Bring in your history
Start with your whole business, not an empty page.
Your calendar and client list, matched into one place.
- Every past and upcoming session from Google Calendar
- Your client list from HoneyBook, Dubsado and more
- Matched into one place, nothing guessed
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Families and repeat clients
Never wonder who to invite back.
Know your families, and bring them back.
- Every family in groups that matter
- Each family's story, year by year
- Lifetime spend and returning family rate
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Booking and mini sessions
Fill your mini days, even the slow ones.
Booking pages and mini session days that fill themselves.
- Event pages with your photo, logo and colors
- Early access for past families
- Waitlists for full days, on Pro
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Contracts and questionnaires
Get it signed before they ever show up.
Signed and answered while they book.
- Contracts signed while they book
- Kids' names and ages, with plus and minus
- Starter questionnaires and a sample agreement
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Payments
Stop chasing money.
Deposits, balances and payment plans, paid to you.
- Deposits through your Stripe or Square
- Balance invoices with a friendly nudge
- Payment plans, coupons and gift cards
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Family pages
Fewer "what time is it again?" emails.
Each family's own page for everything.
- A private page for every family
- Photo releases with a full history
- Changes and cancellations within your rules
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Galleries
Share your photos on a page worth opening.
Share your photos in a layout you pick.
- A cover photo, with your studio name on it
- Masonry, grid, rows or one at a time, light or dark
- Favorites, and everything in one zip
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Automatic emails
Get your evenings back.
Reminders, invoices and follow-ups that send themselves.
- Thank you, reminder, gallery and review emails
- Off until you turn each one on
- Sent from your templates, in the daytime
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Session day and insights
Run a whole mini day with one hand.
Run the day from your phone, and see how the year went.
- Check-in for every family
- Running late and rain dates in one hold
- Money, bookings and returning families at a glance
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Plan, announce and grow
Know what to run next, and tell the right people.
Plan your seasons, answer inquiries and post with ease.
- Season planner with golden hour
- Inquiries that turn into bookings
- Social captions, a posting plan and pictures
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The business side
Walk into tax time ready.
The editing queue, taxes, expenses and an income goal.
- An editing queue with a due date for every gallery
- Reports, sales tax, expenses and mileage
- An income goal, and what it takes
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And the rest
The everyday things, done well.
Google Calendar, both ways
Sessions come in from your calendar, and changes in bookbirdy go back out.
Your Today screen
Today's sessions and what needs you, on one calm screen, on your laptop or your phone.
Mileage for tax time
Every drive to a session logged at the IRS rate, ready for your accountant.
Newsletters
Send your next mini dates to the families most likely to book, with click tracking. Part of Pro.
Families to reach out to
Milestones coming up, mini regulars and families it's been a year since, each with a draft to send.
Bring a friend
Each family gets a code to share. Friends save, and the family gets a thank you credit. Part of Pro.
Neighborhoods
A map of your families, and every family within a few miles of a spot, to plan a mini close to home. Part of Pro.
Easy to start
A setup checklist, starter templates, and a spreadsheet import for your clients.
Who it's for
Made for photographers who work with families.
Book the session. Build the relationship. Keep them coming back.
Whether you're booking your first family or your 500th, start free and see how it feels.
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