How to use your online photo gallery
I’m always aiming to give my clients the best experience before, during and after their session – and your online photo gallery is a key part of that experience. The system I use to deliver your images and give you access to my online store is PIC-TIME, and I use the Proofing gallery model whereby you select the images you want to keep BEFORE each image is ‘hand-edited’. In this blog, you’ll find all you need to know to navigate around your online gallery, select and download your images, purchasing products from my online store and how to utilise all of Pic-Time’s other features such as sharing your gallery with others and on your socials.
how to access your online gallery
Great news! Your images are ready for you!
I’ll send you an email with a link to your online gallery to view your slideshow.
* You may remember, to help you make your decision about upgrading or not, I’ll prepare a slideshow set to music to showcase all your images. The idea is that after viewing all your images, you’ll have a feel for whether you want to stick with the number of images included in your package or if you want to get more images.
But before you click on the gallery link, make sure to choose a time when everyone involved in the decision-making process about upgrading your package can watch the slideshow, because as soon as you access your online gallery, the countdown starts, and the slideshow will only be available to view for 48 hours.
choose your package
At this point you have the option to upgrade the value of your package to include more digital images and bonus store credit to use in my online shop.
If you’re intending to print your images, the upgrades become really good value. When I sent your sneak peeks (a few days after your session), I also sent a link to my online shop so you could view my products to help decide how you might use your bonus store credit if you decided to upgrade. If you haven’t had a look at the shop yet, do that now before you open the gallery link.
After viewing your slideshow, scroll down past the slideshow to make your choice. Click on the package you want and ADD TO CART, then PROCEED TO CHECKOUT to make your purchase. Even if you’ve chosen to stick with the base package (so no extra purchase), you still need to proceed to checkout and do the payment process (but with no actual payment) for the system to recognise your choice.
Shortly after, you’ll receive an email to let you know your gallery is ready for you to select the images you want to keep. If the individual photos aren’t showing in your gallery, try refreshing your browser.
select your photos for editing
The images you’re viewing at this time are PROOFS only, which means I’ve only applied a light edit and saved the files as low-resolution files. Your images still need to be individually edited and any necessary ‘healing’ (aka ‘photoshopping’) done before they become PRINTABLE FILES (which is what you’ve paid for).
Select the images you want edited (these are the images you want to keep) by clicking on the FLAG icon on the individual image and selecting the EDITS box.
You can keep track of how many images you’ve flagged by the circled number attached to the flag icon in the top left banner.
PRO TIP: View each image individually and HEART your favourites without worrying how many you’re choosing. Then, go to your favourites folder and refine your selection until you have the number of images you need, and flag those images to be edited.
After you’ve finished flagging your images, open the EDITS folder.
Do one last check that you’re happy with your selection and SEND TO PHOTOGRAPHER. Once you send your selection it’s locked in and can’t be changed.
I’ll be notified of your selection and get working on your images straight away. Your images will be ready in 1-2 weeks depending how many images you’ve selected to be edited.
after your final edited photos are ready
I’ll send you an email letting you know your final images are ready for downloading around 1-2 weeks after you’ve sent your selection.
You’ll also get access to my shop via your online gallery to use your bonus store credit (if you upgraded). Or if you don’t have a credit, you can still purchase any product from the shop.
downloading your photos
Info coming soon.
accessing the shop
Info coming soon.
using your bonus store credit
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shipping if you’re not local
Info coming soon.