Problem solved
Manual booking
Clients pick a slot themselves, get a confirmation and can reschedule without messaging you.
Mini-sessions
Mini-session booking software that fills your calendar and delivers the photos.
PortraitLink is mini-session booking software that handles the whole day for you. Clients book a time slot, pay a deposit, and after the shoot each family gets a private gallery ready to purchase.
Why use PortraitLink for mini-sessions
- PortraitLink handles mini-session scheduling, check-in, gallery delivery and sales in one web app.
- Clients book their own time slots through your event scheduler, so there's no back-and-forth messaging.
- You can collect a deposit right at booking, which dramatically cuts down on no-shows.
- Every family receives a private gallery where they can buy downloads, bundles or retouching.
- Booking confirmations, calendar files and reschedule links are sent automatically.
Problem solved
No-shows on mini-session day
Collect a deposit when clients book so your slots are committed.
Problem solved
Delivering galleries one family at a time
Photos are filed into each family's gallery as you upload, and delivery emails go out automatically.
Uses PortraitLink Classic events. Classic events file photos by queue order and filename prefix, so each family's images land in the right gallery without facial recognition. It's a simple, predictable fit for back-to-back mini-sessions.
Workflow
How it works
- 01
Open booking
Publish your time slots with the session length and availability you choose. Clients book themselves and can pay a deposit.
- 02
Shoot from the queue
Check each family in as they arrive. UpLink uploads files from your folder straight into the right gallery.
- 03
Families buy from their gallery
Each family gets a private gallery with watermarked previews, downloads, bundles and retouching.
Features
Built for this workflow
- Mini-session scheduler
- Configure slot length and availability. Clients get confirmations with calendar files and a self-serve reschedule link.
- Booking deposits
- Require a deposit at booking to reduce no-shows.
- Check-in queue
- Run the day from a live queue so each session's photos land in the right family's gallery.
- Bundles and upsells
- Sell single downloads, bundles and retouching from each gallery.
- Automatic delivery
- Gallery-ready emails and optional SMS go out once photos finish processing.
- Your brand throughout
- Your logo and colors on booking, galleries and messages, with custom domains on higher plans.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers about using PortraitLink for mini-sessions.
A good mini-session tool handles time slots, deposits, confirmations and reschedules, then delivers galleries after the shoot. PortraitLink does booking and delivery in one place, so you don't need a separate scheduler and gallery host.
Yes. You can require a deposit at booking, collected securely online through your payment account.
Yes. Every booking confirmation includes a self-serve reschedule link, so clients can move their slot without messaging you.
No. Each family gets a private gallery link by email or SMS and can purchase without creating an account.
Mini-sessions run as Classic events. You check each family in from the queue, and your uploaded files are filed by queue order and filename prefix into their gallery.