Add the person and the date.
The client record is the same person who will open the gallery. Stop copying HoneyBook into a Drive folder named after them.
Studio manager
The name on the invoice is the name on the gallery.
Clients, dates, invoices, and the delivery box on one desk. Open Aperture’s public booking: wedding day, family, editorial. $5/mo.
$5/mo. Optional. You can deliver without a CRM.
$5/mo. Bookings, clients, invoices next to the files.
From inquiry to the same row.
Shoot the job.
The box for that date sits on the same row. Files are not a different universe from the invoice.
Send the gallery from the desk.
When selects are in, the page is already tied to the booking. Handoff is a link, not a scavenger hunt.
What sits on the desk.
Public booking
Session types with prices. Aperture’s page is live: wedding day, family, editorial. Use it or keep booking in email.
One client record
Invoice, date, gallery. The name does not fork across three tabs.
Next to delivery
This is not a fifth SaaS. It sits on the same studio as the box.
Off until you need it
Solo shooters can send galleries forever without this. Turn it on when the calendar and the invoices start fighting.
CRM over here, gallery over there, is how names get lost.
Associates upload to the wrong folder. You invoice one spelling and deliver to another. Put the job on one row.
Questions.
Is this HoneyBook?
No. It is ops next to the photos: clients, dates, invoices, booking. It is not a full legal e-sign suite. If you need that, keep the tool you already trust for contracts.
Do I need it to deliver?
No. Gallery is the product. Studio manager is for people tired of splitting the person who paid from the person who gets the link.
Can clients book themselves?
Yes, if you publish session types. The Aperture demo is a real booking page. You can also keep inquiry on email and still use the desk internally.
Run the job from one desk.
Open the booking page, then turn studio manager on when the calendar needs a home next to the files.