{"id":121668,"date":"2013-09-16T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=121668"},"modified":"2013-09-16T11:33:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T15:33:29","slug":"graph-paper-press-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/graph-paper-press-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Graph Paper Press Review: Understated Themes for Creative Types"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graph Paper Press sells themes aimed at creative types \u2013 photographers, videographers and artists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Headquarters:<\/strong> New York, United States<\/p>\n

Employees:<\/strong> 8<\/p>\n

Graph Paper Press began as a side-project in 2004 for New York-based\u00a0photographer, designer and developer\u00a0Thad Allender.<\/p>\n

The company focuses on producing niche themes for visual artists, photographers, video and new media producers.<\/p>\n

In a 2011 interview with Mixergy<\/a>, Allender said he started out building sites for friends, colleagues and some organisations and his business grew from there.<\/p>\n

“I got tired of responding to e-mails: how did you build your website? So, I just decided to launch, develop a theme and make it available on my own site,” Allender said.<\/p>\n

After putting out his first theme for free and getting a positive response, he continued full-time work as a photographer while growing his business in his spare time.<\/p>\n

“There was a question that one of my editors at USA Today asked me. It was, ‘Hey, we\u2019ve got this assignment in Iraq. We\u2019re thinking about sending you,’ and that was when I kind of thought, wait a second, I\u2019m married, I have a business on the side that I can up and just focus on 100 per cent right now,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Photographer, designer and developer Thad Allender started Graph Paper Press after building sites for family, friends and organisations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“And that\u2019s when I decided to just walk away from journalism and focus on web development.”<\/p>\n

In 2012, the company partnered with WordPress.com<\/a> to release its first premium theme, Gridspace. Full Frame followed in March this year.<\/p>\n

In June this year, Allender announced Graph Paper Press would give laid off Chicago Sun-Times photographers free forever plans and Sell Media extensions. A former photographer and multimedia producer for USA Today and Lawrence Journal-World, Allender said he wanted to help other photographers land on their feet.<\/p>\n

“Most of the older staffers never thought they\u2019d need their own sites. We\u2019re committed to helping them get rolling,” Allender wrote on the Graph Paper Press Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Graph Paper Press has also partnered with PhotoShelter to allow photographers to combine their WordPress blog with their PhotoShelter website. PhotoShelter allows you to show and sell photography online.<\/p>\n

Cost<\/h2>\n

Graph Paper Press themes are available to buy individually or you can join their theme club.<\/p>\n

When you sign up for the theme club, you can choose:<\/p>\n