Hey everybody! With our wedding packages, a client gets the disc of images when they receive their album. I know, I know… there is a lot of debate going on about this. That discussion is for another time. From the very beginning of MpixPro, this is the product I’ve been most excited about: Custom DVD [...]

Hey everybody! There are a handful of the same questions I get from photographers all the time. For the next couple blog posts, I’m going to explore these questions and answer them so that if you’re dealing with the same questions, you’ll have a little insight into what we do at Benfield Photography. First, I [...]

Hey everybody! Last week we discussed what was in my camera bag, as it’s a question I get daily from photographers. Today I want to share my answers to another FAQ: Do I advertise? As a disclaimer, let me say that I have no intention of giving you advice on how to run your business. [...]

Hey everybody! Recently I showed you how to use engagement images to upsell packages by offering a unique product, the engagement guestbook. It may have not been a new idea to you, but to your clients who have never heard of a guestbook made with their images, it’s a homerun. Today I want to share [...]

Hey everybody! I received a reader’s email last week asking about engagement guestbooks and any other fun idea to offer with engagement photos. Let me just say that I sell a TON of engagement guestbooks!  If you don’t already offer these, I’m sure you will after you read how easy it is to implement this [...]

Our good friends at The Savvy Photographer have an amazing Mother’s Day giveaway going on this Saturday. Be sure to check their blog for more details! A litle inside information for our blog readers: we donated a Metal print, Accordion Mini, Accordion Book, and Custom Image box! Some great prizes, and you could take one [...]

Hey everybody! Following up my last post about how to prepare images for some metal-fabulousness, I wanted to post a little tutorial on how we add a texture to an image quickly and easily. There are definitely “better” ways to do it, but to us this is the simplest and gets us our desired effect. [...]

Hey everybody, I think I’ll take a reader question today. From Eric, a North Carolina photographer: “I own a photography studio in NC, I have only been doing it for a couple of years now. I admire your work and found you guys through MPIX Pro, I also use   them for my prints. On [...]

Hey everybody! With the release of the first version of iPad, it really got my wheels turning about how I could use this in my photography business – mostly because I want to buy one and be able to write it off.  Ha ha! For the sake of this post, we’re not debating on whether [...]

Our newest ad duo, Bobbi + Mike, posted this AWESOME blog post about being featured in a MpixPro ad. We loved it so much we’re re-posting it here! Wanna buy five copies for my mother!… you know, like the Dr. Hook song? Now… we certainly weren’t on any cover of the Rolling Stone… but… the [...]

We are so proud to present our speakers from WPPI 2010. Each photographer did a GREAT job and we are psyched to be partners with each of them. Thanks again, guys and gals

Hey everybody! I know you’re not surprised that it’s a week later that I get around to WPPI wrap-up. I mean, that trip was INTENSE! It definitely took a little recovery time. Now that the we’re settled back home, I have my wits about me and can finally form rational thoughts about the week. Hanging [...]