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2024 Roadmap and New Pricing Plans

2024 Roadmap and New Pricing Plans We’re excited to reveal our latest roadmap, but before we dive into what’s to come, we [...]

Black Friday Sale 2021

Flothemes Flothemes are premium, fully customizable WordPress website designs for photographers, videographers and other creative business owners. Powered by Flex, a visual drag & drop design editor, these website templates allow you to personalize [...]

How to Convert Enquiries Into Paying Clients

How to Convert Enquiries Into Paying Clients! The first thing we need to do to be able to achieve this, is to have a system in place. [...]

How To Create The Perfect Landing Page To Attract Your Ideal Client

How To Create The Perfect Landing Page To Attract Your Ideal Client The anatomy of the perfect landing page For those of you that don’t know, a [...]

Quote & Invoice Templates

Announcing our new Quote & Invoice Templates! We're SUPER excited to announce that we have finished beta testing quote and invoice templates, we've finished implementing our testers amazing suggestions and now our new [...]

How To Up Your Marketing Game and Get More Leads Knocking On Your Door.

How to up your marketing game and get more leads knocking on your door! Scale your portrait photography business with gift vouchers I’d like to share a [...]

Second Shooter Contracts – 3 Things You Need To Include

Second Shooter Contracts - 3 Things You Need To Include Are you a wedding photographer struggling to keep up with all those postponed events after the joy [...]

Pic-Time Integration

Announcing our new Pic-Time integration. Yay, we are so excited to announce our new partnership and integration with Pic-Time! If you haven’t heard of Pic-Time yet, let me introduce you to this beautiful [...]

Updates & Features: Questionnaire Builder, Multiple Brands and Lead Sources

In 2020, Studio Ninja released a new Questionnaire Builder, Lead Sources and many more updates! We are forever grateful to our amazing community for constantly providing invaluable feedback and awesome new [...]

Studio Ninja wins Business of the Year

Studio Ninja wins Business of the Year In a year like no other, Studio Ninja has been crowned Out of the Garage Winner at the 2020 Pause [...]

Moments: Black Friday 2020

Fundy Designer Offer: 30% off purchase of any Fundy Designer Suite and 50% off upgrades! Info:Fundy Designer gives professionals a template-free design solution for complete creative control and offers the industry’s only professional [...]

Guest Speaker: How To Get Started In The Photography Industry – Lauren Mc Gee

How to get started in the Photography Industry, by Lauren Mc Gee Hi there, I’m Lauren - a wedding photographer based on the Causeway Coast of Northern Ireland. It is [...]

Covid19: Free Resources – We Can Get Through This Together

Times are tough. We are all going through something totally new, totally out of our control and totally scary. The creative and self employed industry is taking a hit, amongst many [...]

Covid19: 4 risk management tips to protect your business

Covid19: 4 risk management tips to protect your business Ok, so we are in what feels like a mass meltdown in the UK and in particular in [...]

SpotLight: 4 Top Tips from an accidental Portrait Photographer

4 Top tips from an accidental Portrait Photographer. Meet Karen! =] Karen didn’t have a particularly auspicious start to her working life. She was fired from her first job in a pie factory after [...]

Spotlight: Meet Liam & Bee of The Crawleys

We are super excited to welcome Liam & Bee of 'The Crawleys' to be one of our Ambassadors! These guys are absolutely incredible and are such huge influencer's in the photography industry. [...]

Moments: Imaging USA 2020

Studio Ninja's Big Splash at Imaging USA 2020 We flew out to Imaging USA in Nashville from 19th-21st January and we had the most AWESOME time! It was crazy cold - hovering around the [...]

Updates & Features: Pick & Choose Quotes & Contact Form Builder

In 2019, Studio Ninja released the new Pick & Choose Quotes, Contact Form Builder and many more updates! Thanks to our amazing community, who are constantly providing invaluable feedback and awesome [...]

Moments: Black Friday 2019

Studio Ninja Offer: Use the code YGAP2019 and get 60% off for 12 months. One lucky subscriber will also be picked at random to get 12 months free! Built specifically for photographers, Studio [...]

Latest Update: Quoting system improvements, Mobile app improvements, and more!

Hey Ninjas, As you all know, we've been working our butts off in the past few months to bring you guys the features you need. And yes, we’ve heard all your requests (good and [...]

5 things I wish I knew when I started shooting weddings

5 things I wish I knew when I started shooting weddings Last week I shot my 120th wedding – it’s been 6 years since I first started photographing weddings professionally. To some of you [...]

Spotlight: Meet Robert Pugh of RP Photography By Design

Meet Robert Pugh, an award-winning international wedding photographer who started his business with little more than a second-hand camera and a kit lens. 10 years later, he now travels worldwide to cover weddings. Check [...]

Marketing Strategy: 5 Off-Page SEO techniques

Hey Ninjas! It's time to discuss another marketing strategy here in our blog and for today we will talk about: 5 Best OFF-PAGE SEO Techniques for Photographers LET’S START OF WITH THE [...]

Studio Ninja + QT Albums

We're super excited to announce our new partnership with QT Albums! As you know we are always on a mission to improve the lives of photographers all over the world. Either by helping [...]

Latest Update: New Quoting System

What’s up Ninjas? We had another awesome update and we think this is one of the biggest upgrades to Studio Ninja to date. It's the NEW quoting system! We've redesigned the existing quoting [...]

Spotlight: Meet Joel Alston of Barefoot & Bearded

Meet Joel Alston, your not-so-traditional Aussie photographer who's very passionate with analog photography. And yes, he shoots weddings and elopements barefoot! How cool is that!? If you don’t see him shooting weddings, you will [...]

Latest Update: New Dashboard and Fundy Designer Integration

Hey Ninjas! Have you heard? We’ve got a brand-spanking new dashboard! Woohoo! It was a big task and took a while to finish, but it’s all worth it! Here's the before and after look: [...]

Tips & Tricks: Contact Form

Hey Ninjas! Do you know you can bring leads straight into Studio Ninja automatically? Yes, you can! Here's how it's done - just use the “Amazingly Simple Yet Super Effective Online Form” a.k.a Studio [...]

Spotlight: Meet Lukas Piatek of LOOKSLIKEFILM

Meet Lukas Piatek, an amazingly talented photographer whose works are top of the class and the founder of a huge community that thousands of photographers from all over the world are a part of [...]

Marketing Strategy: Sneak Peek

Sneak Peek A photography marketing strategy Sneak Peeks or shall we say Teasers are arguably one of the most rewarding, albeit risky, marketing strategies for wedding photographers. There [...]

Moments: Black Friday 2018

ShootProof Offer: Get 40% off ShootProof! ShootProof provides stunning client galleries and sales tools that empower photographers to focus on what matters most. Share and sell your photos in customizable galleries, and deliver [...]

Partners: ShootProof + Studio Ninja

Hey Ninjas! We think it's about time we feature one of our awesome partners here in Studio Ninja and let you know why we think they are the best in the field. *cue the drum [...]

Latest Update: Archive leads

Hey Ninjas, the long wait is over! We’ve just deployed a new feature and it’s amazing! Plus, a bunch of bug fixes to our web and mobile apps. Behold Archive [...]

Latest Update: New Calendar Settings & $0 Invoices

Hey Ninjas, It's been a while. We have some exciting updates happening this month! We're excited that for the first time we were able to deploy updates without taking Studio [...]

Latest Update: New Servers, Mobile App Updates, and more!

Hello, Ninjas! We have some big news! New Servers! We'll be switching providers from Amazon to Google Cloud today, 10 July 2018. We'll be adding new servers in the US, UK, and AU regions, [...]

Latest Update: New Sample Workflows and Email Templates

Hey Ninjas! We have deployed new updates for Studio Ninja to help with your workflows! New default workflows! To help kickstart your Studio Ninja experience, we have included two new sample workflows for portraits [...]

Moments: Our Trip to California and WPPI

With Studio Ninja turning two years old, co-founders Chris and Yuan departed Melbourne for a 10-day tour of California, USA, including a 5-day stop in Las Vegas to exhibit at WPPI, the world’s biggest [...]

Latest Update: Studio Ninja is now integrated with ShootProof

With Studio Ninja’s gallery integration with ShootProof, you can now take your clients all the way from new enquiry through to online gallery sales. We’re excited to announce our latest integration with ShootProof, one [...]

Moments: Photography Black Friday Deals 2017

Studio Ninja: Get 50% OFF the world's most user-friendly studio management software! Studio Ninja is an all-in-one photography business software that streamlines your workflow, frees up your time, automatically keeps in touch with [...]

Spotlight: Meet Sarah Burton @ Wolf & Badger

Meet Sarah Burton, a beautiful, down to earth, amazingly talented fashion photographer originally from New Zealand. She is now taking over London as the lead photographer for Wolf & Badger. Check out her story [...]

Marketing: Why blogging is sooo important!

Here is your roadmap to photography blogging You’ve heard it before. I’ve said it before. Photography blogging is great for business. In fact, it’s not just great for business it’s super easy and, if [...]

Spotlight: Meet Eric Ronald – AIPP Australian Album of the Year

Meet Eric Ronald, a down to earth, amazingly talented wedding photographer from Melbourne, Australia! Learn how he travels the world shooting weddings, gets featured in wedding blogs and just keeps it real perfecting and [...]

Latest Update: Refer a Friend

We released a small update last night in preparation for a BIG update going live in the next couple of weeks! Our small update last night included: Refer a Friend: We've been so amazed [...]

Latest Update: Add a job without a date!

We've just released another MASSIVE update! If you'd like to know the details, please read on... The following new features were released: Job with NO date: If you're a portrait, maternity, newborn or commercial [...]

Latest Update: Contact Form Customisation

Hey everyone, we just deployed our latest update last night and it’s an awesome one! As always, we hear you, and we’re working our butts off to deliver features and updates that make your [...]

Spotlight: Meet Tim Williams

Meet Tim Williams, an amazing photographer from New Zealand who went from assistant to completely booked out by using the power of building relationships! Favourite quote: "Don't [...]

Latest Update: New Workflow Rules

New Workflow features have been released! Improve your lead management with these two new workflow rules. We've been really busy as usual chatting with our users and finding ways to improve our product. And [...]

Latest Update: Xero Integration + Email Attachments

Hey everyone! Hope you're well 🙂 As always, we've been working our butts off and we're really excited to bring you three new game changing features!! ​​ 1. Studio Ninja is now integrated with [...]

Latest Update: Editable Workflows

February Update: Editable Workflows We have been working non stop, day and night to bring you this super exciting update! We have redesigned our workflows to be more flexible, easier to setup and have [...]

Latest Update: Auto send receipts & in-app chat

February Studio Ninja Update Hey everyone, we deployed another update last night and have some exciting news Our latest updates include: - Auto Send Receipt for credit card payments (Settings > [...]

Latest Update: Email Integration’s and Job Redesign

January Studio Ninja Update Happy new year everyone! We plan on releasing an update tonight so I just wanted to keep you all in the loop with what is going on [...]

Latest Update: Refer a Friend and new IOS and Android phone icon

December Studio Ninja Update Hey everyone! We had an awesome deployment last night, and although we're pretty tired today, we're powering on! Because you have all been so awesome referring photographers [...]

November ’16 Update: A new Email Log

November Studio Ninja Update From the beginning we have been very transparent and honest with all of you and we're working our asses off to bring you the best possible product [...]

The 5 most important things you need to do before shooting your first wedding!

This is the holy grail, beginners guide to getting you prepared and ready for your first wedding shoot. Are you freaking out about shooting your first wedding!? This article will give you the Top 5 MOST IMPORTANT [...]

October ’16 Update: Client Portal and Invoicing improvements

October Studio Ninja Update Hey everyone, as always it's been a busy month here at Studio Ninja HQ. The winter is ending and we're releasing a bunch of new features as [...]

Interview with Michael Schultz: Learn how his down to earth attitude took him to the top!

Meet Michael Schultz, who made the shift from selling insurance to becoming an amazing wedding photographer! Favourite quote: "You’re a creative. Don’t punch your clock, do something [...]

September ’16 Update: Contact form builder and client portal redesign

Latest Update: we're just finished the new contact form builder and client portal redesign! Contact Form Builder We're super excited that our new contact form builder [...]

August ’16 Update: No tax option and new trial

12th August 2016 - Ability to add NO tax to products and packages, plus we've implemented our new trial rules! We're really excited to announce that we have just deployed our [...]

Val Westover Photography: Learn how this amazing duo grew their business to 7000+ loyal clients!

Meet Val & Stephanie Westover, the legendary photography duo from Orange County USA. We recently had the privilege of interviewing Val and Steph from Val Westover Photography and [...]

June ’16 Update: New taxes and email functionality

14th June 2016 - Ability to include OR exclude taxes is here plus additional email functionality! Check out the video above to see a demo of all the new features! We've been loving [...]

April ’16 Update: Custom Job Types

22nd April 2016 - We have rolled out custom Job Types! Woohoo, a big ticket item on a lot of peoples wish list was rolled out last night - Custom Job [...]

April ’16 Update: Email Log, Security Enhancement and More Template Variables

13th April 2016 - Studio Ninja Update! Check out what we have been up to plus what's coming up in the next 2 weeks Hey everyone, as usual it's been an exciting couple of [...]

We’re making the world a better place – with your help!

We’re making a difference – with your help! This one's a little closer to our hearts. As Studio Ninja starts to grow, we feel it is very important and actually one [...]

March ’16 Update: Check out the awesome features we have planned in the pipeline!

Wow, it's been a massive month for us here at Studio Ninja HQ. We have started inviting our 2nd round of users and within 2 weeks grew from 100 original beta testers to over 500 [...]

January ’16 Update: Our launch is just around the corner!

Happy new year!! To everyone on the waiting list, your invite is just around the corner! We're launching in February!! We hope you've had an amazing Christmas break, enjoyed the festive season and are coming [...]

Retouching | Learn how outsourcing my photography retouching changed my life!

Here is a quick personal story about a turning point in my life as a professional photographer. It's about the day that I finally decided to let go of my images and outsource my [...]

November ’15 Update: Beta testers, you’re invited to use our CRM!

Our beta testers are in full swing! We're super excited because after months of sleepless nights, planning, designing, stressing, developing, testing, fixing, testing, stressing, fixing, testing and fixing... Studio Ninja is finally ready for it's [...]

4 Amazing Ways Of Creating Third-Party Marketing Partnerships | The BEST way to get FREE marketing for your photography business

Learn how Industry Partnerships and Third-Party Marketing can become the lifeline of your photography business! As the old saying goes "it's not what you know, it's who you know", and that absolutely applies here. [...]

October ’15 Update: Workflows and Email Automation Completed!

We are super excited because Studio Ninja is getting closer and closer to completion. Based on the remaining development time and us finalising a few last bits and pieces we should be up and running [...]

Online Slideshows | Learn how they skyrocketed my referrals and website traffic!

Online slideshows and how they skyrocketed my referrals and website traffic! If online slideshows are not part of your wedding photography workflow then hopefully this post will open your eyes to the free marketing [...]

September ’15 Update: More features have been completed! Woohoo!

Latest Update: More of our studio management software features have been completed!! Another few weeks have gone by and we are super excited to see Studio Ninja getting closer and closer to completion. Since the [...]

The Secrets About Blogging | Why it’s an awesome marketing tool and super important for your photography website

Learn the Secrets About Blogging! Why it’s an awesome marketing tool and super important for your photography website. Hey everyone and welcome to the Studio Ninja blog. I’m super excited as this is our first [...]

August ’15 Update: The ‘Invoicing’ functionality is complete!

Latest Studio Ninja Update - using our studio management software for Invoicing! We've been super busy here at Studio Ninja headquarters working our butts off to make sure the development stays on track and also [...]

August ’15 Update: Development of Australia’s first studio management software for photographers is underway!

Development of Australia's first online studio management software for photographers is underway! Thanks for your patience up until this point! Lots has been happening with Studio Ninja and there are some very exciting times [...]