How to deliver photos to clients the same day
The shoot ends and the clock starts: import the cards, cull, export, upload, send a link — usually that's a late night, and the client is refreshing their inbox the whole time. "Same-day delivery" sounds great in your pitch and painful in practice.
Why same-day is so hard the old way
The traditional workflow is entirely back-loaded. Nothing leaves the camera until you're home at a computer, so every minute of delivery happens after the shoot, when you're tired and the client is waiting. The bottleneck isn't your editing speed — it's that the photos never started moving until you stopped shooting.
Move the upload to the moment of capture
If each frame uploads to the cloud as you shoot, the transfer is already done by the time you put the camera down. CloudTether tethers your camera to your phone over USB or Wi-Fi and sends every full-resolution shot to a Dropbox folder, a SmugMug or ShootProof gallery, or your own server — live, seconds after the shutter.
A realistic same-day flow
Point the session at a client gallery before the event. Shoot normally. By the time you're done, the full set is already in the cloud — so "delivery" is just sharing a link you can hand over on the spot, or a quick cull from images that are already uploaded. The all-nighter becomes an optional polish pass, not the job.
Where the photos land
Deliver to a branded client gallery for proofing and sales, a shared cloud folder for a planner or agency, or straight to an FTP server for a wire service. On the Pro plan you can deliver to several at once — the couple's gallery and the planner's Dropbox from the same shoot.
FAQ
Can I deliver photos before I leave the venue?
Yes. Because CloudTether uploads each shot as you take it, the full set is in the cloud by the time you finish. You can share the gallery link before you've left the building.
Do clients get full-resolution files?
CloudTether delivers the full-resolution file your camera writes — RAW or JPEG — so what lands in the gallery or folder is the real image, not a preview.
Solve it with CloudTether
Tether your camera to your phone over USB or Wi-Fi and deliver every shot to the cloud, live as you shoot — no laptop.