Meet Robin Thompson, IT expert

Robin Thompson calls himself an “IT stress reliever” — he and his wife Helen run an IT support business for small and medium companies, built after they both took voluntary redundancy at the same time.Sam and Robin dig into the IT basics photographers tend to overlook: professional email, backups that cover more than just your photos, and why a Mac doesn’t make you immune to viruses.Why a Gmail or Hotmail address quietly undermines how professional your business looksWhat email spoofing is, and how proper email scanning stops itWhy Macs still need third-party antivirus softwareWhat actually needs backing up beyond your photos — emails, invoices, contactsHow Robin and Helen went from redundancy to running their own IT business togetherIf your business IT is a source of stress rather than something you never think about, this is the fix.IT and tools go together — Which Business Apps will help your business? widens that out to the specific apps that actually help run a photography business.