A Kickstarter for Photographers to LOVE.

My friend Jon Mathers is a photographer / programmer down in Perth, Australia. He and I were chatting about some new and better tools for photographers using WordPress, and Jon decided to build a small suite of tools that I thought were missing. We started with a mosaic gallery, and a horizontal scrolling gallery that are quite hard to find in a lot of themes.

(Demo Site) – and as one of the beta testers, I can say there is a LOT more coming than is visible here. This Plugin is amazing and filled with little gems that will be exciting for commercial AND consumer shooters.

We then thought it would be cool to add a document area for keeping track of items we may want to keep together for projects.

BAM… he was off to the races and this plugin has been growing and growing and will be an amazing tool for photographers. The Project 52 members are beta testing it and so far loving it. There are few – if any – similar plugins out there.

Here is what it has in the suite as of this morning. I am running it and will attest that it all runs great.

Masonry (mosaic) gallery.
Horizontal scrolling gallery. (Editorial shooters love them)
Before / After tool for showing images comparison (one over the top with a reveal slider)
Panoramic Viewer for ultrawide photographs
Print Gallery: Create a selection of images that can all be printed on one sheet for a client. Also allows the client to take out images they don’t want. Great for proofing or providing a prospective client with a take-away.
Projects: Gather notes, documents, images and links for all sorts of assignments and personal projects.
Contacts: Create contacts and label them for jobs/leads/prospects as well as what kind of contact they are (Art Director, Designer, Editor etc…)
Products: These can be hard products (prints, framing) or virtual fees (day rate, per shot rates) that are created and maintained by you. Perfect for creating quick quotes when you need something fast.
Quotes (Bids): Import the contacts, attach the products, add as many vendors/suppliers/rentals as needed and out comes a quote ready to print.

With this arsenal of tools, a photographer can become real serious about their business and work my suggested “Three Contacts Per Day” method easily and effectively.

Jon is working quite hard on this Plugin to get it ready for full implementation. I know he has spent some out of pocket and will incur some additional costs when he brings in some PHP pros to make sure the whole thing works perfectly and meshes together well. (It does now, bu he wants to make sure his code is up to snuff… he is a perfectionist in this stuff.)

I know you will love this WordPress Plugin, and his Kickstarter is quite modest in what he is seeking (enough to pay the PHP crew).

PLEASE take a look and help him – and yourself – with this great plugin.

WORDPRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS BUNDLE (KICKSTARTER)