Websites for photographers
Show your style and catch the date with the first inquiry
People pick a photographer by style, then ask if you are free on their date. Your website shows your work by session type with what each one includes and a starting price, and the inquiry asks for the date, the place and the kind of session first, so you can answer in one message.
$0 upfront build. Hosting and care from $50 a month.
The example
What it looks like for a photographer
A couple browses your work by session type, picks weddings, gives the date and the place, and the inquiry reaches you with what you need to check your calendar and answer.
What the site does
Three jobs it handles for you
Let the work show your style
Galleries by session type show how you shoot, so people who love your style reach out and people looking for something else move on.
Say what each session includes
Hours, edited images, the gallery and a starting price on each session page, so your first reply is not a price list.
Get the date first
The inquiry asks for the date, the place and the kind of session, so you can check your calendar and answer in one message.
Your tools
What stays and what gets easier
Keep using
- Your client gallery service, for delivering photos
- Your Instagram, where people first find your work
- Your contract and invoicing tool
The website adds
- Galleries by session type
- Session pages with what is included and a starting price
- An inquiry that asks for the date, the place and the session
Where to start
A first version that does the job
A photographer’s site is a portfolio with one clear next step.
The pages
- Home, with your best work and your style in a sentence
- Galleries by session type
- Sessions: what is included and starting prices
- About you and how a session goes
- The date inquiry
Quoted on its own, if you want it
- A client proofing area
- Moving your galleries from another site
Date inquiries by email
$60a month
For photographers who answer every inquiry themselves
- Essentials: hosting, security, updates and search optimization, with 3 hours of changes a quarter
- An instant email to you for every date inquiry
Mini sessions booked on your site
$125a month
For mini sessions and headshots people can book themselves, with a retainer
- Advantage: 9 hours of changes a quarter, made within 7 days, and 2 blog posts a month
- Booking and scheduling built in, with an email for every booking
- A deposit taken when someone books
$0 upfront build. Hosting and care from $50 a month. The build fee is waived because we earn through the monthly hosting and care. You see a demo of your website before you decide anything. Your exact plan is confirmed with you before you decide.
Proof
See real work, then yours
The example above is a concept demo with sample content, not a client. Every site we build is designed and coded for that business. You can look through websites we have built, and before you decide anything you review a demo made for yours.
How it works
From application to launch
Apply
Two minutes. Tell us about the business and what the website should do. Applying costs nothing and signs you up for nothing.
Confirm the plan
Cole confirms your goals, the monthly plan and its exact price, and who signs off on the site.
Review a demo
You see a focused demo of your website, built around your business, before you decide.
Accept and set up
If you go ahead, you accept the terms and save a payment method. Nothing is charged at that point.
Approve the launch
You approve the finished site and it goes live. Billing starts when your site goes live, or on day 60 if we are still waiting on something from you.
Questions
What photographers ask us
Can I keep my client gallery service?
Yes. Galleries for delivering photos stay where they are, and the website links to them. The website is for the people who have not booked you yet.
Should I list my prices?
Many photographers list a starting price for each session, which saves a round of messages. You decide, and the page says what you choose.
Can people book mini sessions online?
Yes, with booking built into the site, which needs the Advantage plan. A deposit when someone books adds $15 a month.
Will it get me more bookings?
We do not promise bookings, leads or rankings. Search optimization is included, so each session type and your town have pages built to be found, and your work does the convincing.
What does it cost?
The build is $0 upfront. Hosting and care is monthly: Essentials $50, Advantage $85 and Priority $125 a month. They differ by how many changes we make for you each quarter, how fast we make them, and how many blog posts you get. Features like booking or an online store add to the plan's price. Your exact monthly price is confirmed before you decide, and it is never based on how complex your site is.
When does billing start?
Hosting billing starts the day your website goes live. If we are still waiting on something from you 60 days after you sign, such as your domain access, your content or your approval, billing starts then instead. If we are the ones holding things up, it waits until the site is live.
Can I cancel?
Within 3 days of signing, either of us can end it and you owe nothing. After that and before launch, there is a cancellation fee of two months of your hosting price, less anything already paid. Once the site is live, you can leave any time with 60 days notice from your client portal.
Who owns the website?
Your brand, your domain and the content you give us are always yours. The website and its code belong to Sweet Dreams while we host it, and you can buy them at any time. The buyout price goes down the longer you host with us.
Who makes changes after launch?
We do. Your plan includes update hours every quarter, 3, 9 or 16 depending on the plan, and you send changes from your client portal. Work beyond your hours is quoted first, and you approve it before it starts.
Are photos or video included?
No. We build with the photos and video you already have. If you want a professional shoot, we quote it separately.
Apply
Tell us about your business
Three short steps. Cole reads every application, then confirms what the site should do, the monthly plan and its exact price before any demo or agreement.
$0 upfront build. Paid monthly hosting and care starts at $50; your exact plan is confirmed before you decide.