Our new photo coasters are a great add-on sale for family or baby photographers.

These heavy duty reusable 3.75″ square coasters come in groups of 4 – you can use the same image or different images on all 4. A display stand is available for an additional charge.

You can order the coasters in ROES from the School Pick-A-Pack catalog. They are available under Specialty Items > Coasters.

Looking for something unique to offer your clients this holiday season? 

Our new Fancy Frame Statuettes are getting rave reviews everywhere we show them. We’re so confident you’ll love them, we’re offering free studio samples to show your clients.

These high-quality keepsakes are printed on Kodak paper, then permanently affixed to a heavy acrylic and contour cut by hand. Choose from 5×7″, 8×10″ or 11×14″ sizes, each ready to hang on a wall or use with a photo stand. Download our Fancy Frame templates in Photoshop PSD file formats or you can make your own using these templates as a guide. Just make sure that the cut line is visible so they can be hand-cut properly.

For sports, school and dance photographers, our classic 5×7″ and 8×10″ statuettes are a great gift idea too. Each statuette is hand-cut, then mounted on a glossy black acrylic base.

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How can you attract enough business? The solution can be found if you can fill in the blanks of these two sentences:

1. “I’m the #1 photographer of choice in _______.
2. This is because I’m the only photographer to have ______.”

Think about it. If you can’t fill in the blanks, who can? The people you’re trying to attract are looking for the #1 photographer.

To help you answer these questions, Kirk Russell will present an online rally entitled, “Does this Make My Business Look Big?” from 2-3:30pm on Monday, September 26th. The cost for this 90 minute live online Rally is $99.

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The Sept. 12, 2011 Not Even If You Beg online Rally was a huge success. For those of you who missed it, or for attendees who wish to watch it again or pass it on to colleagues, the on-demand Rally is available as a downloadable video. You must register (free) at JD’s 3Lenses.com portal to view the video.

Kirk explained why not enough people choose you, and what you can do about it. Think your photography is great? Through a series of visual exercises, he shows you why in today’s market, even great photography isn’t enough to attract customers.

The video is definitely worth your time.

Michael Timmons will teach you how to enhance your images on Monday, Sept. 26 from 10am until 4pm in the JD training center. The program is sponsored by the Professional Photographers of Michigan and JD Photo Imaging.

Ever wondered how to use Nik Software to enhance your images? How about taking your after capture skills to the next level? What about a work alternative to HDR that will give you a more photo realistic look using jpegs?

During this day long program, Michael will share with you all of his tips and tricks to create stunning, award winning images. This day will be devoted to exploring the Nik software interface and unleashing the power that lies within. Both color and black and white workflow will be discussed as well as image enhancement using Topaz Adjust and Lucis Art software.

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Kirk Russell will present “Not Even if You Beg“, the first of a series of online rallies to help motivate professional photographers energize their business on Monday, September 12, 2011 at 2pm. JD customers can click here to register.

The first rally is a FREE fat-trimmed, bare-bone, pull-no-punches webinar that will quickly explain why not enough people choose you and what you can do about it.

Says Kirk, “For most photographers, life would be great if they would just attract enough people from month-to-month, and year-to-year.”

This 20 minute webinar will quickly and directly explain:

1. Why people are more price sensitive
2. Why you don’t have to worry about the competition
3. Why you don’t have to lower prices to attract enough business
4. The best solutions to 1, 2, and 3

Last season’s series of Kirk Russell’s marketing webinars sponsored by JD were very popular. Customers can still watch them online today.

Jeffery Corns will hold a workshop on Commercial Photography for the professional photographer on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 from 7-9pm at Owens Community College Center for Performing Arts, Room 223 in Toledo, OH (map). The workshop will be held by the Professional Photographers of Northwest Ohio and is sponsored by JD Photo Imaging.

Jeff is a Master Photographer and a Certified Professional Photographer. He was twice named Commercial Photographer of the Year by the Professional Photographers of Michigan. In 1995 Jeff was named Photographer of the Year by the Professional Photographers of Detroit. His work has received both Kodak Gallery Awards and Fuji Masterpiece Awards. View his work online here.

JD Photo Imaging and Kirk Russell will present a new series of online webinars this fall to help you supercharge your marketing. The first is scheduled for September 12, 2011.

We’ll have more details next week, but for now, make sure you save the date on your calendar.

Register for free online, then click the 3L Webinars button on top for access to our previous webinars and to be notified of upcoming dates.

ImageQuix is offering an “Extreme Deal” promotion for PPA members. Any JD customers who are PPA members can get an entire year of unlimited image uploading for just $99. Offer expires September 9th.

Don’t know about ImageQuix? It is a complete online image sales system for professional photographers. Wedding photographers can use it to sell images to guests after an event or to preview albums. Portrait photographers can use it to offer family or senior photos to family members. And K-12 or sports photographers can use it to generate a password-protected proof area online for each student, as well as yearbook photo selection.

IQ Publisher is at the core of the ImageQuix online photo selling process. It is fully compatible with both Mac and PC, allowing you to easily upload and sell your images. ImageQuix also offers Vando, a cool online proofing tool your customers use to select and order images. Check out the online demos of both ImageQuix products to learn more.

Once your customers have ordered their images online, you review the orders and send them to JD for printing. We can return them to you, or drop ship for an additional $9.95.

After testing many different options, we believe ImageQuix is the most cost effective solution for adding on-line image sales to your studio. They offer a 2-week free trial, so you have nothing to lose.

Our Coin Envelope/Flyers for Sports and Undergrads have changed for the 2011-2012 season. If you use these envelopes, you should change your layouts now.

The previous envelopes included a 3” coin envelope tear-off at the bottom. The new stock this year will include a 5” envelope tear-off for sports, and a 6” envelope tear-off for Undergrads. All envelope/flyers will still be 14″ tall by 8 1/2″ wide.

Download 5″ JPG template. Download 6″ JPG template.

This change was in response to your suggestions that we increase the size of the envelopes so you could get all of the necessary information on them.

We are now stocking only the new sizes.

We do have some small remaining stock of 3” Undergrad envelopes in various sizes for those of you looking to print your flyers without making this change. We have NO sports 3” in stock.

Use the above image as a reference when laying out your new flyers. If you have any questions or problems with the new layouts, contact Heidi Horton at 888-858-8084 or heidi@jdlab.com and she will be happy to assist you.