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Andrew Funderburg, Inspire Interviews: Episode 17 & 18

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Fundy Software LogoIn 2008, Andrew Funderburg founded Fundy Software in Beaverton, Oregon. The company was quickly recognized for its many innovations like Album Builder, Image Brander + Blog Collage, Album Proofer and Image Finder. This year, the company will be launching Fundy Direct, making it possible for photographers to send all their album designs directly to any of album manufacturing companies that are integrated with the system.

Fundy Software will be at Inspire Photo Retreats starting on February 9, running through the 11th. I had the pleasure of speaking with Fundy and then the company's Marketing Assistant, Kate Kauffman who will be present at the conference in Portland, Maine. Give both conversations a listen and come up and say hello to Kate when you see her at Inspire!

Inspire Photo Retreats - February 9-11, 2015, Portland, Maine

Fundy tells us why he has decided to support intimate photography conferences like Inspire Photo Retreats:

Learn more about Fundy Direct by listening to my conversation with Kate Kauffman, below:

Inspire Photo Retreats - February 9-11, 2015, Portland, Maine

Are you coming to Inspire? If so, say so … below!

Fundy Software: Fundy Direct

What’s Fundy Designer & What’s New With Album Builder V.6

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If you have been at it as a wedding photographer, you've at one point or another wanted to create a wedding album for your clients. The process can be tedious, long and overly stressful.

Andrew Funderburg, or at least his company, Fundy Software, is a household name now. I interviewed “Fundy” several years back when I was attending the Mystic Seminars. His programs evolve … constantly. His applications Fundy Album Builder and Fundy Album Proofer are, by a very wide margin, the industry leaders in their respective niches.

I heard from Fundy that he was working on something revolutionary. In most other cases if someone came up to me and dropped that kind of language, I would be very skeptical. Not in Fundy's case because he has time and time again delivered on that promise and made the lives of thousands of photographers more efficient, and perhaps even more meaningful.

Andrew Funderburg, Fundy Designer & Album Builder, V6

When you have an opportunity to interview the guy who defines and directs how wedding photographers run a major part of their business, you jump at the opportunity to see what he is cooking up next. Fundy and I sat down and chatted and he shared his screen with me, showing me the various features of Fundy Designer & Album Builder version 6.0.

The video is long, but well worth your time, if you are considering either buying or upgrading from your current version of Album Builder. We talk about his beginnings, where his ideas come from, what the new version of the software looks like and what we can expect in the future.

Do note that tomorrow (January 31, 2014) is the last day to upgrade at an insanely low price of $30! It would be absurd if you didn't upgrade.

February 1, early-bird pricing will end. Album Builder v6 will be $329, Upgrades from v5 will be $79, upgrades from v4 will be $179, and upgrades from v3 will be $279.

I believed in Fundy's ideas before he even launched his company and that belief is even stronger after seeing what he is bringing to the table now and what features are planned in the coming months. Frankly, it's time again to be excited about photographing weddings and designing wedding albums with ease, efficiency and elegance.