Elements and Reveal – the adaptable DIY studio stockers that let you give customers instant gratification.

It’s almost Labor Day, so of course, we’re thinking of ways to save you a little time and effort. What better way than with a DIY album. They are perfect for in-person reveals or to capture the intensity of the moment with an instant album. Or maybe it’s a last-minute booking, and your client needsContinue reading “Elements and Reveal – the adaptable DIY studio stockers that let you give customers instant gratification.”

Matted Prints: How to use Lightroom to create 8×10 prints to go into 11×14 mats

Emily London Miller (Emily London Portraits) explains how to use Lightroom to format your prints with a border, so you can order 8×10 prints with a 7×10 image, and then slip those prints into an 11×14 mat with a 7×10 opening. Emily goes in depth and with great detail to describe all the logistical componentsContinue reading “Matted Prints: How to use Lightroom to create 8×10 prints to go into 11×14 mats”

Question of the Day: How do I tie the ribbon on The Marilyn?

The Marilyn is an envelope shaped box that holds mounted and matted prints.  It has ribbon that extends from the flap so that you can tie a bow, wrap it around and tuck it, or whatever floats your boat.  We’ve been asked a few times how we get our bows tied so pretty when weContinue reading “Question of the Day: How do I tie the ribbon on The Marilyn?”

Self-mounting prints causing you fear? Repositionable adhesive is here!

Finao is excited to announce that all custom Elements™ self-mount albums now have adhesive that is easier to work with!  Elements albums are the perfect DIY book for photographers to keep in-stock for quick delivery to clients.  With the huge selection of sizes, cover materials, and other options like guestbook style pages, Elements have beenContinue reading “Self-mounting prints causing you fear? Repositionable adhesive is here!”

Wedding album sales: More BANG for your buck

Quick Tip #2 for getting the most bang for your buck on client orders and studio sample albums: Design for the biggest size! Finao offers many sizes that scale to one another so you only need to design once and that design can be used for large and smaller versions without skewing or chopping offContinue reading “Wedding album sales: More BANG for your buck”

Boost your albums & get more BANG for your buck

Quick Tip #1 for getting the most bang for your buck on client orders and studio sample albums: Go for a cover option that will stand out!  This is especially important for highlighting yourself at bridal shows where everyone is showing the same tired canvases and photo-wrap albums.  Finao offers nearly 150 cover materials forContinue reading “Boost your albums & get more BANG for your buck”

PHOTO GIFT GUIDE: Wedding and portrait photography add-ons

Help your clients give the gift that only they can give! The delivery of the bridal album to your clients should never be where it has to end!  Make sure that your clients’ parents, grandparents, friends and other family members are covered with these great products: Parent books, wall portraits, and folios. Parent Albums areContinue reading “PHOTO GIFT GUIDE: Wedding and portrait photography add-ons”

QUICK TIP: Right-start vs. Left-start

Many people who are new to albums ask what’s the difference between what we refer to as a “right start” and a “left start”.  It’s pretty simple, but there are a few considerations you might want to think about before making your choice. (let’s use 10×10 as our example size) A right-starting album is theContinue reading “QUICK TIP: Right-start vs. Left-start”

Drop-Shipping Orders

Many of you will be happy to know that we’ve created a new system that will help us differentiate packages being shipped to your clients from packages that are being shipped to you, our customer, directly.  Orders that have a different shipping address from the billing address are now marked as a drop-ship order soContinue reading “Drop-Shipping Orders”

LIVE CHAT now available

Finao’s rockstar Customer Service just found a new way to help you out!  LIVE CHAT is now available at http://www.finao.com.  We all have those simple, stupid questions that we don’t want to make a whole phone call for or wait for an email reply.  This is the perfect time for a quick chat to getContinue reading “LIVE CHAT now available”