How to use LensQuay

From an empty studio to a link in your client's inbox.

1. Go to Studio → Galleries and press New gallery. Give it the client's name so you can find it later.
2. Choose your delivery mode. Proofing means the client picks their favourites from watermarked proofs, then you upload the edited finals. Direct means they get everything straight away — use it for a party or an event where there is nothing to choose.
3. Drag your photos in. You can drop a whole folder at once and carry on working while they upload.
4. Set a package if you want one: how many photos are included, and the price per extra. Add an access PIN if you are using a package, and share it with your client.
5. Press Share, then Send to your client by email — or copy the link and send it yourself.

What to do once your client has chosen their favourites.

1. When your client confirms their picks you get an email, and each chosen photo gets a gold ⭐ Client pick frame in the gallery.
2. Edit those photos as you normally would.
3. On each chosen photo press ⬆ Final and upload your edited version. The client downloads this, not the proof.
4. In a proofing gallery your client can only download a photo once its final is uploaded, so nothing half-finished ever reaches them.
5. Made a mistake, or want to gift an extra shot? Use ☆ Add to picks on any photo to include it, or ⭐ Picked to take it back out.
6. When they are all done, press Tell your client they're ready to download.

Fill a quiet week, or launch your Christmas mini-sessions.

1. Your client list builds itself — anyone you send a gallery, contract or invoice to is saved under Studio → Clients. You can also import a CSV from your old tool.
2. Go to Studio → Email campaigns and write your subject and message. Add a header image if you want one.
3. Press Send test to my email first and check how it looks in your own inbox.
4. When you are happy, send it. Every email goes out individually with your studio name on it and replies come back to you.
5. Anyone can unsubscribe with one click, and they will never be emailed by you again — that is the law, and it keeps you out of spam folders.

The page you send people instead of a signup link.

1. Go to Studio → Portfolio and upload your best work. Quality beats quantity — twenty strong images beat a hundred average ones.
2. Add a profile photo and a cover, then position them with the crop tool.
3. Fill in your location and postcode. Clients search by distance, so this is what puts you in front of someone nearby.
4. Choose your grid shape: Square for a tidy Instagram look, or Original to keep every photo's real proportions.
5. Your public page is lensquay.com/p/your-handle. That is the link worth sharing — people trust a portfolio far more than they trust a signup link.

Stop going back and forth about dates.

1. Go to Studio → Bookings and turn bookings on.
2. Set the hours you actually work, for each day of the week, and how long a session runs.
3. Your booking page goes live at lensquay.com/book/your-handle, and a Book a session button appears on your public profile.
4. A client picks a slot that suits them and you get an email. Nothing is confirmed until you accept it, so you always have the final say.
5. Put the booking link straight into a campaign when you are promoting mini-sessions.

Connecting your bank so gallery sales reach you.

1. Go to Account → Payments and payouts and connect your bank through Stripe. It takes a few minutes and you will need your bank details and some ID.
2. Once that is done, money from gallery sales goes to your account, not ours. LensQuay takes 0% commission.
3. The client covers the small card fee at checkout, so the price you set is the amount you keep.
4. Studio → Sales shows every order, who bought it and which photos they took.
5. Invoices and contracts live under Studio → Paperwork if you want to bill for the session itself.

The quickest way to be seen on LensQuay.

1. Go to the Feed and press Choose photo in the Share your latest shot box.
2. Add a caption if you want one, then press Share to feed.
3. Your shot appears at the top of the feed with your name and a link to your profile.
4. Changed your mind, or picked the wrong photo? Press Remove underneath your own post and confirm.

Getting found by photographers near you.

1. Upload your photos under Portfolio. A free profile can hold up to 50 and shows your newest 10 publicly.
2. Add your location, the styles you work in, and your experience level. Photographers filter on all three.
3. Keep Available for work switched on when you are taking bookings, and off when you are not.
4. Watch the Casting calls page — photographers post shoots there and you can reply directly.
5. Model Pro (£5/month) shows every photo you have uploaded instead of just your newest ten.