Share one link. Clients see availability checked against your Google Calendar and pay a deposit as they book.
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For portrait & family photographers
Portrait Photographer CRM
Calendar booking, deposits and proofing galleries for the volume of mini-sessions and family shoots.
Calendar booking with depositsMini-session days on one pageProofing galleries with favourites
£28
🔒 email gate
proofs ready to publish
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checked against your calendar
one date, split into bookable slots
Signed ✓
agreement signed during booking
Print ordersStripe
£310
this week, 0% platform fee on paid plans
one link does the whole booking
the day job
What high-volume portrait work actually needs
Volume is the whole business here. Anything that costs you ten minutes a booking costs you a working day a month.
All three live on one login, and the CRM, bookings, contracts and 8GB of galleries are on the Free plan.
Start free — no card needed →Split one date into bookable slots, such as Christmas minis or a headshot day, on a single page, with the same deposit flow as a normal booking. From Solo.
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Publish a gallery clients can favourite and buy from once the shoot is uploaded, with no separate delivery step.
the maths
side by side
Four tools bought separately, or one login
Limits differ, and the notes under the list say how.
Bought separately4 other tools
Squarespace CoreWebsite£17 a month
DocuSign eSignature PersonalE-signing£8 a month, 5 envelopes a month
Flodesk LiteEmail marketing$19 a month, 1,000 subscribers
Calendly StandardScheduling with payments$10 a month
From each company's public pricing page (linked), entry tiers on annual billing, before tax, checked 29 September 2026.
The four tools have no gallery app, CRM or invoicing. Every lemon.gallery plan has all three.
Flodesk Lite sends unlimited emails to 1,000 subscribers; Pro sends 300 marketing emails a month.
DocuSign Personal is a legal-grade tool with an envelope cap. We have not compared legal standing.
Gallery suites cost less than the four: ShootProof Starter is $8.33 a month billed annually, with galleries, a website, invoicing, contracts and email. (source)
Pixieset has a free plan. (source)
on one login here
Pro £24/mo
Website: On every plan, on your own domain from Pro
E-signing: Contracts and e-signing on every plan
Email marketing: 100 emails a month on Solo, 300 on Pro
Scheduling with payments: Bookings with Stripe deposits on every plan
2projects at a time on Free, unlimited projects on Solo
1link for clients to book, pay and sign
0%platform fee on every paid plan
Annual billing takes 2 months off every paid plan, and the Free plan carries the CRM, bookings, contracts and 8GB of galleries.
Start free — no card needed →start to finish
How a mini-session day runs
One job, all the way through. Every step happens in the same account, on the same client record.
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Open the date
Split one date into bookable slots on a single page: Christmas minis, headshot days, a Saturday of family sessions. Add-on upsells sit on the same form. From Solo.
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They book, pay and sign
One link, shared or embedded on your own site. Availability is checked against your Google Calendar, Stripe takes the deposit and the agreement can be signed in the same visit.
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Proofs go out
Upload and publish the gallery. Clients favourite and mark their selection done, and one click copies their picks to paste into Lightroom's filter.
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Every client stays on file
The booking, the signed agreement, the invoices and the gallery stay on the client's record, ready for the next booking.
honest numbers
Pick a plan, not a spreadsheet
Start free. Upgrade whenever a client actually pays you. Annual billing takes two months off every plan.
MonthlyAnnual 2 months free
Solo
Galleries and clients
£12/mo
billed monthly
- Galleries and sales, 0% platform fee
- Client hub and file transfers
- Unlimited projects
- The CRM, without automation
- 25GB storage
★ everything a solo studio runs on
Pro
Automate the studio
£24/mo
billed monthly
- Everything in Solo
- Automations and email marketing
- Instagram DM automation, coming soon
- Lightroom plugin and custom domain
- 100GB storage
Growth
Everything, with AI
£30/mo
billed monthly
- Everything in Pro
- The AI suite
- Every tool included
- Team accounts
- 500GB storage
Studio
Full control
£67/mo
billed monthly
- Everything in Growth
- Bring your own storage and keys
- Higher limits on emails, research and AI runs
- Priority support
- 1TB storage
Free
Client galleries, 8GB storage, the full CRM, bookings and contracts, 2 projects at a time, 2.5% platform fee on sales.
£0/mo
Start freeno spin
Questions, answered honestly
Just what the product actually does today.
Can clients book and pay a deposit without me?
Yes. Share a booking link or embed the form on your own site. Availability is checked against your Google Calendar, and Stripe takes the deposit as they book.
How do mini-sessions work?
One date splits into bookable slots on a single page, using the normal deposit flow, and each slot is checked against your calendar before it is offered. Mini-sessions start on Solo.
How do clients see their proofs?
In a gallery you publish once the shoot is uploaded. They favourite, buy prints or downloads and mark their selection done; one click copies their picks to paste into Lightroom's filter.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Free carries the CRM, bookings, contracts, invoicing and client galleries with 8GB of storage, with 2 projects at a time and a 2.5% platform fee on sales. Solo adds unlimited projects, 25GB and a 0% platform fee.