Getting started with Shotfolio

Shotfolio is a toolkit for student, emerging, and independent photographers. It hosts your client photo galleries, takes session bookings, and collects client intake questionnaires — all from one dashboard, with no company account or contract required.

This guide is the fast path from sign-up to a gallery your clients can actually open.

What you get

• Client galleries — upload edited photos and share them as a single link or QR code.
• Guest face search — guests take a selfie and instantly see just their photos, with no app and no login.
• Bookings — a page where clients pick a session type and time.
• Questionnaires — intake forms so you have what you need before the shoot.

Sign in

Shotfolio uses your existing Google or Microsoft account — there's no separate password to create. Head to the sign-in page, choose your provider, and you'll land on your dashboard.

Your first three steps

1. Upload a gallery. Drag your edited photos into a new collection. Previews and social crops generate automatically. See Upload your first gallery.
2. Share it. Every gallery has a short link and a QR code. Print it, project it, or text it to the group. See Share a gallery with a QR code or link.
3. Let guests find themselves. Turn on face search so each guest sees only their own photos. See Let guests find their photos with a selfie.

New to all of this? You don't have to set everything up at once. Start with one gallery, share it, and add bookings or questionnaires later when you need them.

Need a hand?

If something isn't working the way you expect, browse the rest of the Help Center or reach out — we answer within 24 hours.