Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom are essential photography editing software in the de Lotz studio. The Creative Cloud plan allows you to always have the latest version.
Businesses we recommend working with, equipment and software we use in the studio and shops we love to buy from.
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Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom are essential photography editing software in the de Lotz studio. The Creative Cloud plan allows you to always have the latest version.
Alex is the wonderful graphic designer who created the logo and icons you see across the de Lotz website. Our favourite icon is Spoke (the dog!), try to find it.
B&Q is our go-to for DIY photography backdrops/props and paint. Utilise their free in-house MDF cutting service to get your wood cut to the perfect size.
Canva is an online graphic design and photo/video editing software. It is the only software we use to create custom social media graphics for ourselves and our clients.
CapCut is a video editing software used by the de Lotz team to create, edit and add text to Instagram Reels and TikToks.
Club Backdrops are out go-to for flexible vinyl photography backdrops. You might recognise a few of the designs from the backgrounds in our photo shoots.
Colin & Peg is a bespoke furniture maker specialising in high-quality, freestanding solid wood furniture. You will often see Colin & Peg furniture used as props in the studio.
Dubsado is a customer management system which allows us to create automated workflows. We find it streamlines our processes allowing us to spend more time on content creation.
Our go-to social media scheduler. We use Later to create content for ourselves and all of our social media clients too. It’s more in-depth than some schedulers but still aesthetically pleasing.
AKA Mr de Lotz (although he stole Georgia’s surname!). Mountain bike coach, strength and condition coach and sports massage therapist. Ash keeps Georgia strong enough to carry heavy photography equipment all day!
PolicyBee is an insurance broker that priorities cover for small businesses. They work with freelancers, sole traders and limited companies.
The King’s Trust Enterprise Program is for 18- to 30-year-olds with a business idea. Back in 2017, Georgia did the program to work on ideas and write a business plan for the business you know today!
QuickBooks is an online accounting software that we use for de Lotz. We love it because we can connect it with our client management system Dubsado.
You might recognise Sophie as our Social Media Manager but separately she offers Virtual Assistance to creative businesses.
Studio Cotton is a website design studio for the loveliest small businesses – and they built this banging website. Georgia’s worked with Aime and the team since 2017.
Vinted is an online marketplace for buying secondhand. We use it regularly to sell pre-loved photography props and to purchase secondhand props/clothing to feature in shoots.
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