Studio management software for photographers

As soon as any business becomes successful, you run the risk of getting overwhelmed with admin work. A photographic studio is no different from any other business in this respect and you can quickly find yourself getting distracted from the reason you decided to set up a photography business in the first place: getting paid to go out and take pictures!

When I started taking on photographic assignments, I used my background as a professional software developer to write my own studio management system. It started out as a very basic system, but quickly grew into something that ran my whole business. Every photographer who saw the system I'd written told me that I should start selling it because they couldn't find anything as comprehensive or easy to use, so in January 2009 I launched...

Light Blue: Photo is Light Blue Software's first product. No matter what type of photography you specialize in, Light Blue: Photo is a flexible studio management system that lets you keep on top of shoots, orders and contacts. As well as bursting with clever things to help you to run a busy and successful business, Light Blue: Photo also makes it easy to manage your image files, publish them on the web and profit from them.

Built for Mac OS X and Windows using FileMaker's industry-standard database engine, we've developed Light Blue: Photo over several years and refined it in real, live studios with professional photographers. It's got a proven record of helping its users to spend more time on shoots and with images, and less time worrying about boring things.

Visit the Light Blue Software site to find out more about Light Blue: Photo and download a 14 day trial version.