28/06/2021

We’re really excited to announce that we’ve given all of our beta testers access to a major update that brings some big improvements to Light Blue’s Home screen. Light Blue’s new Home screen lets you see your business in a completely new way. You can now customise the Home screen by choosing a selection of […]

23/03/2021

Today marks the first anniversary of the UK entering lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so we wanted to mark the occasion by reiterating the support that we’ve been offering our customers. Although the situation is starting to improve in the UK now and many of our subscribers are going to be getting back to […]

23/03/2021

We’re going to be carrying out some scheduled maintenance on our website servers this weekend, which is going to lead to some unavoidable downtime for our account management pages and support resources such as our knowledgebase. However, Light Blue’s online services will be unaffected and you will be able to carry on using all of […]

01/03/2021

We’re excited to announce the immediate available of Light Blue 2021.1. This is a major update to our desktop app that improves lots of the features that you use every day. Entering shoot details is faster Adding a new shoot has been streamlined, with the “New Shoot” window efficiently guiding you through the process. Light […]

01/03/2021

Light Blue 2021.1 is a major update that improves lots of the features that you use every day, including: Adding a new shoot has been streamlined, with the “New Shoot” window efficiently guiding you through the process. Dealing with contact form and API submissions has been made simpler, and it’s also much easier to use […]

05/01/2021

Since March 2020, we’ve been offering to reduce the cost of Light Blue subscriptions by 50% for six months for any of our customers who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown. That help is still open to anyone who needs it: if you need assistance but haven’t applied for our offer yet, […]

16/12/2020

Although we’re still hard at work here in the Light Blue bunker, we thought we should take some time out to let you know when we’ll be available to help anyone who’s going to be busy over the Christmas and New Year period. We’re here to help over the festive season, but we’re going to […]

25/11/2020

We’ve just released Light Blue 2020.1.4, which adds more new features and some bug fixes. You can update to Light Blue 2020.1.4 by using the “Check For Updates” command from within Light Blue. You’ll find that in the Light Blue menu if you’re on a Mac, or in the Help menu if you’re using Windows. […]

06/11/2020

Apple is currently beta testing their next big macOS update, macOS Big Sur, and is likely to release it in the next few weeks. Big Sur is one of the biggest updates to macOS in recent years and includes lots of user interface changes as well as big changes to some of the key technologies […]

29/10/2020

We’ve just released Light Blue 2020.1.3, which adds more new features and some bug fixes. You can update to Light Blue 2020.1.3 by using the “Check For Updates” command from within Light Blue. You’ll find that in the Light Blue menu if you’re on a Mac, or in the Help menu if you’re using Windows. […]

12/10/2020

We’ve just released Light Blue 2020.1.2, which adds more new features and some bug fixes. You can update to Light Blue 2020.1.2 by using the “Check For Updates” command from within Light Blue. You’ll find that in the Light Blue menu if you’re on a Mac, or in the Help menu if you’re using Windows. […]

29/09/2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns are continuing to affect professional photographers in many countries. We’re a small company and the whole Light Blue team is either currently or previously a professional photographer, so we understand the difficulties that you are going through at the moment. Since March 2020, we’ve been offering to reduce the cost […]

22/09/2020

Light Blue 2020.1 is a major update that includes big new automation features and a whole load of other improvements. Payment schedules Payment schedules allow you to easily break an invoice down into several smaller payments. That means that you can offer a payment plan to your clients and make it easier for them to […]

22/09/2020

Light Blue 2020.1 is a major update that includes big new features and a whole host of other improvements, including: Payment schedules that allow you to easily break an invoice down into several smaller payments, helping you to make larger sales and get bookings more easily. Automated payment reminders help you to get paid on […]

07/09/2020

This year’s Photography Show has gone virtual, and we’re going to be there on 20 & 21 September for The Photography Show & The Video Show’ Virtual Festival. If you’d like to find out more about how Light Blue can help you to run a successful photography business, come and see us at the show! […]

21/08/2020

We’re really excited to announce that we’re launching a public beta of Light Blue’s latest features. Light Blue 2020.1 is a major update that includes big new features and a whole host of other improvements: Payment schedules allow you to easily break an invoice down into several smaller payments, helping you to make larger sales […]

10/06/2020

We’ve made some small changes to the way that Light Blue’s online invoices and emails work. We’ll be announcing some big new features in the coming weeks but these changes have been made now so that we can start beta testing those other new features. Online invoices Our online invoice receipt emails now include a […]

18/05/2020

We make tools to help photographers to manage & run successful businesses. As a small, independent business ourselves we recognise the challenges that our customers face and we’re keen to help. In March, we offered to reduce the cost of Light Blue subscriptions by 50% for any of our customers who have been affected by […]

21/04/2020

We’re constantly improving Light Blue’s features, even when we’re very busy helping our customers to deal with the effects of the pandemic and lockdown. We’re working on some big new features that we’ll be announcing soon, but we’ve added some new features to Light Blue’s contact forms that have gone live today. The most obvious […]

18/03/2020

Updated 18 May 2020: we’ve extended our pandemic assistance discount from three months to six. Please read this update to find out more about how we’re helping photographers through the pandemic and lockdown. The coronavirus pandemic is affecting all of us in a variety of ways. We’re a small company and the whole Light Blue […]

10/03/2020

The Photography Show 2020 has been postponed until September due to the coronavirus outbreak. We always enjoy meeting and chatting with photographers who are interested in using Light Blue to save time and grow their businesses so it’s a shame that we won’t be able to do that in person next week, but we completely […]

02/03/2020

The Photography Show at the Birmingham NEC is the UK’s biggest photography trade show, and we’ll be there on stand A68 from Saturday 14 March through to Tuesday 17 March. If you’d like to find out more about how Light Blue can help you to run a successful photography or video business, we’d be delighted to see you there. We’ll […]

26/02/2020

We’ve just released Light Blue 8.2.7, which adds more new features and some bug fixes. You can update to Light Blue 8.2.7 by using the “Check For Updates” command from within Light Blue. You’ll find that in the Light Blue menu if you’re on a Mac, or in the Help menu if you’re using Windows. […]

24/02/2020

Ian is going to be on the road with The Societies of Photographers, attending their roadshows in Stirlingshire, Tyne & Wear, and North Yorkshire on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th of March. There’s a free trade show from 09:30, which is a great opportunity to meet a wide range of trade suppliers, including us! If […]