Galleries & proofingLive Event Gallery Upload to Photohawk, Straight From Your Camera
A live event gallery means guests can find their photos while the event is still on — and Photohawk is built for that. CloudTether tethers your Canon, Nikon, Sony or Fujifilm to your phone over USB or Wi-Fi and uploads every JPEG into the Photohawk gallery and collection you choose, seconds after you take it. Photohawk then lets people find their own photos with face recognition, or by bib number at a race.
- Into a Photohawk gallery and collection
- Ready for face and bib-number search
- Several photographers, one gallery
- Uploads over mobile data — no venue Wi-Fi
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How it works: connect, choose, shoot
Your phone sits between the camera and Photohawk: it pulls each photo off the camera, uploads it once, and CloudTether delivers it to Photohawk — plus any other destinations on the shoot.
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Connect your camera to your phone
Open CloudTether and tap “Connect a camera”. Plug in a USB-C cable (on Sony set the USB mode to PC Remote, on Fujifilm to USB tether), or tap “Wi-Fi” for guided wireless set-up — Canon uses the camera's “Remote control (EOS Utility)” function. The camera stays connected while you shoot for Photohawk.
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Sign in to Photohawk and choose the gallery
In the Deliver tab, add Photohawk and sign in with your Photohawk email and password. Then choose the workspace, the gallery and the collection inside it that this shoot should fill — for example the “Finish line” collection of a race gallery.
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Shoot — the gallery fills as you go
Take a test shot and check it's in the collection. Then just shoot: each photo comes off the camera at full resolution, uploads once from your phone and appears in the Photohawk gallery seconds later, ready for guests to search.
Screenshots of every step are in the quick start guide. New to tethering? Start with camera tethering software or camera to cloud.
What lands where in Photohawk
| Where photos land | The Photohawk collection you picked, inside the gallery and workspace you chose. |
|---|---|
| How guests find them | In Photohawk — by face recognition, or bib number at races — with whatever access and sales options the gallery has. |
| File types | JPEG (and other image formats your camera makes). RAW files and video clips are skipped for Photohawk. |
| Size | Full size by default, or smaller JPEG copies set in the shoot's Delivery resolution. |
| Which shots | Every shot, or only the ones you rate on the camera (Canon and Nikon). |
| Several photographers | Each photographer's phone runs its own shoot pointed at the same gallery and collection. |
What Photohawk is
Photohawk is CloudTether's sister product: event photo galleries where each guest finds their own pictures. Instead of scrolling through thousands of frames from a marathon, a conference or a festival, people search with a selfie, or with their bib number at a race. CloudTether is the tether that fills the gallery from the camera; Photohawk is where the photos are found.
Because the two were built together, the connection is direct. You sign in with your Photohawk account once and pick the gallery and collection from lists — there's nothing to export, re-upload or sync at the end of the day.
JPEGs to the gallery, RAW to your archive
Photohawk receives image files guests can view: JPEG, plus other image formats your camera may write. RAW files and video clips are skipped for Photohawk and show as “Skipped” in the shoot. Shoot RAW+JPEG, and turn on “JPEG only — leave RAW files on the camera” in the shoot's settings when you want the fastest live gallery over mobile data.
If you want the RAW files backed up during the event too, add Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or an SFTP server to the same shoot. Your phone uploads each frame once and CloudTether delivers the JPEG to Photohawk and every file to your storage.
Set-ups for big events
Live galleries work best when the gallery gets your picks rather than every burst. On Canon and Nikon, “Only shots I rate in camera” sends only the frames you star on the camera. A Web-size (2048 px) Delivery resolution keeps uploads small and the gallery quick to load on guests' phones.
At a race or a large conference, put each photographer on their own phone and point every shoot at the same gallery, with a collection per location — start, course, finish, or main stage and breakouts. One phone can tether up to three cameras at once, and we've run a Sony and a Canon together on one phone.
Who sends photos to Photohawk as they shoot
Runners and riders find their photos by bib number or a selfie before they've left the finish area.
Attendees find themselves on stage or in the crowd, and the comms team gets the same photos.
Parents find their child without paging through every team.
A live gallery guests can search on the night.
Good to know
- • Pick the workspace, gallery and collection in CloudTether; set up the gallery itself (access, branding, any sales) in Photohawk.
- • JPEGs only: RAW and video are skipped for Photohawk — use a storage destination in the same shoot for those.
- • Photohawk sign-in uses your Photohawk email and password; if the session expires, the destination asks you to sign in again and waiting shots then deliver.
- • No signal? Shots wait on the phone and fill the gallery when you're back online.
- • Rated send is Canon and Nikon only; over Sony and Fujifilm every shot is sent.
Send photos to Photohawk from your camera
Set-up for your brand, including the camera setting that matters (PC Remote on Sony, USB tether on Fujifilm, EOS Utility mode for Canon Wi-Fi):
See all supported cameras, or tether from your iPhone, Android phone or wirelessly.
Photohawk upload FAQ
How do I upload photos to a live event gallery as I shoot?
Tether your camera to your phone with CloudTether and point the shoot at a gallery — for searchable event galleries, a Photohawk gallery and collection. Each JPEG is uploaded seconds after you take it, so the gallery fills during the event.
What is Photohawk?
Photohawk is CloudTether's sister product: event photo galleries where guests find their own photos with face recognition, or by bib number at races. CloudTether fills a Photohawk gallery live from your camera.
How do guests find their photos?
In Photohawk, by searching with a selfie (face recognition) or, at races, by bib number — so nobody has to scroll through the whole event.
Does CloudTether send RAW files to Photohawk?
No. Photohawk gets JPEGs; RAW files and video clips are skipped. Add Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or an SFTP server to the same shoot if you want the RAW files off-site too.
Can several photographers fill one Photohawk gallery?
Yes. Each photographer runs CloudTether on their own phone and points their shoot at the same gallery — with a collection per location if you like.
Can I send only my best shots to the gallery?
On Canon and Nikon, yes: turn on “Only shots I rate in camera” and only frames you rate on the camera are sent. Over Sony and Fujifilm tethering every shot is sent.
Do I need Wi-Fi at the event?
No. The phone uploads over mobile data and the camera connects by cable or its own Wi-Fi. Shots wait on the phone if the signal drops and send themselves when it returns.
Start sending to Photohawk today
Install CloudTether, connect your camera and Photohawk, and take a test shot. One plan with everything included, starting with a 7-day free trial.