Frame by Frame photographers
Last year Teresa Appleton set up a photography business called Frame by Frame in Looe with her partner Michael Welsford. She runs it at the same time as studying for a degree in photography and electronic imaging.
Teresa is the first to admit that when she started Frame by Frame she was terrified of computers and really didn’t know how they could be used to help further develop her business.
One of her wedding clients, a local businessman, recommended actnow so she called the actnow office and a Broadband Advisor came to visit her.
“The service actnow offered was far more than I anticipated. I felt that the Broadband Advisor had a real feel for the business we were in and what we were about. We were given a good insight into what was possible and what we would need to get Frame by Frame off the ground. We found the advice was invaluable, acted upon the recommendations and now have a system with which we are very pleased. We would not be able to operate without broadband or our new computer system.”
Teresa now believes that her business would not have progressed in the same way without the investment she made in digital technology. This has been helped by funding from the actnow accelerator service for her first PC.
“Frame by Frame is now predominately digitally based, using professional digital cameras for the majority of the business, including wedding, portraiture, maritime and corporate work. I have one important client that will only work with digital photographers because they require immediate responses. I can go to a corporate event in the morning and make sure the papers receive the work by the afternoon - our new computer and broadband has enabled us to do things so quickly.”
The actnow advisor continues to offer Teresa assistance by phone and has recently advised on choosing a laptop for the business. Teresa is studying website design next year and hopes that in future actnow will advise her on how to go about developing a Frame by Frame website.
