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Delivering a shoot (end to end)

This is the whole delivery workflow start to finish, tying together the individual guides. Each step links to a deeper page if you want the details.

If you’re brand new, the quick version is in Getting started — this page is the complete picture.

The flow at a glance

  1. Create a shoot and pick how the customer gets the photos.
  2. Upload your images.
  3. They’re watermarked automatically (unless the shoot is prepaid).
  4. Decide what’s for sale — packages, or individual per-photo pricing.
  5. Invite your customer.
  6. They preview, buy, and download — and you get paid directly.

1. Create a shoot

A shoot is one batch of images for a customer or session. Go to Shoots → New shoot, give it a name, and set how the customer gets the photos with the Pre-paid / Contract (no watermark) checkbox:

  • Unchecked — watermarked (default): the customer previews protected images and unlocks the originals after paying. This is the normal “sell the photos” path.
  • Checked — prepaid: watermarking is skipped and the customer gets the full-resolution files directly. Use this when they’ve already paid you.

Full details: Customer access tiers.

2. Upload your images

From the shoot, upload your photos (and videos, on plans that include them). You can keep adding to a shoot over time.

iPhone HEIC/HEIF photos are automatically converted to JPEG during upload — on every shoot, watermarked or prepaid — so your customers always receive files that open everywhere.

3. Watermarking happens automatically

For a watermarked shoot, every image is processed with the watermark you’ve configured for your workspace — large uploads take a few minutes before previews are ready. You set your watermark once (text or logo, sized and positioned how you like); it applies to every watermarked shoot.

Set it up in Watermarking. (Prepaid shoots skip this step entirely.)

4. Decide what’s for sale

For a watermarked shoot, pick one of two ways to sell (it’s per shoot):

  • Packages (default) — offer a set for one price (for example, “10 edited images” or a print-and-files bundle). Attach a package to the shoot and it shows up as a buying option in the gallery. See Packages.
  • Individual photo pricing — check Individual photo pricing (à la carte) on the shoot, then set a price on each photo in the photos manager. Customers buy exactly the photos they want and pay the total. Turning this on hides packages for the shoot, and a photo with no price isn’t for sale.

The two are either/or within a shoot. Want to sell the same images both ways — a package deal for one client, per-photo pricing for another? Create a second shoot with the same photos, price it the other way, and invite the other customer. Details in Customer access tiers.

5. Invite your customer

From the shoot, add the customer’s email and send the invite. They get a link to their gallery — private to them, separate from any public portfolio. They don’t install anything; everything works in a mobile browser.

Want a public, no-login showcase instead of a private invite? That’s a public gallery — great for portfolios and social links.

6. They preview, buy & download

In their gallery the customer can:

  • Browse watermarked previews,
  • Select images or a package,
  • Pay — the payment goes directly to your own Stripe or Square account, with no cut taken by Skyforge, and
  • Download the full-resolution originals as soon as the payment clears.

Set up the account that collects those payments in Payment setup. On iPhone and iPad, a bulk “download all” opens the native share sheet — see the iOS tip under Public galleries (it works the same way in a private gallery).

After delivery

  • You get paid into your own payment account — Skyforge is never in the middle of your client revenue.
  • Your Skyforge bill is separate: your subscription plus any storage/egress overage from hosting and downloads. See Pricing & overages.
  • Galleries stay available to customers; how long after cancellation is covered in the Account & billing FAQ.

What’s next