is also a tremendous marketing tool. I would heartily recommend it to anyone in the photographic industry wanting to run a successful business!
I am happy to endorse Foto SF to all my students at the Illuminatus Academy of Photography as an absolute winner!" |
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Illuminatus - The Academy of Photography, Spain
www.illuminatusnow.com |
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Multi Award-winning photography Maria Murray runs her studio in Essex, UK. The business has been running for 4
years now and specialies in portraits. During this short time, Maria has won "Portrait Photographer 2006". " Avante
Garde Photographer 2006" and 3 Awards of Excellence at the prestigious BPPA Annual Awards.` Her amazing portfolio
can be viewed at www.mariamurray.co.uk
"The main reason I choose Foto SF was the reasonable upfront cost compared to everything else and most
importantly the software is designed by a working photographer for photographers. It has made a tremendous
difference, I am getting more organised! I have also personalised some reports and layouts to suit my business at
very reasonable cost. The service & support provided has been excellent." |
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Maria Murray Photography, Essex
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