Instant photo delivery

Instant photo delivery — to your own destinations

Deliver every shot the instant you take it. CloudTether tethers your camera to your phone and uploads each full-resolution frame in real time — to the client galleries and cloud destinations you already use, not a platform you're locked into. No laptop, no waiting, no forced editing.

Free to start · iPhone, iPad, Android

How instant delivery works

1. Connect

Tether your camera to your phone over USB or Wi-Fi (PTP/IP). CloudTether opens the session and watches for captures.

2. Shoot

Every shutter press is detected automatically and the full-resolution file — RAW or JPEG — is pulled across.

3. Delivered

Each frame uploads to your destinations over mobile data, landing in the cloud or a client gallery within seconds.

Your destinations, your originals, no lock-in

All-in-one platforms deliver instantly — into their own galleries, after their own AI edits. CloudTether delivers the original frame to wherever you already work.

Deliver to Dropbox, Drive, SmugMug, ShootProof, Pixieset, FTP/SFTP, S3 — or your phone.

Every frame is the untouched original RAW or JPEG — you keep control of editing.

One shot fans out to several destinations at once (Pro).

Uploads over mobile data — no venue Wi-Fi, no laptop, no tether cart.

No walled garden: your images live in your tools, not one platform.

Real-time off-camera backup of every shot as you go.

Instant photo delivery FAQ

What is instant photo delivery?

Instant photo delivery means each photo reaches its destination — a client gallery, a cloud folder, a shared drive — the moment you take it, instead of hours or days after the shoot. CloudTether does it by tethering your camera to your phone and uploading every full-resolution frame in real time as you shoot.

How do photos get delivered instantly?

Connect your camera to your phone over USB or Wi-Fi. CloudTether detects each shot the instant the shutter fires, pulls the full-resolution file, and uploads it to your chosen destination over your phone's mobile data — so images land within seconds of capture.

Where can I deliver photos to?

Your own destinations — Dropbox, Google Drive, SmugMug, ShootProof, Pixieset, an FTP/SFTP server, an S3 bucket, or your phone's library. On Pro, one shot fans out to several at once. There's no single platform you have to publish into.

Does it edit or cull the photos first?

No — CloudTether delivers the original RAW or JPEG untouched, so you keep full control of culling and editing in your own tools. If you want automatic AI culling and editing baked into delivery, an all-in-one platform is a different trade-off; CloudTether is built for fast, faithful delivery without lock-in.

Is instant delivery good for events and weddings?

It's the standout use case. Guests and clients see photos land in a shared gallery while the event is still happening, sneak peeks reach a couple before the reception ends, and press or sports editors pull frames in real time. Delivery speed is the differentiator.

Deliver the moment you shoot

Turn your phone into a wireless tether that delivers every shot to your own destinations, live. Free to start.