Capturelife Pulse

The response to Rob Mauldin's presentation at the recent SPAC Conference was so positive, we've made it available as an encore recording with some new  and exclusive content.

CaptureLife Integration with ImageQuix will Deliver a Seamless Workflow with Access to the Power of Mobile Engagement and Commerce.

The new partnership and integration with Kodak Professional Digital Print Production Software/DP2 expands opportunities for professional photography labs and photographers to enhance their operations and efficiently grow revenue with their digital content.

If you’re currently using green screen workflow to offer different background options for school, sports or studio portrait photography, we have an exciting new way for you to multiply your sales opportunities.

Earlier this year Richmond leadership looked at the future and recognized a significant shift in consumer behavior. Read why Richmond was focused on seizing a new opportunity to profit and grow with digital content – and what their partnership with CaptureLife has meant for their business and their pro photography clients.

District Photo, a leader in digital imaging fulfillment and owner of Snapfish, will provide the CaptureLife mobile commerce platform and private photo sharing app to its network of professional photographers and consumers.

At this year’s just concluded Visual 1st, the premier conference focused on promoting innovation and partnerships in the photo and video ecosystem, a panel of high-powered industry experts presented the four Visual 1st Awards to the most outstanding among 30 global products competing in this year’s event. CaptureLife was honored to receive the prestigious Best Business Potential Award.

The new Non-Buyer program helps photography businesses drive up revenue and volume photography participation rates with a unique mobile workflow.

CaptureLife is pleased to announce that Michael Christman, a leader in the professional photography industry, is now partnering with CaptureLife as a strategic consultant and advisor to the volume photography segment.

In this 2nd feature in our series on the Experience Economy we explore how Disney theme parks and resorts embraced a digital transformation to reengineer a better consumer experience, and are now reaping the rewards.

CaptureLife enhances mobile commerce through a new strategic partnership with Fujifilm

We’re excited to hear from photographers about how CaptureLife is positively impacting their business, even early in their use of the platform. Recently, two leading youth sport and school photographers shared their stories with us – demonstrating how digital is adding a new dimension to their business, helping them stay efficient and be more competitive.

This is the 1st article is a series about a major new market trend, the Experience Economy, and the significant opportunity it represents for the photography industry.

Moving one step closer to complete integration with all industry-leading professional lab and photography systems.

It’s the Big Back to School Photo Tools Giveaway from CaptureLife, Tether Tools, Zenfolio, PhotoLynx ,and Richmond Professional Lab

Up and running with CaptureLife in 14 days, CLIX MN makes a great experience an indelible memory for competitive youth soccer teams from around the world.

Professional labs stay ahead of the curve to help their business and their photographers win with today’s consumer.

We know that the professional photography industry continues to undergo profound change. From the shifting landscape of recent acquisitions, the advent of new technologies, and millennial consumers digital and social preferences, it can be a challenge to keep up.

We often like to think of summer as a time to slow down and of lazy days spent in the sun. Not so for Legends Photography New York. With 30-years of experience in volume team and individual sports, they’re busy year-round and even expanding their business into school portraits. 

Our CaptureLife team is back from PhotoLynx MVP 2018 in San Diego. We were thrilled to meet with old friends and new in the school photography industry and share the latest developments to our CaptureLife platform.

Glossy Finish began their partnership with CaptureLife last year with the express intent to grow its sports action photography business with digital images and mobile delivery. Specializing in on-site delivery of high-quality posters and prints with their Mobile Photo Labs and Photo stores at premier youth sports events, they took note of parents increased social sharing and their requests for the high-resolution digital images of their athletes.

CaptureLife Inc., the leading provider of enterprise mobile marketing and commerce solutions for professional photography businesses, announced the appointment of Rob Mauldin, former Director of Imaging, Disney Parks and Resorts, as a board advisor and strategic consultant, effective immediately.

We hear about that massive shift in consumer behavior continuously. When you hear the statistic that younger parents, our millennial customers, spend on average 5 hours a day on their smartphones and check their phone 65 times a day, it sounds shocking until you go through some self-reflection. As a business serving this market, it’s essential to get more context around these trends to ensure that you align with consumer’s behavior.

PortraitEFX is one of the fastest growing volume photography franchises in North America and ranked among the Top 500 Franchise Systems in America by Entrepreneur Magazine. The PortraitEFX franchise offers consumers a national brand photography network with local touch and care, and their management team brings decades of high-volume photography and marketing experience to 35 states nationwide as well as Canada’s British Columbia.

It may be spring, but now is when you make some the most important decisions for your business. Whether you are pitching to schools or sports leagues, it’s important to stand out from the crowd and deliver greater value to each organization and parent.

Today's consumers are smart and strategic shoppers. They demand quality, utility, value and efficiency, and they aren't shy about exploring new and better ways of doing things.

CaptureLife Inc., the leading provider of enterprise mobile marketing and commerce solutions for professional photography businesses, as well as the developer of the CaptureLife consumer-based private photo-sharing app used by consumers worldwide, is announcing its new partnership with Technicare Imaging Ltd., and the further expansion of their offering into Canada.

Leading photography print labs like Miller’s Professional Imaging, GPA, White House Custom Color, Richmond Pro Lab and Technicare have all embraced CaptureLife as a new way to generate revenue from both digital and print products. They recognize that delivering a social, mobile and digital experienced aligned with the expectations of today’s consumers is essential to driving more success for their business and the professional photography industry as a whole.

It’s no secret that Miller’s Professional Imaging is a leader in the professional photography industry. Founded by Bill Miller in 1939, a master photographer and videographer known for his meticulous processing, that love of the craft remains the foundation of their business. And Miller’s has grown by consistently delivering the highest quality products, customer service, and technologies in the industry.

CaptureLife exhibited at two premier photography industry events in January, Imaging USA and SPAC 2018.  We met hundreds of people, demonstrated the latest advancements in our CaptureLife platform, and did a lot of listening. We’d like to share some of our key takeaways from these events.

CaptureLife Inc., provider of the CaptureLife digital fulfillment and mobile commerce platform for imaging professionals, has unveiled all new digital features that give professional photography businesses dynamic new ways to grow revenue leveraging their digital imagery.

Serving professional and volume photographers across the U.S. and Canada, Richmond will expand their customers' ability to profit and grow with digital fulfillment and mobile commerce.

What a way to end the year!

Kevin Cook is staying ahead of the curve. As a veteran in the volume photography game and a successful businessman, he understands that technology is constantly reshaping the industry and creating new revenue opportunities for those who are quick to adapt to change.

If you're a professional photographer you're probably used to making your living taking photos and selling prints. In today's market, the reality is that you are selling content, not just print, and it's time to begin shifting your mindset to capitalize on the next wave of offerings. Instead of relying solely on print revenue, you could be selling an entirely new experience and monetizing so much more. And by doing this, you could give your customers more reasons to choose you.

Now independent from Lifetouch again, Glossy Finish looks to grow its unique sports action photography offering by leveraging the CaptureLife platform as its mobile backbone for digital image delivery, new digital products, and purchasing of print products from smartphones.

A few weeks ago, we spoke with Christine Kronz about her business and her use of CaptureLife. Here is her story.

As a technology company focused on driving innovation and more value for the professional photography market, we are continuously listening, researching, and attending industry events to make sure we are on top of this quickly changing market.  One of the industry events we look forward to the most is Mobile Photo Connect due to the focus on mobile technology trends related to photography.  

Cashman Photo provides one-of-a-kind memories to over 9 million consumers annually, and will use the CaptureLife app and marketing system to delivery digital images and marketing messages directly to consumers' smartphones' before, during and after special events held at all Las Vegas locations.

Miller's Professional Imaging to provide the CaptureLife private Photo Sharing App to millions of consumers currently receiving Miller's and Mpix print orders.

1^st Photo has been working with CaptureLife for just 6 months and has already turned digital into a major selling point with sporting leagues, schools and consumers alike.

Driven by the introduction of digital imaging, the professional photography industry has been in a state of constant reinvention for a solid two decades. Now, Group Photography Association (GPA) with CaptureLife is taking the next step in this evolution.

Minneapolis, MN – September 20, 2017 – CaptureLife Inc., provider of the CaptureLife Photo Sharing App for iPhones and Android Devices and the CaptureLife digital delivery, commerce and marketing platform for Imaging Professionals, has expanded its partnership with GPA, a leading youth sports photography lab. GPA is growing its digital delivery capabilities using CaptureLife, including the full integration of its print store within the CaptureLife app along with the ability to offer mobile marketing services that are helping the firm capture additional print orders on behalf of their network of photography-based businesses.

With his signature gentle humor, Jimmy Kimmel hit on a sore point for all parents during his monologue on September 14. It’s picture day at school for his daughter, and he walks us through selecting the basic package on the order form.

Minneapolis, MN – September 13, 2017 - CaptureLife Inc., provider of the CaptureLife delivery, commerce and marketing platform, announced the appointment of Ron Wrenholt, former Lifetouch Corporate VP, as an independent director of the firm effective immediately.

The professional photography industry has been in a state of constant reinvention for a solid two decades, driven by the introduction of digital imaging. Digital technology is now part of the entire workflow, from capture to processing to display and storage. Not too long ago, industry revenues depended on the conversion of bits into analog images and output. As we will demonstrate, however, there's a growing opportunity to make bucks from bits in the social mobile economy we now live in.  

The fall season is upon us!  The temperature is dropping, kids are back to school, and baseball teams are handing in their uniforms.  This can mean only one thing… a busy time for school and sports photographers.

The fall season is bound to bring photographers a huge workload filled with school portraits, football leagues, and plenty of large orders.  But are you, the photographer, maximizing your highest potential revenue this season?