My Studio Books — Prototype v11

Good morning, Ana

Tuesday, March 18 — a newborn, a senior, and a wedding consult this week
New inquiries
3
from your website form · today
Sessions this week
4
across 4 different session types
Automations running
8
working quietly in the background
Tips this month
$340
12 reviews collected

This week

Priya & Marcus Vale
Newborn · in-studio
Newborn
Maya Okafor
High school senior · downtown + studio
Senior
The Bennett–Cole wedding
Consult call · September date
Wedding
The Hart family + Cooper
Family session — bringing the dog
Family · Pet

Running for you right now

Automated
Prep guides
2 going out automatically this week
On
Review & tip requests
Queued for 3 delivered galleries
On
Newsletter · "Spring mini-sessions"
Scheduled to 214 past clients · Fri 9 AM
Scheduled
"Time for your next session?"
8 families hit their 1-year mark
On
One client. One profile. Every session.
This is the thing other CRMs get wrong: repeat clients scattered into disconnected projects. Here, every session a family ever books lives under one profile — from the first maternity shoot to a senior portrait eighteen years later.
O
The Okafor Family
Deni & Ade · Maya (17), Theo (12) · Cooper the dog · client since 2008
12
Sessions
18 yrs
As a client
$6,140
Lifetime
2008
Maternity — expecting Maya
First time in the studio. Where it all started.
2008
Newborn — Maya, 9 days
2009
First birthday — cake smash
2012
Maternity + newborn — baby Theo
Second pregnancy. Same profile, no re-entering anything.
2016
Family session — the four of them
2022
Family — and a new puppy
Cooper's first session.
2026
High school senior — Maya
The newborn from 2008. Booked this week.
The years ahead
Prom · engagement · wedding · their own maternity
When they're ready, you'll already be in their corner — and the CRM will remember every bit of it.
“I can finally keep a repeat client's sessions under one roof.” — exactly the pet peeve this was built to fix.
Workflows
Tell My Studio Books what to do, and when — like Dubsado, but built around photography sessions. Each workflow is a trigger, an action, and your timing. Set them once and they run on their own.
Inquiry received
Auto-reply in your voiceSo no enquiry waits on you
Immediately
Session booked
Send the matching prep guideMaternity, senior, wedding — the right one, automatically
Immediately
Before session
Reminder + what to wearWith timing you choose
5 days before
Morning of
Location & arrival details
7:00 AM
Gallery delivered
Ask for a Google review + tip
After 3 days
After delivery
Print & wall-art reminder
30 days later
1 year later
"Ready for your next session?"The life-cycle nudge that brings families back
On the anniversary
Selections over package
Invoice the balance automaticallyWhen a client picks more images than their package includes
$30 / extra image
Each birthday
A birthday note to the family
On the day
Guides
A prep guide for every session type, sent automatically by your workflows. Use the built-in starters, or upload your own — your wording, your brand — and attach each to a session type.

Your session guides

Maternity
What to wear · 34–36 week timing
Newborn
First 14 days · feeding · keeping baby warm
Family
Coordinating outfits · golden hour
High school senior
Outfit changes · locations · props
Prom
Group posing · timing before the dance
Engagement
Location ideas · what to bring
Wedding
Timeline · family-shot list · getting-ready
Glamour
Hair & makeup · wardrobe · what to expect
Pets
Treats · timing · keeping it calm

Upload your own

Yours
Drop a PDF here or click to upload
Your own guide, in your own words
Senior Style Guide 2026.pdfAttached to · Senior
Active
Wedding Timeline Worksheet.pdfAttached to · Wedding
Active
Once attached, your guide sends automatically through the matching workflow — no extra steps.
Newsletters
Yes — send newsletters straight from your books, to the people already in them. Pick who it goes to (your whole list, a session type, birthdays this month, seniors graduating, families you haven't seen in a year), write it once, and schedule it.

Compose

Recent newsletters

NewsletterSent toOpens
Fall mini-sessionsAll · 19861%
Senior reveal partySeniors · 2474%
It's been a year…Lapsed · 4152%
Holiday gift sessionsAll · 18768%

Newsletter signup form

Embed
<script src="https://mystudiobooks.com/f/embed.js" data-studio="ana-brandt" data-form="newsletter"></script>
Yes — signup is an embed. Paste it on your site and visitors can subscribe; they drop straight into your list.

Subscribers & unsubscribes

214 subscribers
Past clients + website signups
Active
6 unsubscribed this month
Removed automatically — nothing to do
Managed
One-click unsubscribe
Added to every newsletter, so you stay compliant
Inquiry form
Embed a booking inquiry form on your website. Submissions land in your pipeline and the family gets an automatic reply. The session-type list spans your whole studio.

On your website

Live preview
Let's talk about your session
Tell me a little about what you're looking for.

Embed on your website

<script src="https://mystudiobooks.com/f/embed.js" data-studio="ana-brandt"></script>
Paste once on Squarespace, Wix, or WordPress. Every submission triggers your "Inquiry received" workflow.
Reviews & tips
After every gallery, your workflow emails the family to ask for a Google review and invites an optional tip. This month: 12 reviews, $340 in tips.

The email that goes out

Ana Brandt Photography

Your gallery is live and waiting. If you have a moment, a quick Google review means the world to a small studio like mine.

View your gallery
Leave a Google review
If you'd like to leave a tip

Settings

Send automatically
After every gallery delivery
Timing
Ask for a Google review
Offer a tip
Scheduler
Set your availability and let clients book themselves. A new booking creates the session, sends a confirmation, and starts that session's workflow — no back-and-forth, no double-bookings.

How clients book

Live preview
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Your availability

Monday–Friday
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Sunday
Closed
Buffer between sessions
Synced with Google Calendar
Booked times block off automatically

On a new booking

Automated
Create the session
Send confirmation + prep guide
Collect a deposit
Notify me
Contracts
Send contracts clients sign online. Start from our templates, or upload your own — and let them go out automatically when a session books.

Your contracts

Portrait Session Agreement
Our template · edited in your voice
Maternity & Newborn Agreement
Our template
Wedding Contract
Our template
Model & Print Release
Our template
Upload your own contract or click to browse
Use your existing wording — we'll handle the e-signature

Out for signature

ClientContractStatus
The Okafor FamilyFamily SessionSigned
Bennett–ColeWeddingAwaiting
Priya ValeNewborn AgreementSigned
Maya ChenPortrait SessionAwaiting
When a session is booked, the matching contract sends for signature automatically — one less thing to remember.
Referrals
Know exactly where every client comes from. Tag each new client with who referred them — an existing client, or an outside source — and watch what's actually growing your studio.

Where your clients come from

Client referrals38
Instagram24
Google19
Wedding venues11
Word of mouth9

Add a referral source

New
Outside source options: Google · Instagram · Facebook · Wedding venue · Another vendor · Word of mouth · Other

Top referrers

Sarah Lindqvist
Sent you 3 new clients
★ 3
The Okafor Family
Sent you 2 new clients
★ 2
Each client gets their own referral link to share.
Settings
Make it yours. Set your brand once and it flows into every client email, guide, and gallery — and switch off any features you don't need.

Your brand

Brand kit
Logo
A
Upload your logo — appears on your dashboard & every client message
Business name
Location
Brand colors
#201E1B
#E7E2D9
#B06A4A
+
add
Brand keywords
warmeditorialfaith-ledfamily-first+ add
Brand voice
Your logo, colors, location, and keywords personalize every client-facing message — in your voice.

Features

Inquiry form
Scheduler
Workflows
Contracts
Reviews & tips
Newsletters
Galleries
Referrals
Turn off what you don't use — your dashboard shows only what you need.

Client communication

Add my logo to client emails
Use my brand colors in galleries & guides
Questionnaires
Send clients a short questionnaire before their session — what they're hoping for, who's coming, the details you need to prepare. Use ours by session type or build your own; it sends automatically on booking, and every answer saves straight to the client's profile.

Your questionnaires

Maternity & Newborn intake
Due date · feeding · preferences
Family session
Outfit colors · ages · must-have shots
High school senior
Style · locations · outfit changes
Wedding
Timeline · family shot list · vendors

Sample · Family session

What the client sees
A few questions before your session

Out to clients

ClientQuestionnaireStatus
The Hart FamilyFamilyCompleted
Priya ValeNewborn intakeCompleted
Maya ChenSeniorPending
On booking, the matching questionnaire sends automatically — and every answer saves to the client's profile, ready when you prep.
What your client sees
Ana Brandt Photography
The Alvarez Family · your gallery
Tap the heart on the photos you love — then send your favorites straight to Ana. No email needed.
5 favorites
Your package includes 25
When they tap send, their picks land on their profile in your books — and if they went over their package, the extra-image invoice is ready for you.
Team & event galleries
Shooting a team, a cheer squad, or a dance recital? Upload one master gallery and assign it to everyone in the event at once — instead of uploading the same gallery to 30 separate accounts.
Master gallery
1
uploaded once
Athletes assigned
24
in a single click
Uploads saved
23
vs one-by-one
Photos delivered
248
to every family

The master gallery

Upload once
Eastside Cheer · Spring 2026
248 photos · uploaded once · March 14
✓ Assigned to all 24 participants

Participants

24 assigned
Athlete / familyGallery
Ava M.Assigned
Sofia R.Assigned
Mia T.Assigned
Harper L.Assigned
Olivia K.Assigned
Emma B.Assigned
Chloe N.Assigned
Zoe P.Assigned
Layla S.Assigned
Ella V.Assigned
+ 14 more athletes — all assigned in one click
Each athlete’s family gets the gallery on their own profile — they can favorite, order prints, and any extra-image billing still works per family. Want each family to see only their athlete? Turn on per-participant filtering.

Pipeline

Inquiry → booked → shot → delivered, for every session type.

In this build
Galleries
Deliver finished galleries, see exactly what your clients love, and turn their favorites into print orders — all tied to the session, so delivery flows straight into your review & tip request.
Shooting a team, cheer squad, or recital?
Upload one gallery and assign it to everyone — no more uploading to 30 accounts.
Galleries this month
8
612 photos delivered
Client favorites
143
marked across galleries
Print orders
$1,210
+$340 vs last month
Avg. views / gallery
5.2
families revisiting their photos

Recent galleries

Family · sessionPhotosStatusFavoritesPrints
The Alvarez Family
Family
88Delivered24 ★$180
Sarah Lindqvist
Maternity
64Delivered12 ★
The Brennan Family
Family
76Viewed18 ★$230
Baby Noor
Newborn
52Delivered9 ★$95
Theo Russo
Fresh 48
Editing

The Alvarez Family

Family · delivered Mar 11
Delivered & live
Viewed 6 times · 64 downloads
Live
24 favorites
Sent from the client’s gallery — no email to dig through
★ Marked
Image selections — 30 of 25 included
5 over their package → balance invoiced automatically
+$150
Print order
2 framed prints · 1 album
$180
When this gallery was delivered, the review & tip request went out automatically — that’s the $25 tip from the Alvarez family showing on your dashboard.
Invoices & payments
Deposits, balances, and reminders tied to each session — plus automatic invoices for extras, generated straight from the gallery when a client picks more than their package includes.
Outstanding
$1,250
4 invoices open
Paid this month
$4,820
+$640 vs last month
Deposits held
$1,300
across 3 upcoming sessions
Auto extra-image
$150
billed from galleries this month

Invoices

ClientForAmountStatus
The Alvarez Family5 extra images Auto$150Sent
Bennett–ColeWedding deposit$1,000Paid
Priya ValeNewborn balance$350Paid
Maya ChenSenior session$450Sent
The Hart FamilyFamily session$300Deposit

Payments & fees

Connect
Stripe
Cards, Apple Pay & Google Pay
Connected
Square
PayPal
Client covers the card fee
You keep your full rate
$300 invoice
client pays $309
$300
you keep
Credit cards only (never debit) · disclosed to the client · follows your state’s rules.

Extra images, billed for you

Automatic
Package includes25 images
Client selected30 images
Over package5 images
5 × $30 per extra$150
When the Alvarez family picked 5 over their package, this invoice created and sent itself — no math, no awkward email.

On overage

Price per extra image
Auto-invoice when over package
Hold extra downloads until paid
Prototype v11 · + Team / event galleries