Preferred Vendors & Resources

Preferred Vendors & Resources

 

equipment

  • B&H Photo Video EDU Advantage

    • Discounts for Students & Educators. Free exclusive membership for students and educators in the imaging and audio fields of study offers discounted prices on thousands of products.

computers

Software

  • Adobe Creative Cloud for Students

    • Creative Cloud Student and Teacher Edition (One Year Subscription - $19.99 Monthly Price)

  • Capture One Pro

    • Save on Capture One as a student with a 65% discount. Get ahead of the game by using the best photo tools from the start.

Website Templates, Domains

  • Squarespace

    • Get 50% off your first full year of Squarespace by signing up with your academic email address.

  • PhotoShelter

    • Students: 80% off your first year of PhotoShelter. Choose any template you like and build a beautiful portfolio site. Plus, gain access to the 100+ great tools PhotoShelter has to offer. Click "Sign Up Now” to sign up with your .edu email address, or enter the promo code STUDENT80 to get in on the action!

  • Format

    • Choose your theme, add your work, and customize it to make it your own fully. Link Your Social Profiles. Unlimited Bandwidth. Free 14 day trial. Mobile & tablet ready. No Credit Card Required.

      • Workflow

        • Run your photography business like a pro. Elevate your client experience with free, easy-to-use tools to grow your business.

  • PhotoFolio

    • PhotoFolio was founded in 2008 by Rob Haggart, who had spent the previous 8 years as the Director of Photography for Men's Journal and Outside Magazine. When hiring photographers to shoot for those magazines, he looked at thousands of websites and over the years developed a list of user-friendly features that would become the foundation of PhotoFolio.

  • Pixieset

    • The Pixieset Free account gives you access to most of the features of all our apps: Client Gallery, Website, Store, and Mobile Gallery App. There are no setup fees, no credit card required. Only upgrade when you need to.

  • Wix

    • Easily create a website, blog, or online store. Start your free trial today! No Plugins Necessary. Modern Templates. 24/7 Customer Support. Free 14-day Trial. Custom Domains.

  • Adobe MyPortfolio

    • Beautifully simple artist portfolio websites included w/ Adobe Creative Cloud. Typekit Library of Fonts. Switch Layouts Anytime. Use Your Own Domain Name. Professional Layouts.

  • Smugmug

    • Whether you want a photo website that sells prints, secure client galleries, or need unlimited storage, let us be your all-in-one solution.

  • Portfoliobox

    • Portfoliobox lets you build your own online portfolio. You can manage galleries, e-commerce, blogs, and much more—a free PRO site for CBU Photography.

  • GoDaddy $2.99 Domain

    • GoDaddy powers the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures. With 18M customers worldwide and 77M domain names under management, GoDaddy is where people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, and manage their work.

EMAIL

  • Google Workspace

    • You'll have access to business email, video conferences, online storage, and other business tools—$ 6 per month.

  • ImprovMX

    • Create free email aliases for your domain name. Set up email forwarding in seconds and start receiving and sending emails with your domain name. Absolutely free. No registration. 24/7 Support.

printers - BUsiness cards & Promos

  • CBU Print & Copy Center

  • 4by6.com

    • Since 2000, San Francisco Bay Area-based 4by6.com has specialized in printing high-quality Satin postcards and business cards. Our core customer has always been the creative community, from independent artists to full-service creative agencies. We are always considering new ways to help our customers get what they need in the easiest way possible. Our ordering process is simple and quick. Whether it’s for you or your client, 4by6.com is dedicated to helping you get the best quality printing.

  • Moo for Students

    • At MOO, they offer premium Business Cards, Postcards, and more. It’s everything you need to sell yourself.

  • Clubcard Printing

    • Clubcard Printing, located in Vancouver and San Francisco, offers premium business cards, postcards, stickers, booklets, banners, posters, letterpress, and graphic design services.

  • Majestic Printing Systems - Riverside, California

    • As your local quick printer, you’ll find working with them is a breeze. Their state-of-the-art digital HP Indigo Press produces high-quality products such as business cards, brochures, catalogs, flyers, and more at a fraction of the time of traditional printing.

printers - magazines, books, & Promos

  • Magcloud

    • MagCloud prints your content on demand whenever you or one of your customers orders a copy. All publications are printed in full color with a full bleed on HP Indigo digital presses. These commercial presses have been calibrated to provide a high-quality output of all your content, from crisp text to brilliant graphics. All publications are printed on paper that is FSC-certified and acid-free, and the weight of the paper is dependent on the length of your publication and the binding type you select.

  • Blurb

    • Blurb is a self-publishing and marketing platform that unleashes the creative genius inside everyone. Blurb’s platform makes it easy to design, publish, promote, and sell professional-quality printed books and ebooks.

  • Paper Chase Press - Los Angeles, California

    • Paper Chase Press is a second-generation, family-run press and bindery providing clients bespoke, cutting-edge printed media since 1976. The firm is owned and operated by a group of skilled artisans, each providing expertise from several sides of the industry, allowing us to work directly with our customers as a printer and design partner. Our in-house production allows us to focus on quality craftsmanship as we build an environmentally conscious, community-focused business.

bookbinders & Custom Portfolios

  • Kristin Dunn - Long Beach, California

    • Kristin Dunn bookbinding & design specializes in designing and building custom portfolios, specialty boxes, invitation panels, and presentation folders. By combining innovative design with detailed craftsmanship, they create unique portfolios and presentation structures for discerning photographers, fine artists, architects, and designers across the country and abroad. Students receive a 10% discount on services.

  • Mullenberg Designs - Biddeford, Maine

    • Mullenberg Design is a hand bookbindery owned and operated by Scott Mullenberg. Scott has been collaborating one-on-one with creatives for over two decades to create custom portfolios and presentation structures that stand apart from the rest.

  • Pina Zangaro - San Francisco, California

    • Using extraordinary design, the best materials available, and state-of-the-art manufacturing, they're redefining the way printed artwork and documents are presented. They’ve created a system of books, boxes, cases, and related accessories that will guarantee that your work is not just noticed but loved. It would help if you had a presentation solution to make your work stand out from the crowd. That’s what they do.

  • Case Envy - Seattle, Washington

    • Original design, exceptional quality. They take this stuff seriously. You could say it’s the words they live by, and you’d be right. When their founder, Jason Brown, started in 1993, he created handmade presentation pieces one by one in his Seattle studio. Guess what — they still have a Seattle studio where Jason designs each product and supervises the transformation from raw materials to expertly crafted objects of desire.