The GalleryLink Journal
Practical advice on sharing client photos from Google Drive: privacy, layouts, and the little workflow details that make delivery effortless.
What a simple photo delivery tool must do, how to deliver a shoot in three steps from one folder, what clients see on their phone, and when you need something bigger.
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Turn a Google Drive folder of dish photos into a restaurant menu: sections from subfolders, names and prices from file names, a QR code for tables, and updates by renaming a file.
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Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve menus are chosen weeks ahead on a phone. How to photograph the dishes, build a photo menu with a QR code, and share it so bookings come in early.
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Twenty phones, one group chat, blurry photos: a simple one-link plan to collect and share Thanksgiving photos in full quality, easy enough for grandparents.
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Your photos already live in Google Drive. Delivering each client's gallery from their Drive folder can save to a year. The real 2026 math, setup and trade-offs.
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Google Drive has no copy-folder button, and Add shortcut isn't a copy. Four ways to get a real copy of a shared folder in your own Drive, on a computer or phone.
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Export, gallery, link, reminders: which delivery steps can run by themselves, and three setups, from a Lightroom shortcut to galleries that make and send themselves.
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What an iPhone client sees when they open your Google Drive link, how to save one photo or a whole shoot to the Photos app, why downloads land in Files, videos and formats that behave, how to set up the folder for phones, a text-message template, and quick fixes for the problems clients hit most.
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A complete guide to running newborn photography sessions in the US: booking around due dates, studio, lifestyle and Fresh 48 styles, safety, pricing and packages, contracts and privacy, preparing parents, editing, and delivering galleries families share with grandparents.
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A complete guide to running family photography sessions in the US: the fall season and holiday card deadlines, session types, locations and light, pricing, contracts and child photo permissions, what to wear, running the session, toddlers and teens, editing, and delivering galleries the whole family can use.
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A complete guide to senior portrait photography for US photographers: when senior season happens, session types and packages, how to price, contracts and consent for minors, preparing seniors and parents, yearbook photo requirements and deadlines, delivering galleries seniors share, products and marketing to next year's class.
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How to build a youth and high school sports photography business in the US and Canada: what parents and leagues want, picture day, game and tournament coverage, pricing for parents and season passes, recruiting photos, a season calendar, privacy for photographing kids, and delivering private galleries to every family.
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Pixieset vs GalleryLink compared feature by feature: storage and price, proofing and favorites, print sales, download controls, video, Lightroom and email marketing, with Pixieset's 2026 plans ($8 to $40 a month billed yearly), GalleryLink's ($5 a month or $50 a year), yearly costs by workflow, and when each is the better choice.
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How to run Christmas mini shoots in the UK: timing around Royal Mail's last posting dates and short November daylight, indoor or outdoor sets, pricing in pounds and when VAT applies, deposits and cancellations, consent and UK GDPR for photographing children, and delivering every family's gallery before the rush.
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A complete guide to holiday mini sessions for US photographers: the season timeline worked back from card deadlines, choosing a set and location, slot lengths and buffers, pricing so minis are worth it, deposits and rain dates, running the day, and delivering 20 to 40 galleries quickly.
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A practical guide for UK wedding photographers on delivering wedding photos: setting turnaround times, sneak peeks, file sizes, online galleries versus USB, sharing with guests, how long galleries stay online, favourites and albums, UK GDPR and consent, and 3-2-1 backups.
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SmugMug vs GalleryLink compared feature by feature: storage, client delivery, favourites, print sales, websites, video and apps, with SmugMug's 2026 plans ($20 to $37 a month billed yearly), GalleryLink's ($5 a month or $50 a year), yearly costs by the way you work, and when each is the better choice.
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ShootProof alternatives sorted by the job you use it for: selling prints (Pixieset, Pic-Time, Zenfolio, SmugMug), contracts, invoices and booking (CloudSpot, HoneyBook, Dubsado), or delivery from Google Drive (GalleryLink, Galleroo), with ShootProof's 2026 plans, yearly costs from each pricing page in October 2026 and how to leave without losing records.
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A staged workflow for client galleries: preparing and checking exports, organizing the gallery, privacy, proofing versus final delivery, downloads, expiration, sales, delivery emails, common mistakes and a full checklist.
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Planning benchmarks for photo delivery by shoot type, from same-day real estate and event selects to 4-8 weeks for full wedding galleries, what drives turnaround, when to offer sneak peeks or rush delivery, how to price it, and wording for contracts and client emails.
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Black Friday offers that work for photographers in 2026 (gift vouchers with a bonus, prepaid sessions for January to March, print credit, bundles and early wedding booking), the ones that quietly cost you, how to check the numbers, a timeline from late October to March, copy templates, and how to get December galleries delivered before card deadlines.
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Pic-Time alternatives compared for photographers who sell prints, want contracts and invoices, need a website, or mainly deliver from Google Drive: ShootProof, Pixieset, SmugMug, CloudSpot, Zenfolio, GalleryLink and Galleroo, with yearly costs from each pricing page in October 2026, what you lose when you leave and how to switch.
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Five ways to give a client a gallery from Google Drive compared: a plain folder link, a Google Photos album, a Google Site, Drive-connected gallery tools (GalleryLink, Galleroo, PicSpot, Filolio) and upload platforms. What the client sees, sign-in, downloads, favourites, passwords, cost and which to pick.
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Drive shortcuts put one photo in many folders with no extra storage or stale copies. Steps for computer, Android and iPhone, and the sharing rule that breaks them.
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