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The Pearl

21. May 2012

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Our newest web design, The Pearl, is like Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s – eloquent, classic, and timeless. If you prefer the no-frills approach to presenting your photography, The Pearl will help you build the classic web presence your looking for. Unlimited pages and galleries, SEO friendly, customizable contact form, 2 GB storage, email, [...]

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A Match Made in Heaven

15. May 2012

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If Instagram and Polaroid went out on a date, fell in love, got married, and had a child what would it look like? ADR Studio in Italy thinks the offspring would have the cool, digital, sharability of Instagram and the classic, tactile, printability of Polaroid. Their new concept camera, the Instagram Socialmatic Camera, is the [...]

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How Much is Photography Worth To You?

3. April 2012

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Photographer Ian Ruhter spends $500 every time he takes a picture. Seems a little extreme, but then there are a few things to consider. His camera is a delivery truck, his film is a 3X5 ft sheet of glass, and he manually develops each one-of-a-kind image with silver bromide. Part mad scientist, part entrepreneur, part [...]

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Seattle Bound

30. March 2012

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Most people go to Seattle to see the sound, sit in the original Starbucks, or see the cityscape from the Space Needle. We go because Seattle is home to world-renowned J. Garner Studios, and this September Jim Garner is hosting the 2012 Portfolio Workshop Experience. Hands down, this is THE best opportunity of the year [...]

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Central Coast Wedding Standard

8. March 2012

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We love working with our local industry peers–both in Bend, Oregon and San Luis Obispo, California. Our good friend and San Luis Obispo wedding photographer Cameron Ingalls just launched a new site highlighting many of the talented wedding vendors on California’s Central Coast. The Central Coast Wedding Standard is dedicated to featuring “wed­ding pro­fes­sion­als that [...]

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Facebook Timeline for Businesses is Here. Get Your Photography Page Updated.

1. March 2012

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Facebook officially announced Timeline for Brands this week. Page admins have been given a month to update their pages before the changes take effect for all pages on March 30. You can find Facebook’s official page on Timeline for Brands here. Mashable has a good overview here. What’s this mean for photographers? In our opinion, [...]

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Routine Maintenance

29. February 2012

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The BIG Folio servers are getting a quick tune up tonight. Maintenance will occur tonight between 9pm-10pm Pacific Standard Time. Security updates are being implemented on all servers. Your site may be briefly unavailable during this time.

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Still Bragging

15. February 2012

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In our last post we decided if parents can brag about their honor students with bumper stickers than we should do the same, but if we tried to put all of the accomplishments of BIG Folio photographer Jose Villa onto a bumper sticker it would be the size of a school bus! Seriously, he’s one [...]

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It’s OK to Brag

14. February 2012

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Remember those bumper stickers that use to say, “My son is an honor student at the best middle school in the world?” Then all the other parents came up with their own sticker that said, “My son could beat up your honor student?” Parents love to brag, and so do we. Maybe it’s time we [...]

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It’s Time for Admin4!!

25. January 2012

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At BIG Folio we are rolling out the red carpet and sounding the trumpets to announce the release of our new admin panel, Admin4! With tons of tweaks, upgrades, redesigns, and enhancements you’re not going to believe how easy we have made it to customize your site, organize your photos, manage your content and wow [...]

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