May 2012
1 post
Kudos to . . . . . Us!
Photographer Steve Mease is fundraising for a college scholarship fund with several Snapped4U galleries of the school’s commencement. Steve posted this on our Timeline:
“Thanks to Snapped4U for making it easy to post hundreds of photos and make them available to a broad audience. Hoping this works and helps raise a lot of money for the scholarship fund. I put together 4 galleries...
April 2012
2 posts
Update
Our kudos to Photographer Tom Maxwell are in need of an update! Tom used a New Year’s Eve gala as a fundraiser for the Children’s Cancer Association, and some recent sales from that gallery have pushed his success past $500! Great job, Tom!
Financial & Legal Matters for Photographers
We recently posted these articles on our Facebook page, and they got a good response from our fans, so here they are again! Please use them only as food for thought, and then consult your own attorney or accountant.
Your Rights as a Photographer Understanding Photographic Copyright Deductions for Donating Photography to Charities How Should I Donate Business Sales to Charity?
March 2012
7 posts
Zumbathon Gallery Success!
Kudos to photographer Steve Mease for his very successful Zumbathon galleries!
The large, enthusiastic group at the Zumbathon made it a great choice of events to shoot, and Steve gave the event-goers a nice selection of pictures to choose from — photo-booth shots of individuals and groups of friends with a fun, bright backdrop and also action shots of the dance session. He also did a...
Check out our Pinterest Board! →
Our new Pinterest Board is a collection of our most popular Facebook posts! Please repin your favorites to help spread the word about Snapped4U!
(fyi: This post’s title is a link!)
Charitable Donation Articles for Photographers
These articles might be helpful to photographers who have made, or are thinking of making, charitable donations. It is still best to consult an accountant or tax attorney, but perhaps these ideas will help you think of questions to ask.
Deductions for Donating Photography to Charities
How Should I Donate Business Sales to Charity?
New Terms and Conditions
New Terms and Conditions have just been posted. For Photographers registered before March 21, 2012 they become effective on April 5. For all others, they are effective immediately.
Changes Coming Soon!
1. Snapped4U will soon offer the option to post galleries specifically for fundraising! Fundraising Galleries will be free to post and will also give fundraisers the opportunity to choose their own photo price for each gallery. To use this option, at least $1/photo sold must be donated to a school, church, animal shelter/rescue, or other charitable organization. We will collect information...
February 2012
1 post
New Terms and Conditions coming soon!
This is the place we officially notify photographers of changes, so consider this a heads up! We have some neat, new features coming soon along with an updated (hopefully simpler) version of our Terms.
The changes will make Snapped4U even more fundraiser-friendly, so check with your favorite charitable organizations for an upcoming event. Volunteer to take photos to post and sell at Snapped4U...
January 2012
2 posts
"A Dog's Best Friend" →
A Snapped4U gallery of wonderful dog photos caught my eye, so I Googled photographer Joseph Frazz and found this River View Observer article that I think is worth sharing.
Check out Joe’s Snapped4U dog gallery and even more of his work at Flickr. (The Observer’s reference to smugmug is no longer current.)
Joe is available for private shoots and can be emailed at frazzzz@mac.com.
$350 Raised for the Children's Cancer Association
Portland, OR photographer Tom Maxwell has raised $350 for the Children’s Cancer Association by selling his photos of the New Year’s Eve Champagne Ball!
Way to go, Tom!
Update 1-17-12: Tom has now raised over $470! What a great job!
December 2011
2 posts
Great Gallery Promotion Idea!
Photographer Christi Patterson is using a clever and successful method for promoting her galleries. She doesn’t charge up front for a shoot. Instead, she advises the event coordinator that for each photo sold at Snapped4U, $3.50 will be deducted from the bill. This both motivates the event coordinator to promote the gallery and guarantees a minimum for Christi.
Santa Paws Fundraising Success
We have a very successful Santa Paws fundraising gallery to report — Photographer Sarina Bower and PAWS of Centre County, PA had a $200 fundraising goal and over $260 has been raised! Over 90% of Sarina’s photos were sold!
Three weeks in advance, Sarina did a photo shoot for the flier that PAWS then designed and posted. The volunteer Santa wore a donated suit. Sarina handed out...
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
4 posts
Enter our Holiday Contest!
Photographers! Submit your favorite holiday jpeg in our contest!
Email your entry as an attachment to: holidaycontest@snapped4u.com. Include your name and the email address of your Snapped4U registration. A maximum of 3 entries per person will be allowed. You must be registered as a Snapped4U photographer to enter.
Snapped4U will post a gallery of all entries on Thursday, November 10, but...
Holiday Contest Coming Soon!
Snapped4U will soon launch a Holiday Contest. Photographers will be invited to submit their favorite jpeg suitable for a holiday greeting card. A maximum of 3 entries per person will be allowed. Entries will be emailed to Snapped4U as attachments, and Snapped4U will create a gallery of the entries.
The entries will be sold for $2 each, and for each $2 purchase, $1 will be donated to UNICEF....
Recent Improvements :)
Not long ago we responded to requests from photographers and added a couple of features that seem to be quite popular.
First, there are now visit counters for each gallery. The count is of visits, not unique visitors. When a photographer is logged in, visits to his/her own gallery are not counted. The counts began on September 26.
Also, we now offer a message box for photographers to post...
My apologies!
I have not been very good about keeping our Latest News up-to-date! I am much better with our facebook page! I will try to do better here, but if you “Like” us on fb, that’s a good way to stay current!
July 2011
2 posts
Celebrating 3000 facebook Likes!
If you’re not one of them, Like us now!
PROMOTE YOUR GALLERY!
The very best option is to post direct links (the gallery url) where customers will see them. This can be done even before the shoot. Just create your gallery to obtain the url, then upload the photos and post the gallery later.
Event gallery customers will be the people in the photos, and likely your only connection to them will be the event you shot, so post the link on a website or facebook...
June 2011
7 posts
Update on Hello Bully's Success
Over $600 has been raised by Pittsburgh rescue Hello Bully’s photo op with Hector the Pit Bull!
I am very happy for Hello Bully AND very happy for Snapped4U! I’ve been convinced for a long time that Snapped4U could be a good tool for photographers, fundraisers, and event-planners, and it’s nice to now have a real life example to crow about!
Raising over $600 from a 2-hour...
The New Improved Snapped4U!
Yesterday Snapped4U launched a whole new look with a special new feature! In addition to our galleries for photos of people out with friends and family at special events, we now offer a second type of gallery: Photographer’s Choice Galleries! These new galleries let the photographer choose the subject of the photos and the price/photo for the gallery. Now photographers can post old...
Top Tips
1. The photos that sell are of posed smiling faces. Candid and distant shots do not sell.
2. Quick and easy editing tools are free at Picasa.com. With a little practice you can straighten and crop in about 20 seconds and greatly enhance a photo.
3, Shoot at eye level to get the most flattering shots. Shooting from a bad angle can not be corrected by editing!
4. People must find your...
Improvements are underway!
Snapped4U is about to launch some great new features! So, check back soon!
Plus you can follow us on Twitter — www.twitter.com/snapped4u
And like us on facebook, too! — www.facebook.com/snapped4u
Promote Your Galleries!
Photos must be found to be sold!
As you shoot be sure to tell people the photos will be at snapped4u.com. Whenever possible, choose events with a website or fb page so you can post reminders. Consider asking for email addresses as you shoot and then sending out reminders
May 2011
1 post
March 2011
2 posts
Using Snapped4U for Prom & Graduation Photos
Snapped4U is a great new option for prom and graduation photos!
By using Snapped4U, photographers have far less work — just shoot, edit, and post. No order processing, no printing, no deliveries. The photos are sold online as jpeg files priced at $4.
Customers enjoy immediate delivery by email, easy photo-sharing, and better value. Consider the price of an order of jpeg files at $4/each...
Announcing Changes to Terms and Features
We are working on some major changes at Snapped4U!
One change will involve showing the photographer’s name next to his/her galleries and having it be one of the search criteria. In most cases, we’re quite sure photographers will like being identified, since it should be good for business, but just in case there are some that prefer not to be identified, we thought we should give you...
January 2011
2 posts
New features and improvements!
2011 is off to a good start! We’ve added several new features—
1. Search Criteria It is now much easier for our customers to find their photos. By entering search criteria they can quickly reduce the number of galleries displayed.
2. Photographer Accounts Photographers’ account information has been reorganized. Current Balance, Total Sales, and Payments and...
Gallery List for Photos Op Ideas →
Choosing good photo ops is the first step to success with Snapped4U. Click the link above for a list of sample galleries showing a variety of good events and venues. All galleries in the list have had at least some sales. Many other Snapped4U galleries also have great photos and have had sales but have been excluded because they are similar to galleries already on the list.
December 2010
4 posts
Message Your Customers!
We strongly suggest posting galleries ASAP, but when that’s just not possible, consider using a placeholder such as the above. Create a jpeg message with a filename such as “000” that will alphanumerically precede all others.
Having a message posted ASAP, even prior to the event, will help your sales! Keep in mind that customers are visitors to Snapped4U and probably not familiar with the...
Snapped4U is 6 Months Old!
Since Snapped4U’s launch on June 2 we’ve come a long way. There are now over 900 registered photographers, and yesterday we got our 500th Facebook “like.” So far, only a small number of photographers have published galleries and sold photos; most have not yet even published a gallery. If you are still waiting to get started, check out the current galleries for some...
November 2010
3 posts
Temporary problem on Account Pages
The Photographers’ Account Pages currently have a problem that we are looking into. Payments Received is correct, but Total Sales and Current Balance are not.
This is likely due to an improvement that was just made to the Sales Ledgers yesterday. Previously, the list of sales in the Sales Ledger was in no particular order. We thought it would be helpful to have the most recent sales...
Looking for a new fundraising idea? →
Featured by BC Photo's Photo Tips podcast!
Nice surprise! Just learned Snapped4U was featured in this podcast episode:
http://podcast.com/episode/62482946/173420/?cp=1124
The Snapped4U discussion begins about 10 minutes into the show and includes a demonstration of how to share your gallery’s URL. Following the Snapped4U section, helpful information about legal issues facing photographers is presented.
This is, so far, my only...
October 2010
8 posts
New Terms and Conditions
New Terms and Conditions have just been posted: http://snapped4u.com/terms
Snapped4U: Event-Goers Photography
Think of Snapped4U less as “Event Photography” and more as “Event-Goers Photography!”
Get shots of people at events, not just the events themselves. Get the shots they can’t buy as postcards!! If their photo will be in your gallery, they are much more likely to keep your business card and check it out.
Most people who know their picture will be published online will want to see it, so be sure...
Terms and Conditions Update Coming Soon
Updated version of the Snapped4U, LLC Terms and Conditions is about to be published.
New Record!
$196 earned by one gallery!
Legal Question
I received a question from a photographer about the legality of selling photos at Snapped4U. Specifically, she’d been shooting a car show and had been questioned by the owner of one of the cars. I took her question to an attorney, and this is what I learned: Photographing property is a very gray area, and, as for photographing people, the safest approach is to explain that your photos...
Gallery Limit: 6 weeks
Galleries will be automatically unpublished once the photos are 6 weeks old.
Publish Galleries ASAP!
Publish your galleries asap! Of the pictures that are sold, more than half are sold within the first 3 days after they are taken, and more than 80% are sold within the first week.
Identify your customers--
Success with Snapped4U depends on having a target group of customers. When the pictures are of people, the customers will likely be the people in the photos. When the photos are of an event, the customers are usually the event-goers, whether or not they are in the photos. In either case, it’s important to recognize who your customers will be and make certain they know where to find your...
September 2010
4 posts
Sales Tips
You’ve probably noticed we suggest business cards and baseball caps (http://snapped4u.com/capscards) to help your customers remember where to look for your photos, but here are some more ideas to help with sales:
If the event was sponsored by a particular club or organization, they may have a website or newsletter you can post to, or maybe a Facebook page.
A local establishment, like a...