creative and gorgeous photography,
then Peter Togel Photography
is the right choice for you.
If they are available for
your big day, book them!
Photography was one of the best parts of our wedding.
and wedding photographs was beyond what we could have dreamed!
Overall outstanding experience and my husband and I highly recommend them!!!
Peter and Karen for your wedding! They not only care
about their work, but they also make you feel like family.
coming up with creative photos that encompass
the essence of the moment and go that extra mile
to get those special shots.
What's more, Karen and Peter are just really nice people.
Compared to other photographers, there was no contest.
I am beyond delighted. The images bring out the best in us
and beautifully capture our love.
Peter and Karen for your wedding
and engagement photos. You will
not be disappointed.
Photography Start-Up Cheat Sheet
Many photographers asked us. Here it is! This is an invaluable list of the majority of the resources we use here at Peter Tögel Photography to provide the excellent services and products we are known for!
Customer Relationship Solution and Booking Calendar
We use Tave as the backend CRM for contracts, client portal, and workflow. The online calendar we use is Acuity Scheduling. Both solutions are integrated to work together.
Payments
Use SquareUp.com in order to take credit card payments and send online invoices to your clients. This is a well-known and secure resource that will help your clients trust your professionalism. Use this link https://squareup.com to get your first $1000 in credit card sales (in 180 days) without paying any processing fees!!
Website Hosting
Digital Ocean is our preferred platform for website hosting. Use this link to get a special deal when you use their services:
https://www.digitalocean.com
Image Hosting
SmugMug – THE place to store, share and order prints for your amazing photography art! Your images can be uploaded straight from Adobe Lightroom (the must for all editing) and you can link to quality print labs (like Bay Photo) to provide the very best for your clients!
Use this link for a special offer when you join! http://www.smugmug.com
Albums
We trust KISS.us with all of our needs! They keep it simple (stupid) and deliver high end, American-made, lifetime-warrantied products that are dripping with heirloom quality! It is free to build your album on their user-friendly website. You must be able to prove you are a professional photographer to use their system, so no layperson can ever say they can create an album as nice as the one you can provide them. Use this link to find out more: http://KISS.us/
Marketing Material
For our business cards, brochures and Client Save-the-Date and Thank You cards, we trust GotPrint.com. The only thing they do not currently offer is magnets. Everything else printed you could want is here! Go here to request your free sample kit!
Retirement
Start early and you can retire early. We suggest you put 10% of your income in your retirement planning. Check out Robinhood. You get a free stock just for signing up: https://join.robinhood.com/
Learning
Want to brush up on your photography, editing, posing, or small business skills? Go to CreativeLive.com to watch the free programs airing today or purchase a course to download and have access to learning at your fingertips! Our top picks are:
- For Complete Wedding Business from startup (of course our internship program is the best way to get this):
- Sal Cincotta’s Wedding Photography Bootcamp – albums/packages
- Jasmin Star’s The Complete Wedding Photography Experience – digital / download
- Zach and Jody Gray’s Wedding Photography Weekend – nice tips for husband & wife teams along with a complete wedding how to
- For Posing Subjects:
- Lindsay Adler’s Posing 101
- For Album Design:
- Jim Garner’s From Images to Art: Storytelling in Wedding Photography
- For Portrait Photography
- Sue Bryce’s 28 Days of Portrait Photography – budget-friendly natural lighting – she also provides a kick in the butt to help you get going!
- Lindsay Adler’s Portrait Photography Bootcamp – studio lighting and posing by a wedding-turned-fashion photographer
- Peter Hurley’s The Headshot – self-explanatory … be ready to say “SHABANG!”
- Sal Cincotta’s High School Senior Photography – a complete blueprint for breaking into this business model
- For Lightroom® Editing:
- Ben Willmore’s Adobe® Lightroom® CC Photo Editing: The Complete Guide (he also has a complete guide for Photoshop®)
- For Camera Basic:
- John Greengo’s The Photography Starter Kit for Beginners – great from the ground up for learning to shoot manual – also a great brush-up course for professionals wanting to improve by getting back to the basics
- Business Basics:
- Hannah Marie’s Organize and Automate a Better Customer Experience
- Sal Cincotta’s Master the Business of Photography – learn from a guy who says he would rather be a 10 at business and a 5 at photography…and makes 7-figures doing it!
