Send Photos to your Clients Like a Pro: Make a Professional Impression with Ease — The Beginner Photography Podcast (2024)

FAQs

How do professional photographers send photos to clients? ›

How do professional photographers deliver photos to their clients? Professional photographers have a variety of platforms at their disposal for delivering photos to clients, especially for events like weddings. Popular services include Pixieset, Pass, Shootproof, Smugmug, and others.

File Sharing Service. Using a file-sharing service is a straightforward way to give your clients access to your gallery of photos. File-sharing services let you create a link you send to your clients that will get them to their photos even if they are not the most technologically sophisticated.

1. Flickr. Flickr is one of the top photo-sharing and storage platforms that has been a long-time favorite of professional and novice photographers. The site offers a wide selection of editing tools as well as massive storage capabilities.

Rates Based on Experience

Beginners: Amateur photographers typically offer their services for between $25-$75 per hour. That's for taking photos that appear on blogs, small websites, or in local advertisem*nts.

#1 Have a strong brand and put yourself out there

And potential clients SHOULD be judging you off the quality of your work. However, if you're not consistently booking clients I strongly encourage you to look at your own personal brand and how you're putting yourself out there.

You'll need to choose a method that supports RAW images to do this. Since these files tend to be big (10–50 MB) email is probably out. Luckily, some client gallery tools (like Picflow) support RAW uploads, and platforms like Dropbox and Google Drive make sending files of any size easy.

Should I watermark my clients photos? ›

Most photos are owned by the person who took the shot. However, without a watermark, it can be harder to identify the owner. A watermark can put anyone interested in using the image in your direction if it contains your name or your brand.

Photographers and their joint author(s) are usually the copyright owner of the photograph. But the work-made-for-hire doctrine outlines certain circ*mstances where the author and copyright owner of the photograph is an employer or third party.

Capture in RAW Format

You'll need to choose a method that supports RAW images to do this. Since these files tend to be big (10–50 MB) email is probably out. Luckily, some client gallery tools (like Picflow) support RAW uploads, and platforms like Dropbox and Google Drive make sending files of any size easy.

What is the best way to sell photographs? The best way to sell photographs online is by selling them as stock images for sale on third-party websites like iStockPhoto, Dreamstime, Shutterstock, or 123RF. Selling your photos through stock sites is quick, easy, and affordable.

Dropbox is a well-known and simple cloud storage solution for photographers. Dropbox might not be the most elegant solution to store photos because it stores in folders instead of gallery sharing features, but it's easy to use and affordable.