Galleries & proofingUpload to ShootProof From Your Camera — Live, as You Shoot
To upload to ShootProof from your camera while you shoot, put your phone in the middle. CloudTether tethers a Canon, Nikon, Sony or Fujifilm to your iPhone or Android phone over USB or Wi-Fi, and you pick a ShootProof event — or an album inside it — for the shoot. Every JPEG you take is uploaded into it within seconds, so the client's gallery fills while you work.
- Straight into a ShootProof event or album
- Sign in with ShootProof — no API keys
- JPEGs at full size or smaller copies
- Keep RAW on the card or in Dropbox
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How it works: connect, choose, shoot
Your phone sits between the camera and ShootProof: it pulls each photo off the camera, uploads it once, and CloudTether delivers it to ShootProof — 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 ShootProof.
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Connect ShootProof and pick the event
In the Deliver tab, add ShootProof and sign in to your studio on ShootProof's own page. Then choose the event — your events are listed newest first — and either one of its albums or the event itself. Create the event in ShootProof first so it's ready to share.
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Shoot — every frame goes to ShootProof
Take a test shot and check it appears in the event. After that, each photo comes off the camera at full resolution, uploads once from your phone and is added to the ShootProof event or album seconds later. The shoot screen shows what's been delivered.
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 ShootProof
| Where photos land | The ShootProof event you picked — inside the album you chose, or in the event itself if you didn't pick one. |
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| Gallery settings | Unchanged — the event's own ShootProof settings (access, favourites, price sheet) apply to the new photos. |
| File types | JPEG. RAW files and video clips are skipped for ShootProof — shoot RAW+JPEG. |
| Size | Full size by default, or smaller JPEG copies — 4096, 2048 or 1024 px, or a custom size — set in the shoot's Delivery resolution. ShootProof's own per-file size limit applies. |
| Which shots | Every shot, or only the ones you rate on the camera (Canon and Nikon). |
| Account | Your ShootProof studio, connected with ShootProof's sign-in. Several events can be set up as separate destinations. |
What ShootProof receives
ShootProof galleries show and sell JPEGs, so that's what CloudTether sends. RAW files aren't delivered to ShootProof — they're marked “Skipped” in the shoot, not failed — and neither are video clips. If you shoot RAW only, nothing reaches the gallery, so switch the camera to RAW+JPEG.
For speed, turn on “JPEG only — leave RAW files on the camera” in the shoot's settings: only the JPEGs leave the camera and your phone uploads a fraction of the data. If you want the RAW files off-site too, add Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or an SFTP server to the same shoot. Each shot uploads from the phone once; CloudTether sends the JPEG to ShootProof and every file to your backup.
Events, albums and multiple jobs
ShootProof organises a client's photos into an event, with optional albums inside it. In CloudTether you choose the event first and then, if you like, one album. Leave the album out and photos go to the event itself. For a wedding you might send the getting-ready shoot to one album and start a second shoot for the ceremony album — each shoot has one ShootProof target.
Covering a job with a second shooter? Give each photographer their own phone and point both shoots at the same event. One phone can also tether two cameras at once — we've run a Sony and a Canon together — and both feed the same event.
Proof-size JPEGs and rated picks
Proofing galleries don't need 45-megapixel files. Set the shoot's Delivery resolution to Web (2048 px) or Large (4096 px) and ShootProof receives resized JPEGs, which load quickly on the client's phone. Keep Original if clients will order large prints straight from the event. A delivery watermark, set in the shoot's settings on the web dashboard, can be added to the copies as well.
On Canon and Nikon, “Only shots I rate in camera” sends just the frames you star on the camera — rate a keeper as you review it and it's in the client's gallery seconds later. Over Sony and Fujifilm tethering every shot is sent.
Who sends photos to ShootProof as they shoot
Sneak peeks in the couple's ShootProof event before the first dance — and a full RAW backup elsewhere.
Proofs ready to favourite and order while the client is still with you.
Galleries parents can open on the day, filled as each group is shot.
An event gallery that fills during the day for organisers and guests.
Good to know
- • Create the ShootProof event before the shoot — CloudTether lists your existing events and albums; it doesn't create them.
- • JPEGs only: RAW and video are skipped for ShootProof. Use a storage destination in the same shoot for those.
- • Very large files can exceed ShootProof's upload limit; a smaller Delivery resolution avoids that.
- • ShootProof is a cloud delivery: it needs the shoot to be signed in and online. Offline, shots wait on the phone and deliver when the signal returns.
- • Rated send works on Canon and Nikon only.
Send photos to ShootProof 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):
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See all supported cameras, or tether from your iPhone, Android phone or wirelessly.
ShootProof upload FAQ
How do I upload photos to ShootProof from my camera?
Use your phone as the bridge. With CloudTether, connect the camera to your iPhone or Android phone over USB or Wi-Fi, connect your ShootProof studio, pick an event (and album if you want), and shoot. Each JPEG is uploaded into the event seconds after you take it.
Can I upload to a specific ShootProof album?
Yes. Pick the event, then one of its albums. If you don't choose an album, photos go into the event itself.
Does CloudTether send RAW files to ShootProof?
No — ShootProof receives JPEGs, and RAW files and video clips are skipped. Shoot RAW+JPEG, and add Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive or an SFTP server to the shoot if you want the RAW files off-site.
Can clients favourite and order while I'm shooting?
They see new photos as soon as they're added, and the event's own ShootProof settings — favourites, downloads, price sheet — apply to them, just as they would to photos you upload by hand.
Does it need a ShootProof API key?
No. You sign in to ShootProof on its own page and approve CloudTether; no keys or passwords are stored in the app.
Can I send smaller JPEGs to ShootProof?
Yes. Set the shoot's Delivery resolution to 4096, 2048 or 1024 px or a custom size. Smaller copies load faster for clients and stay inside ShootProof's file size limit.
Do I need Wi-Fi at the venue?
No. The phone uploads over mobile data; the camera connects with a cable or its own Wi-Fi. Without signal, shots are kept on the phone and sent when you're back online.
Which cameras can upload to ShootProof?
Canon, Nikon, Sony and Fujifilm cameras that tether over USB — verified on a Canon EOS R7 and R5 Mark II, Nikon Z6, Sony ZV-E10 and Fujifilm X-T3. Wi-Fi is verified on Canon and experimental on Fujifilm.
Start sending to ShootProof today
Install CloudTether, connect your camera and ShootProof, and take a test shot. One plan with everything included, starting with a 7-day free trial.