{"id":5575,"date":"2016-09-20T08:48:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apogeephoto.com\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2016-10-15T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T15:01:35","slug":"an-interview-with-martin-the-co-founder-of-evlaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apogeephoto.com\/an-interview-with-martin-the-co-founder-of-evlaa\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interview with Martin, The Co-Founder Of Evlaa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we interview Martin, the co founder of Evlaa. \u00a0We spend\u00a0\u00a0some time discovering just what Evlaa<\/a> is and just who are the innovators behind this new product which aims to help \u00a0photographers become more efficient.<\/p>\n

We are 2 french guys behind Evlaa. Luc and myself (Martin). We met in our engineering school 7 years ago and we share a lot of stuff together from volleyball to skiing and from improv to entrepreneurship. We have built different projects together.<\/p>\n

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Luc in a nutshell : technophile, optimistic and smile.<\/p>\n

Martin in a nutshell : foodie, entrepreneur, positivity.<\/p>\n

In just a sentence or two, can you explain what Evlaa is?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Evlaa<\/a> is a tool for professional photographers which simplifies the workflow of photo selection<\/strong> with a client. It is based on a Lightroom plugin<\/strong>. You can publish a private collection and retrieve the ratings and comments from your clients without leaving Lightroom.<\/p>\n

Evlaa is the simplest tool to speed up the photo selection with your clients.<\/p>\n

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Why did you start Evlaa?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Luc\u2019s sister is a professional photographer in Paris. He spends a lot of time in her studio and has seen the struggle to retrieve the selection with a client.<\/p>\n

His sister had to export her photos, use Wetransfert, Dropbox or whatever to send them to her clients. The clients needed to download the photos, visualize them and then write all the filenames of the ones they\u2019d like to keep. Finally, they send an email with all these filenames and she has to retrieve the photos from her storage to work on.<\/p>\n

This workflow is very time-consuming and error-prone<\/strong>. Luc didn\u2019t believe that it was the easiest and fastest way to work with a client. That\u2019s why he developed a prototype that she used a lot and was very happy to have.<\/p>\n

When we saw that a lot of other photographers had the same struggle and wasted a huge amount of time, we decided to develop Evlaa and to help photographers become more efficient in their post-production workflow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is Evlaa utility for Photographers?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It is not enough to be an excellent photographer to have a successful business; \u00a0you must also manage a whole bunch of other things. Having the right tools and optimizing your workflow is a good way to stack the odds on your side.<\/p>\n

By using Evlaa<\/a>, we want to avoid the struggle to export photos, to follow-up with your clients, to receive an email with dozens of filenames to work on and to avoid a lot of errors. Evlaa will link the selection of your clients automatically to your photos in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

You just need to publish a private collection (with a simple click) and to send the private link to your client. Then when the selection is validated, in one click, you will be able to download the ratings and comments in Lightroom.<\/p>\n

With Evlaa, you will save a huge amount of time to focus on Photography<\/strong> and on the actions where you really have added value.<\/p>\n

Additionally, clients love Evlaa<\/strong> as it is very easy to use for them as well. They don\u2019t need to download any photos, software or whatever. They just need a browser and an internet connection. It\u2019s incredibly fast to do the selection.\u00a0We keep a very simple interface to highlight your photos and help your clients conveniently choose their selection.<\/p>\n

If we had to summarize in one sentence, it would be this: Save time, avoid errors and unnecessary struggle!<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the uniqueness of Evlaa?<\/h3>\n

The most important feature of Evlaa is that it is a very easy to use and efficient Tool<\/strong>, (for both sides : you and your clients). Let\u2019s see it in our 1min demo.<\/p>\n