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Why Adding an Album to Your Basic Photography Package Might Be a Genius Business Strategy
Elevate your photography business with albums! Provide clients a tangible keepsake, justify premium pricing, and stand out in a digital world.
7 Ways to Stop Client Ghosting and Boost Your Photography Bookings
Stop client ghosting with 7 proven tips for photographers. Learn how to secure bookings and grow your business with these practical, upbeat strategies.

7 Expert Tips for Photographers Making the Leap from Part-Time to Full-Time
Ready to transition from part-time enthusiast to a full-time photographer? Discover 7 expert tips on budgeting, client management, and marketing strategies that will help you confidently make the leap and grow a successful photography career.

Why Handwritten Notes Make Photo Album Deliveries Extra Special
Discover how adding a handwritten note to your photo album deliveries can strengthen client relationships, create a memorable unboxing experience, and make your brand truly stand out in today’s digital world.

Behind with Editing? Here’s How to Keep Your Clients Happy
Learn how to keep your photography clients happy with clear communication, sneak peeks, and thoughtful bonuses like album discounts, even when you’re delayed and running behind on editing..

A Day in the Life: Manual Mode vs. Aperture Priority at a Wedding
Ever wondered what it would be like if Manual Mode and Aperture Priority were actual photographers? Imagine them as two quirky, distinct personalities working together to capture a beautiful wedding day. Here’s a glimpse into their world, where precision meets creativity.

How to Explain RAW Files to Clients: 10 Creative Comparisons
As a photographer, you’ve likely encountered a client who insists on receiving the RAW files from their session. While it’s understandable that clients may want access to all the photos, providing RAW files can open up a host of issues, from compromising your artistic control to...

What to Do When a Client Is Unhappy with Their Photos
As a photographer, there’s nothing more satisfying than delivering a set of photos that your client absolutely loves. But what happens when the opposite occurs—when a client is unhappy with their photos? It’s a situation no one wants to face, but it’s something that every photographer will likely...

How to Encourage Word-of-Mouth Referrals as a Family Photographer.
Word-of-mouth referrals are one of the most powerful marketing tools for any family photographer. When your clients are thrilled with their experience and the beautiful photos you deliver, they naturally want to share that joy with others. But how can you encourage this kind of organic promotion?

A Day in the Life: Manual Mode vs. Aperture Priority at a Wedding
Ever wondered what it would be like if Manual Mode and Aperture Priority were actual photographers? Imagine them as two quirky, distinct personalities working together to capture a beautiful wedding day. Here’s a glimpse into their world, where precision meets creativity.

Best wedding photography conferences in Europe.
Let me tell you a story. A mini-tale.I’ve started photographing in 2011. A year later I went to Nordica Photography and Fer Juaristi's workshop in Stockholm, where I met Cole Roberts. Thanks to the Nordica FB group

My Photo Box - Bangladesh with Mark Pacura
If you're following our social media accounts might have noticed our latest product - my photo box. It's our new baby ( or a new version of existing one ) that encourages everyone, from professional to amateur photographers, to print their own work.

Styled shoot with Howards Events
It's always exciting to see what our clients and friends can do with our boxes, and we always say, that it's not just about the box, it's what's inside it that really matters. That's the reason why we decided to give away free boxes.

Wooden Banana Top 3 - ideas how to use Wine Boxes
Hello Wooden Banana lovers! It's your boy Magic with the newest series of videos, this time presenting 3 ideas of how to use our Wine Boxes. Check out our new video, cause again - the photos... they don't do the justice here and let us know which products are your favourite ones!

Wooden Banana Top 3 - boxes of the week
Hello Wooden Banana lovers! It's your boy Magic with the newest series of videos showcasing our top 3 wooden boxes for photographers for this week. Check out the video, cause the photos... they don't do the justice here and let us know which products are your favourite ones!

Showing your clients you're bananas about them with Lena Sabala
The last few months have been difficult for everyone, and listening to our community of clients and friends who work in weddings, it's clear that it's one of the most affected industries during the COVID outbreak. Being a wedding vendor these days is pretty much limited to...

Spring packaging inspiration - Ewelina Zieba
Spring has been here for a while ( in fact it feels like we went straight into summer here in Scotland ), so we're slightly overdue with spring inspired images of our boxes from our favourite photographer Ewelina Zieba. Let's be honest, it was worth the wait though. Once again we're been blown away

Emma Shaw Photography packaging
Being in lockdown for nearly 3 months is not good for any kind of inspiration, even if organising home photography studio in our dining room ( best natural light ) was actually really awarding. Thankfully, we have our clients to keep us as excited about what we do as ever, and throw tons of amazing

Why Adding an Album to Your Basic Photography Package Might Be a Genius Business Strategy
Elevate your photography business with albums! Provide clients a tangible keepsake, justify premium pricing, and stand out in a digital world.
7 Ways to Stop Client Ghosting and Boost Your Photography Bookings
Stop client ghosting with 7 proven tips for photographers. Learn how to secure bookings and grow your business with these practical, upbeat strategies.

7 Expert Tips for Photographers Making the Leap from Part-Time to Full-Time
Ready to transition from part-time enthusiast to a full-time photographer? Discover 7 expert tips on budgeting, client management, and marketing strategies that will help you confidently make the leap and grow a successful photography career.

Why Handwritten Notes Make Photo Album Deliveries Extra Special
Discover how adding a handwritten note to your photo album deliveries can strengthen client relationships, create a memorable unboxing experience, and make your brand truly stand out in today’s digital world.

Behind with Editing? Here’s How to Keep Your Clients Happy
Learn how to keep your photography clients happy with clear communication, sneak peeks, and thoughtful bonuses like album discounts, even when you’re delayed and running behind on editing..

How to Explain RAW Files to Clients: 10 Creative Comparisons
As a photographer, you’ve likely encountered a client who insists on receiving the RAW files from their session. While it’s understandable that clients may want access to all the photos, providing RAW files can open up a host of issues, from compromising your artistic control to...

What to Do When a Client Is Unhappy with Their Photos
As a photographer, there’s nothing more satisfying than delivering a set of photos that your client absolutely loves. But what happens when the opposite occurs—when a client is unhappy with their photos? It’s a situation no one wants to face, but it’s something that every photographer will likely...

How to Encourage Word-of-Mouth Referrals as a Family Photographer.
Word-of-mouth referrals are one of the most powerful marketing tools for any family photographer. When your clients are thrilled with their experience and the beautiful photos you deliver, they naturally want to share that joy with others. But how can you encourage this kind of organic promotion?

Should I Upgrade the Album with a Box?
You’ve just wrapped up a stunning photo session, edited the images to perfection, and designed a beautiful album that your clients will treasure forever. But now you’re wondering, “Should I upgrade the album with a box?” It’s a question worth considering, and the answer might just take your...

Way Up North Party in Stockholm.
Our minds are still in a whirlwind, and there's one reason for it. Way Up North in Stockholm. We're not even going to try and put in words all the wisdom, stories, laughs and knowledge that was shared by a group of incredible speakers from all over the world.

Wooden Banana Contest - win a brand new Sony Alpha a7iii
This is real! We're giving away a brand new Sony Alpha a7ii to one of our lucky followers / clients and we want very little for it. All we need is an awesome photo of one of our products, and the author of the winning image will get the camera.Here's exactly what you have to do 1.

New Quality Control Director
Let us introduce Wooden Banana's new Quality Control Director.Her name is Hannah and she was promoted to this role by Mark, our CEO Mark, in October 2017. Although officially her title is QC Director, in reality she's our new BOSS.
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