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Heritage Wood Prints

Heritage Wood Prints Heritage Wood Clusters Heritage Wood Letters & Numbers Heritage Wood Accordions If you like the look of wood prints but want full color and richness in their images. our new Heritage Wood Prints are for you.   Whereas a traditional wood print is a print transfer process that allows some of the natural color and grain to show slightly through the image, Heritage Woods prints are a Fine Art Paper Mounted directly to 3/4” wood with hand sanded corners.  No wood color or grain shows through these prints so you get the look of a wood print with true color and clarity in the printed image. Available in two finishes, the final product has a hand-made artisan effect. Heritage Wood Prints Finish Options:Exclusive

Top 5 Fall Family Portrait Tips and Tricks

Fall seems to have become everyone's favorite season. The leaves are changing, the smell of Pumpkin Spice is in the air, and....it's family portrait season! Family portraits can be fun but they can also be challenging, especially with large families or grumpy children. Here are the 5 best tips and tricks to achieve the perfect, most natural family portraits! 1.Photograph all possible combinations of family members. You want to make sure you get as many good photos as possible, and by catching different members together is the best way to achieve this. Combinations can include: mom and dad, dad and kids, mom and kids, just kids...you get the picture. (No pun intended) 2.Keep the members who aren't in the frame engaged in the photo shoot.  You

The Nitty Gritty of a Photography Business

Have you ever wondered how to improve your photography business? Besides capturing stunning and innovative photos, of course! Owning a photography business is a tough, competitive field that requires a lot of attention and maintenance. And unless you have an assistant, you're usually doing everything, including marketing, bookings, and the shoots on your own. Recently, we asked our Facebook "likers" what was the best advice they have ever received as a photographer? A few said fair prices. Money is always a sticky subject, but a crucial one nonetheless. Prices need to be high enough that you can sustain a living but low enough to attract clients. You have to know your worth and make sure to demonstrate that to your clients, on your website, and

Getting to Know Simply Color Lab

For those of you who may not know us, we are Simply Color Lab...the #1 photo lab choice for Professional Photographers! CEO, Adam Fried, created this company back in 2005, and we have since strived to produce the best quality photo prints in the country. We started out as Simply Canvas, but after four successful years, Simply Color Lab was put into motion. We now offer a multitude of photo products for our customers to sell to their clients, from high quality Canvas Prints to our Simply Color Lab exclusive three-dimensional Art Walls! Our production line consists of a team of professionals who hand-craft all of our gorgeous products and never send anything less than flawless out the door. Customer satisfaction is our number one priority and

Simply the Best

Did you hear the big news? Simply Color Lab's high-end photo prints were voted Simply the Best quality by professional photographers, beating out 11 other professional photo print labs! I Heart Faces, a popular teaching and inspiring photography blog, (with nearly 70,000 Facebook likers) conducted a totally blind photo lab experiment by sending the same photos to 12 different Professional Print labs to compare and contrast the quality.  None of the labs knew they were being judged, and none of the judges knew which lab sent which images.  (And we should add that none of the labs are sponsors of I Heart Faces) And guess what...In the end, Simply Color Labs’ prints came out on top in each and every category.  Even the I Heart Faces

Revealing the Magic Behind the Production Process: Canvas Edition

Imagine capturing a breath-taking photograph of a sun setting with your Nikon D300S and thinking, "Wow! That would look great on my wall!" So you open up the ROES ordering system and order a 16x20 Canvas from your favorite photo print lab, Simply Color Lab / Simply Canvas, which you can find here! You send your order, walk away from your computer, and continue on with your day. A few days later a package magically appears on your doorstep. You tear the box open, eager to see what's inside, and....Voilà! The canvas print you ordered sits neatly in the package and now hangs on your wall. As magical as the whole process may seem, with signals being sent through airwaves and boxes appearing out of

Perfect Mothers Day Sale in 3 Easy Steps

Get Ready for the Perfect Mother's Day Sale and Save 35% any day you choose! Read on to find out how some of our best customers take advantage of this sale each year by creating the perfect Mothers day sale for their customers…and you could  get your Mothers Day Sale orders COMPLETELY FREE Pick ONE day before May 1 and save on Gallery Wraps, Metal Prints, Image Pops, Canvas Connectibles & Wood Prints.             With Guaranteed delivery in time for Mothers day Use CodeMomSave 1. Send out an email and post on social media showcasing some of your great products and remind your customers that your products are the perfect gift for Moms.  Add a special offer if you’d like.  Most people have

Different Kinds of Canvas Gallery Wraps and Pricing

Why are there different kinds of Canvas Gallery Wraps and Pricing?   Seems like we get this question at least once a week.  So, we thought we’d end the confusion.  Yes, there are different kinds of Gallery Wraps.  The Traditional and the New Kind, what we call Canvas Wrap Blocks.  Both are pictured here…they look almost identical from the front. First, the good news is that we have both! And if you considering offering both types, the benefit to purchasing them both from the same company is that there will be no variances in color and quality within your product line up.  We use the same canvas and printing process for both types.   Second, for some reason several companies that only produce the new kind also call their Canvas

Stand out at Bridal Shows!

Wedding season is quickly approaching which means all of you wedding photographers out there are gearing up for bridal shows. Bridal shows are an awesome way to network with all of the local, soon-to-be brides and market your photography studio. But the question is… are you standing out? We recently did a webinar with world-class celebrity wedding photographers, Marc & Tony of Marc Anthony Photography. Check out their tips/ideas on how to grow your business and market your studio successfully. Read More For a limited time get Bridal Show Marketing Kits up to 50% off! These kits were designed by Marc & Tony and have everything you need to stand out at your next bridal show. Order now before they are gone! Order now in

The Game of Marketing with The Modern Tog

Did you know that you can increase your business like crazy just by marketing it? Well, Jamie Swanson, founder of The Modern Tog, an industry-leading business resource for photographers, tells you how marketing grew her part-time hobby in to a full-time business, while giving you tips along the way! Like many photographers, Jamie started as a hobbyist, capturing life’s precious moments. But, others around her took notice of her talent & started asking her to take photograph for them. Shortly after, she started an official part-time photography business. It was then she realized her true passion for the photography business. “…I [previously] worked a really well-paying corporate job with fabulous benefits; but, eventually, I realized how much I loved running a business and pursued photography
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