Photographers

Your clients choose a package, sign and pay the deposit online. You deliver their photos in a portal of their own.

Magpie follows a shoot from the first booking to the final invoice. A studio and its photographers can work in one Magpie team.

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Hannah Kerr and Owen Price’s portal from Wrenfield Photography: under For you to do, choosing 60 photos for their album, approving the album layout, the balance invoice WF-0117 to pay and a permission to sign.

This combination of six Magpie areas fits a photographer.

Proposals
Proposals quotes each wedding or shoot as packages, and takes the deposit at signing.
Appointments
Appointments lets clients book portrait and family sessions at your free times.
E-Signatures
E-Signatures sends your contract or a model release as a PDF to sign.
Client Portal
Client Portal delivers each client's photos, with the plan for their day.
Invoicing
Invoicing bills the balance, and clients pay it by card.
Contacts
Contacts keeps each client's sessions, proposals and invoices on one page.

Your client chooses a package and extras, then signs and pays the deposit.

Proposals turns your packages into a quote the client reads and signs online. Magpie has a photography starter to begin from. It offers half-day, full-day and two-day packages. Its extras are a second photographer, prints and faster delivery.

The client chooses a package and any extras, and the totals change with each choice. They sign with a drawn or typed signature. The deposit's invoice will be issued at signing, and they can pay it by card.

Hannah and Owen’s wedding photography proposal from Wrenfield Photography, with the cover, the list of contents, the recommended Full day package chosen and the total in a bar at the foot of the screen.

Clients book portrait and family sessions at the times you are free.

Appointments gives you a booking page for sessions. Set up for a photographer, it starts with portrait, family and consultation sessions. You set each session's length and price, and the time kept free after it.

Clients choose a session, a day and an open time. Magpie will email them a confirmation with a link to reschedule or cancel. In a studio, each photographer has their own hours, and clients can choose who.

Wrenfield Photography’s booking page for a portrait session: an hour in the studio for CA$240.00, and the free start times with Ines and Theo on the chosen day.

Your contract and model releases go out as PDFs, and come back signed.

E-Signatures sends a PDF you already use, such as a model release, to sign. You place their signature, date and name fields. Saved as a starter, the release is ready for the next shoot.

Each signer gets their own link by email. When everyone has signed, Magpie will email them the signed PDF and a certificate of completion.

Each client gets a private portal for their photos, their plan and their invoices.

Client Portal gives each couple or company a page of their own. You share the finished photos there, 20 files at a time. Each file can be up to 500 MB, so a full gallery can go as ZIP files.

A plan lists the steps before and after the day, such as sending the shot list. The client ticks their own steps. Their Overview also lists the invoices to pay and the documents to sign.

Magpie invoices the balance, and your client pays it by card.

Invoicing turns each payment in a proposal into an invoice. The final payment takes whatever is left of the accepted total. Clients pay by card from the email or from their portal.

Until an invoice is paid, Magpie will send reminders on the due date, then 7 and 14 days after. Card payments go to your own Stripe account. Each one is added to the books.

Invoice WF-0117 in Hannah and Owen’s portal: the wedding balance after the deposit they paid, with Pay to pay the rest by card.

Each client's page lists their sessions, proposals, invoices and signed releases.

Contacts gives every client, venue and planner a page. It lists their bookings and the proposals you sent, with when each was opened. Their invoices and signed documents are listed too.

You can log calls and notes on the page. You can also set a follow-up, such as an anniversary session. It will become a To-do on that date.

Wrenfield Photography’s contacts: couples, families, a brewery, a venue and a wedding planner, each with a tag, when they were last contacted and the next follow-up, such as Hannah Kerr’s album call.

Eight more areas cover enquiries, consultation calls, large files, your portfolio and the books.

Forms
Forms takes wedding enquiries with the date, the venue and the number of guests. Magpie will email you each answer.
Meetings
Meetings is your own page for booking consultation calls. Each meeting can get a Zoom link, and times busy in Google Calendar are not offered.
Secure Files
Secure Files sends one file of up to 2 GB by a link that expires. The link can also need a passphrase.
Image Converter
Image Converter makes web-size copies of a whole folder of photos at once. It removes camera and location details, and can number the files.
Websites
Websites puts your portfolio online, at your own domain if you choose. You can build it from image sections, or upload a site you already have.
Social Media
Social Media posts a finished shoot to Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn at the time you choose. Each account gets the photos in its own shape.
Link-In-Bio List
Link-In-Bio List gives your profiles one page of links, such as your booking page and portfolio. It counts the clicks on each.
Accounting
Accounting adds each invoice, card payment and Stripe fee to the books. Bank statements come in as CSV files.

A wedding goes from a signed proposal to a delivered gallery and a paid balance.

The couple's contact lists every step as it happens.

  1. The proposal

    You start it from your own starter, with your packages and terms. You send it with a valid-until date. Magpie will email you when the couple first opens it.

  2. Signed, with the deposit

    The couple chooses a package and extras, then signs. Magpie will email everyone the signed PDF and issue the deposit's invoice.

  3. Their portal

    When the work starts, Magpie can share the proposal and its invoices in the couple's portal. It invites them first if they have no portal yet.

  4. The planning call

    The accepted proposal can offer one of your meeting types. The couple books the planning call from it.

  5. The day's plan

    The portal's plan lists the steps before the wedding, such as the shot list. The couple ticks theirs.

  6. The gallery

    After the wedding, you share the photos in the portal. Magpie will email the couple a list of the files.

  7. The balance and the books

    You bill the final payment, and its invoice takes whatever is left. Each payment will be added to the books.

Setting up takes five steps.

  1. Add your business details

    You add your business name, address and logo in Invoicing settings. Proposals use them too. Help: Send and configure invoices.

  2. Connect Stripe

    You connect your Stripe account, so clients can pay deposits and invoices by card. Help: Connect Stripe to receive money.

  3. Make your packages a starter

    You open the photography starter and replace its example prices with yours. Then you save it as your own starter. Help: Proposal starters, saved sections and the price list.

  4. Publish your booking page

    You choose Photographer, set each session's price and your hours, then publish. Help: Set up Appointments.

  5. Open a portal for your next client

    You create the portal and invite the client by email. Help: Create a Client Portal.

Plans

A photographer working alone fits Pro, for your own work in Personal. Pro has no limit on proposals, invoices or contacts. It raises your file storage from 1 GB to 20 GB, and portal files count toward it.

A studio with associates fits the Team plan, one price for up to 25 members. File storage stays each person's own. A portal file counts toward the person who shared it.

On the free plan, you can send 5 proposals and create 5 invoices a month. The invoices a proposal makes do not count.

Magpie adds no fee to deposits or invoice payments. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each. Prices are on the Pricing page.

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Questions photographers ask

Can couples choose a wedding package and sign online?

Yes. A proposal offers 2 to 4 packages, and you can mark one Recommended. The couple opens it from their own emailed link and chooses one. They sign with a drawn or typed signature, on a phone or a computer. Everyone will be emailed the signed PDF and a signing certificate.

Can I take a deposit to hold the date?

Yes. The first payment in the schedule can be a deposit, as a percentage or an amount. Its invoice will be issued when the couple signs. They can pay it by card straight away. The photography starter asks for 50% at acceptance and the rest on delivery.

Can the balance be due before the wedding?

Yes. A payment can be due on a date, or a number of days after acceptance. Its invoice will be issued and emailed then. The final payment takes whatever is left when you bill it. The invoices then add up exactly to the accepted total.

Can clients add a second photographer or prints to their package?

Yes. Extras are optional lines the client adds or removes before signing. A line can let them choose a quantity, such as 1 to 50 prints. The totals change with each choice. The photography starter's extras are a second photographer, fine art prints and delivery within 3 days.

Can I see whether a couple has read my proposal?

Yes. Activity lists each time a recipient opens it, and whether on a phone, tablet or computer. Reading time shows how long each person spent on each section. Magpie will email you when it is first opened, signed or accepted. The client's page tells them that you can see this.

What if a couple wants a different package before they sign?

They can ask a question about the proposal or one section, or request changes. You are emailed, and your reply shows on their page. You then revise the proposal and send the new version with a note on what changed. Earlier versions stay readable.

Can clients book a portrait or family session online?

Yes. Appointments gives you a booking page with your sessions, each with its length, price and description. Clients choose a session, a day and an open time. Magpie will email them a confirmation with a link to reschedule or cancel. You set how much notice a booking needs and how far ahead it can be.

Can I keep time free between sessions?

Yes. Each session can keep time free before and after it, such as 15 minutes. A time is offered only when the photographer's hours and their Calendar leave room. Other appointments are counted too.

Can I take consultation calls over Zoom?

Yes. Meetings gives you a page where people book a call with you. With Zoom connected, each new meeting gets a Zoom call. With Google Calendar connected, your busy times are not offered.

Can I send a model release to sign?

Yes. You upload your release as a PDF, up to 25 MB, and add each person who signs. You place their signature, date and name fields. Each signer gets their own link by email. When everyone has signed, Magpie will email them the signed PDF and a certificate of completion.

How do I deliver a full wedding gallery?

You share the photos in the couple's portal, 20 files at a time, each up to 500 MB. A large gallery goes as several ZIP files. Only the portal's clients can download them. Magpie will email the couple a list of the files you shared.

Can I send one very large file?

Yes. Secure Files sends a file of up to 2 GB by a link. The link expires after 1 hour, 1 day, 7 days or 30 days. It can allow only one download, and need a passphrase. The file is encrypted in your browser before it is stored.

Can I make smaller copies of the photos for the web?

Yes. Image Converter takes a whole folder of photos and scales each to the size you set. It can convert them to JPEG, PNG, WebP or AVIF, with a maximum file size. It removes camera and location details, and can number the files. You download the result as one ZIP file.

Can a client upload their shot list or inspiration photos?

Yes. Clients upload files on their portal's Overview or Files section. Their files are listed beside yours, with who uploaded each. Each upload shows in the portal's activity.

Can I close a client's portal when the job is done?

Yes. Archive portal signs out every client and keeps the plans, files and history. Restore portal lets them sign in again, for an anniversary shoot. Delete removes a file for good, and frees its storage.

Are my notes about a client kept private?

Yes. Notes on a contact stay inside your team, and a portal never shows them. Clients see only what you share with them: files, invoices, proposals, meetings and documents to sign. Each portal shows its own client's work and nothing else.

Can I bill a business for a product shoot?

Yes. You invoice the company's contact, with a line for each part of the shoot. Each line uses one of your tax rates, such as VAT or HST. Sending it will email the PDF with a Pay online button. Reminders go out until it is paid.

What does Magpie take from my clients' payments?

Magpie adds no fee to deposits or invoice payments. Stripe's processing fee is taken from each card payment. The rest goes to your own Stripe account, and Stripe pays it out to your bank. Each payment and its fee are added to the books.

Can I put my portfolio on my own domain?

Yes. Websites builds a site from sections, including image sections with your photos. You can also upload the files of a portfolio site you already have. Either can be at a Magpie address or at your own domain.

Can I post a finished shoot to Instagram?

Yes. You write the post in Social Media with up to 20 photos. Posts to Bluesky, Mastodon and LinkedIn will go out at the time you choose. For Instagram, Magpie will email you a reminder. On a phone, it copies the text and opens the share sheet with the photos.

Does it work for a studio with several photographers?

Yes. The studio works in one team. Each photographer can take bookings, with their own weekly hours. Clients choose who, or anyone available. Proposals, portals and invoices belong to the studio's team, not to one photographer.

Can I remind myself to contact past clients?

Yes. On a client's contact page, you set a follow-up with a date and a reason. It becomes a To-do on that date, with the usual reminders. Follow-ups lists every open one, overdue first.

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