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Set your prices once — sessions, prints, albums, digital files, add-ons — then add them to any invoice from a dropdown instead of retyping. Mark each one taxable or not, and set a default sales-tax rate that fills in automatically on new invoices.
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The newest things now live in your studio.
Gift cards — issue & track
A new Gift cards tab. Issue a card (generate a code, set the amount, note who it’s for and who bought it), and the balance updates as it’s used. Redeem one right on an invoice with the Gift card field, or record a redemption by hand — each card keeps its own history. Great for cards you sell in person, by phone, or through your own payment link. (Letting clients buy one online and pay through the app is coming with payments.)
One-tap birthday & re-book notes
Your dashboard already spots who’s due — a client’s birthday coming up, a family it’s been about a year since you saw, a little one turning one. Now tapping Send a note, Invite back, or Reach out opens a warm, ready-to-send email with their name already in it. Tweak a line if you like, then send. (Hands-off sending while you sleep is a bigger piece we’re building toward — for now this finds them and writes it, you tap send.)
Locations — your scouting library
A new Locations tab to get those go-to spots out of your head. Save a place with its address, notes (parking, best light, which season), and a few reference photos — tag it as one you use or one you want to try. Then when you’re planning sessions, it’s all right there, ready to grab. (Thank you, Tracy, for the idea!)
Discount codes on invoices
Run a promo without doing the math. Create codes under Manage codes on any invoice — a dollar amount or a percentage off — then just type the code and tap Apply. Switch a code off any time to pause it without deleting. (Codes for your booking pages are coming next.)
Upgrade one client without redoing the session
The last piece of Christine’s wish list. In a mini’s Days & times, tap any booked spot to open it \u2014 you can switch that one client to a different package, adjust their price, or jot a note like “added 5 bonus images.” It only touches that single booking; your mini and everyone else’s spots stay exactly as they are. Perfect for VIP perks and one-off thank-yous.
Add a bonus to any mini package
The second half of Christine’s idea \u2014 you can now add a bonus to any mini package, like “5 complimentary images.” It shows right on the package your clients choose, with a little sparkle, so your early-bird or VIP offer feels special. Pair it with the early-bird limit and your first few bookings get the lower price and the bonus, automatically.
Clearer gallery preview
When you preview a client gallery and it can’t open, the page now tells us exactly why instead of a vague message — so if a link ever misbehaves, we can pinpoint and fix it fast. Your clients never see any of this; it only shows when you’re previewing.
Early-bird pricing on mini sessions
Run a flash sale or reward your fastest bookers without juggling separate links. On any mini package you’ll now see “offer only for the first ___ bookings.” Set, say, your $195 package to the first 3 \u2014 once three spots are claimed it steps aside automatically and the next family sees your regular price. While it’s live, your clients see a gentle “only 2 left at this price” nudge. One link, no spreadsheets. (Thank you, Christine, for the idea!)
Watermarks on your client galleries
Your proofs are now protected. When a client opens their gallery — and when they tap a photo full screen — your studio name now sits gently across each image, so your work stays yours while they choose their favorites. It’s on for every shared gallery, and your clean, watermark-free files are still yours to deliver however you like.
Feature a Photographer — photos load again
A few of you told us the Feature a Photographer form opened the file picker but never actually placed your photo — the slots stayed empty no matter what you chose. That’s fixed now: pick your images and they drop right into place, ready to submit. Thank you for flagging it.
Auto-save while you work
Your Brand & settings and Session requests pages now save themselves a moment after you stop typing — you’ll see a quiet “✓ Saved” note. Your Save buttons still work exactly as before; this just means a stray click or refresh won’t cost you your work.
Label your clients
Give clients labels like Sport, Newsletter, or VIP — type them on any client, or assign one to a whole CSV import at once. Labels show on each client, and a new filter bar lets you view just one list at a time. Perfect for keeping separate groups, well, separate.
See new selections at a glance
When a client submits their favorites, that gallery now shows a little “new picks” badge right on its cover in your Galleries list — so you can spot who’s waiting without opening each one. The badge clears once you’ve marked the selection as seen.
Clients can send you their favorites
After a client hearts the photos they love, a clear Submit to your photographer button appears. They add their name and email, and their list comes straight to you — you’ll get an email and see every selection inside that gallery, with the exact photos they picked. No more “where do I click to send these?”
Tidier packages & clearer gallery picks
Package descriptions now keep your line breaks on the booking page — lists and spacing show exactly as you wrote them, no more wall of text. And in client galleries, the heart now clearly means “favorite,” with a note that their picks are saved as they tap.
A calmer Session requests page
Your request-a-session settings are now grouped into clear, spaced sections — Share your page, your welcome message, session types, and custom questions — so nothing feels crowded. The embed code tucks away under a tidy toggle until you need it.
Disconnect Stripe anytime
A Disconnect button now sits on Payments & deposits once you’re connected. It removes the Stripe link here so deposits pause — your Stripe account itself stays untouched, and you can reconnect whenever you like.
Deposits ready for the real world
The Pay deposit step now appears only once your Stripe account is fully connected and ready to accept cards — so a client never lands on a pay button before your studio is set up to receive it. Connect once on Payments & deposits, finish the quick Stripe steps, and your minis are ready to take deposits straight into your account.
Deposit reliability fix
The deposit amount and the Pay deposit step now read from a reliable source, so they show up whenever a mini has a deposit set — the amount appears on the booking page and the pay step appears after a client grabs their slot.
Deposits show up front
When a mini has a deposit, clients now see the amount right on the booking page, and the Pay deposit step appears after they grab their slot — as long as the mini has a deposit set.
Take deposits at booking
You can now connect your own Stripe account and collect a deposit when a client books a mini. Look for Payments & deposits on your Session requests page — connect once, and any mini with a deposit shows a Pay deposit step after booking. The money goes straight to your account; we never touch it.
Clients can favorite their photos
In their gallery, clients now tap a ♥ on the images they love — their picks are saved automatically. When you open that gallery, every favorited photo is marked with a heart, so you know exactly which ones to retouch, print, or build their album around. The first step toward a full gallery store.
Not sure what to write? Need ideas.
On your request-a-session page, the welcome message now has a Need ideas? button. Tap it for a warm, ready-to-use message you can keep or tweak — tap again to see another. No more staring at a blank box.
Brand your contracts
Each contract template can now carry its own accent color and font, and your logo now sits at the top of the contract clients sign on the booking page. Set the color and font right in the template editor — they flow onto the contract you print or email.
Format your contracts
Your contract editor now has formatting: bold, italics, underline, section headings, bullet lists, and centered lines. Select text and tap a button (or type **bold**, *italics*, ## Heading, - bullets). Tap Preview to see exactly how it’ll read on the signed contract — both the page clients sign and the copy you print or email.
Get an email when someone books
The moment a client books one of your minis, you get a little heads-up email — who booked, which mini, and when — so you’re never caught off guard. (The booking already lands in your studio automatically; this just taps you on the shoulder.)
Newsletter signup form — now it actually works
The embed in your Newsletter section is real now. Paste it on your website (Squarespace, Wix, Showit…) and visitors who enter their name & email land straight in your Newsletter subscribers list — branded in your studio name and colors. It’s a clean, script-free embed, so it won’t choke your site builder.
Newsletter unsubscribe — built in
Every newsletter now carries a tasteful unsubscribe link. When someone opts out they see a warm goodbye, and they’re skipped automatically on every future send. You’ll find everyone who opted out in a new Unsubscribed list in your Newsletter section — keeping you compliant and your sends clean.
Schedule a mini to go live later
Set everything up now and pick a Publish at date & time in the mini’s details. Until then the page shows a warm “opening soon” note — then it opens for booking on its own. Perfect for a Christmas-in-July mini you want to drop on a certain day. Also fixed your social link preview so sharing mystudiobooks.com shows your logo, not a placeholder.
Booking confirmation emails
When a client books a mini, they now get a warm confirmation email in your studio name — their session, date, time and location, all in writing — so the details land in their inbox, not just on screen.
Set a closing time on a mini
In a mini’s details you can now set an optional Booking closes date & time. After that moment the booking page politely shows it’s closed and stops taking new bookings — perfect for “reserve by Friday” minis and Santa sessions. Leave it blank and nothing changes.
New smart field: your booking link
Drop {booking_link} into any email or newsletter and it fills in with your studio’s “request a session” booking link — no more pasting it by hand. It’s in the smart-field chips below your message, right alongside {signature} and {studio_phone}.
Embed your mini booking page on your own site
Open any mini’s Days, times & share screen and you’ll find a new Embed box. Copy that snippet into your website builder — Squarespace, Wix, WordPress, Showit — and your booking page lives right on your site, on your domain. It sizes itself to fit and always shows your latest times.
Feature a Photographer — fixed
Two fixes here: photos now upload when you add your six images (the uploader was saving to the wrong place), and there’s a clear “Back to My Studio Books” button so you can step out of the form any time without feeling stuck.
Galleries loading again
Fixed a hiccup where a shared gallery could refuse to open with a “couldn’t load” message. The gallery page is now hardened so a single missing detail can’t take down the whole gallery — your clients’ links open reliably.
Mini sessions — three fixes from your testers
Simpler signing: clients now sign your contract with the name they already entered — no confusing second name box. Free a time: if someone cancels, tap the × on their slot to reopen it for the next family. Back-to-back welcome: a new switch on each mini lets the same person book more than once — perfect for Santa or family sessions. (Off by default.)
Duplicate a mini
Run the same minis every season? Tap Duplicate on any mini and get an exact copy — your price, packages, sample photos, questionnaire and contract all carried over — ready as a fresh draft. Just add your new dates and publish. No more rebuilding from scratch.
One booking per person
A gentle guard so the same email can’t grab several spots in one mini. If someone tries to book twice, they’ll see a warm note pointing them back to their first booking — keeping your sessions fair and your day predictable.
“Spots left” on your mini booking page
Your booking page now nudges clients to act — it shows how many spots are left (with an urgent note when a session is almost full), a count per day, and a warm Fully booked message when every time is taken. A little scarcity helps your minis fill faster.
Pick your mini\u2019s cover photo
In a mini\u2019s sample photos, hover any image and tap Set cover to make it the big hero photo at the top of your booking page. The current cover is marked with a \u2605 Cover badge.
Sign-to-book contracts on minis
Attach any of your contract templates to a mini session. Clients read it and type their name to sign before the Book button unlocks — and a filled, signed copy (with the date) is saved on the booking and noted on the session. No more chasing signatures after the fact.
Add a questionnaire to your minis
Attach any of your saved questionnaires to a mini session and clients answer it right while booking. Their answers land on the auto-created session notes, so everything you need is waiting for you before the shoot.
Move a mini booking to another time
Need to shuffle a client? In a mini’s time slots, tap the move arrows on any booked time, then tap an open one. The booking hops over, the old time frees up, and their session date & time update automatically.
Clearer mini booking links
A mini’s booking link now stays greyed out with a “Publish above to activate this link” note until you publish it — so you never share a link that isn’t live yet.
A bigger, more beautiful booking page
Your mini booking page got an editorial refresh — a large cover photo, a bold title, and a roomy, magazine-style layout. Your first sample photo becomes the cover automatically, and everything reads bigger and warmer for your clients.
Clients can add their mini to their calendar
Right after booking, clients now get Add to Google Calendar and Apple / Outlook buttons on their confirmation — their time, date, and your location, saved to their own calendar in one tap. Fewer no-shows, no extra work for you.
Mini sessions: sample photos + packages
Your mini booking pages can now show off sample photos and offer multiple packages clients choose from. Add samples and packages from the mini editor — clients see your work, pick the package they want, and the price flows onto their session automatically.
Mini bookings flow straight into your studio
When a client books a mini-session slot, My Studio Books now creates a client and a session for you automatically — dated, timed, and ready in your Sessions and Calendar. Returning clients are matched by email, so you won’t get duplicates.
Mini sessions — clients book their own time
Set up a mini-session day, add bookable time slots, publish, and share the link. Clients see your open times, grab the one they want, and it locks instantly — no double-booking, no back-and-forth. Find it under Mini sessions in your sidebar.
Image SEO
Add alt text, keywords, and a description to any gallery photo — hover a thumbnail and tap SEO. Your alt text now travels with the image on shared galleries, so they read better for search engines and screen readers.
Password reset, polished
Reset emails now arrive from your own studio name, and the reset link takes you straight to choosing a new password — no more dead ends.
A welcome page for your galleries
Your clients now arrive at a warm, branded welcome before they step into their gallery — a gentle intro to viewing their images and reaching you for prints and albums. It shows once, then remembers them. Turn it on or off and set a default message in Brand & settings — or write a personal note for one client right in the gallery editor.
Your signature, in newsletters too
The email signature you save in Brand & settings now works in newsletters — type {signature} (or tap the field below the message) and it fills in when you send, right alongside {studio_name}, {studio_phone}, and more.
The Workflow Wizard
Not sure what a full client workflow should even look like? In Workflows, tap Build with the guide, answer a few quick questions about how you shoot, book, and deliver, and your whole timeline — every email, reminder, and to-do — is laid out for you, ready to tweak and save.
Workflows, leveled up
Steps can now be days, weeks, or months before or after a session — perfect for wedding sequences like 6 months out. Reorder steps with up/down arrows, duplicate a whole workflow for a new session type, and apply one right from the Sessions tab.
Smarter emails — smart fields & a saved signature
Drop in fields like {first_name}, {session_date}, {session_time}, and {studio_phone} and they fill in with the client’s info when you send. Save an email signature once and insert it anywhere with {signature}. And the template dropdown is now grouped by your categories.
Newsletters got beautiful
Add a photo and a button to any newsletter, and it goes out as a branded email in your studio name and colors. Hit Preview to see exactly how it'll land in inboxes.
Email & newsletters now send — for real
Send a newsletter to your whole list, your subscribers, a session type, or a custom VIP tag — right from inside your studio, from your own verified domain, with replies coming back to you.
Custom questions on your booking page
Ask for exactly what you need per session type — a venue for weddings, a contact preference for portraits — and the answers arrive right on the request.
Client tags & VIP lists
Group clients into your own lists — like a VIP group for first dibs on minis — then send a newsletter to just that tag.
Expense & mileage tracker
Log expenses and mileage as they happen — they total up by year and category, with an estimated mileage write-off, so tax time is already done.
Your client profile is now a command center
Open any client and check off their to-dos, fire off a chase email, add new tasks, and manage their newsletter status — all without leaving their profile.
Private sessions & session end times
Flip any session type to Private so it stays off your public booking link, and add an end time so events block the full span on your calendar.
Coming next
On the workbench. Have an idea? Tell me in the beta group 💛
Smarter workflow automations
Pause, resume, or stop a running workflow, plus if/then branching — so a client who doesn’t reply can drop into a different follow-up.
Image SEO
Add keywords, alt text, and descriptions to the images you use across your studio, website, and sessions.
Online payments
Take deposits and payments right on your invoices, and let client coupon codes work at checkout.
Clients choosing images for online sales
Let clients favorite and order their photos right in the gallery.
A welcome email that sends itself
When someone subscribes through your signup form, a warm welcome note goes out automatically — no clicks from you.
More newsletter layouts
A few more designed looks to choose from — stacked photo-and-text blocks and more — for newsletters with extra polish.
Log your business expenses and mileage as they happen, so end-of-year write-offs are already done. Everything stays private to your studio.
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leads & clients who went quietDo not book
private — clients never see thisWhen you open a session for a flagged contact, a heads-up appears automatically so you (or anyone on your team) catch it before booking — nothing relies on remembering.
Your scouting library. Save the spots you shoot — address, notes, and reference photos for different seasons — so when you’re planning, it’s all in one place instead of in your head.
Issue and track gift cards you sell — the balance updates as each one is redeemed. Perfect for cards sold in person, by phone, or through your own payment link. Letting clients buy one online and pay through the app is coming with payments.
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Where clients come from
Write once and send to the people already in your books — import a list, pick an audience, and the recipient list builds itself from your contacts.
Your lists
import & organize your audienceLists come from tags on your contacts. Import a list from Flodesk or any other tool and name it (like “Seniors” or “Children”), or open any contact and add a tag — then send straight to that list below.
Compose
Insert a field — it fills in when you send:
Add a button (optional)
Recent newsletters
drafts & scheduledNewsletter signup form
embedPaste this on your website and visitors subscribe straight into your books — they land in your Newsletter subscribers list, ready for your next send.
Unsubscribed
0Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link. Anyone who opts out is listed here and skipped automatically on future sends.
A prep guide for every session type, in your brand voice. Write your own, or let AI draft a starting point — then turn on the ones you want. Auto-sending and PDF uploads arrive with the workflow + file-storage backend; the guide content you build here is ready for them.
Your session guides
tap a type to write or draft itBuild and AI-draft them now; sending them to clients arrives with the email backend. For now, “Email to a client” drops the questions into a ready email.
Apply a workflow to a session and every step lands in To-dos with the right dates. Email steps become a to-do with your draft ready — they'll send themselves once the email backend is live.
Set up a mini-session day, add bookable time slots, publish, and share the link. Clients grab an open time and it locks instantly — no double-booking. Every booking drops a client and session into your studio automatically.
Payments & deposits
Connect your Stripe account to collect deposits at booking. The money goes straight to you — never through us.
Your welcome message (optional)
Session types clients can request
Toggle which types show on your public booking page. Switch one to Private to keep it off — perfect for waived-fee or invite-only sessions. New types you add in Brand & settings start off until you turn them on.
Custom questions (optional)
Ask for extra details when someone requests a session — a wedding venue, how they’d like to be contacted, anything. Target a question to one session type, or show it on every request.
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Logo
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PNG or JPG, ideally under 500 KB.
Brand voice
Session types
The types you can choose when creating a session — one per line. Delete any you don't offer and add your own.
Packages
Add packages under each session type. They save automatically and appear on a session once you pick that type.
Brand colors
Pick a color, or type/paste a hex like #B06A4A. Tap any saved color's code to edit it.
Brand keywords
Client-facing
Turn off to keep this brand\u2019s clients separate \u2014 they won\u2019t appear when you\u2019re viewing another brand.
Show my logo on invoices
Adds your logo to printed & PDF invoices
Use my brand color on invoices
Accents headings & the Pay button with your first brand color
Watermark client galleries by default
Saved now, applies when galleries launch
Show a welcome page on client galleries
A warm intro screen before clients enter their gallery
Photos are optimized to a crisp web size on upload, so galleries load fast and stay light on storage. Shareable client links (a clean, no-login view your clients open) and downloads + favorites are the next two phases.