# ShootCal Help > Step-by-step guides for the ShootCal studio app, ShootCal Galleries and the website builder: scheduling, booking, invoices, contracts, client galleries and Lightroom publishing. Guides for the ShootCal studio app and ShootCal Galleries: scheduling, clients, delivery, and the print store. ## Table of Contents ### The ShootCal app #### Start here - [Getting started with ShootCal](https://shootcal.com/app/getting-started.md): Set up ShootCal in minutes: create your account, add your session types, and start booking photography clients, with optional Google or Microsoft calendar sync. - [Account, sign-in, and permissions](https://shootcal.com/app/account-sign-in-and-permissions.md): Your ShootCal account, optional calendar connections, and the difference between signing in and granting calendar access. - [Golden-hour and sunset scheduling](https://shootcal.com/app/golden-hour-sunset-scheduling.md): How ShootCal's golden-hour scheduling sets session start times from sunset and sunrise for your city. - [Calendar sync: connecting Google or Microsoft](https://shootcal.com/app/google-calendar-sync.md): How ShootCal stores your appointments itself, and how the optional Google or Microsoft calendar connection syncs your schedule and checks conflicts. - [Session types and studio defaults](https://shootcal.com/app/session-types-and-studio-defaults.md): Configure photography session types, timing modes, booking rules, reminders, deposits, and forms. - [Which ShootCal app should I use?](https://shootcal.com/app/devices-and-platforms.md): Use ShootCal in your browser, install the web app, or use the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android apps with the same account. #### Schedule & clients - [Calendar Views, Events & Quick Add](https://shootcal.com/app/calendar-events-and-quick-add.md): Create and edit sessions, use month and agenda views, search calendars, and schedule from plain English. - [Online booking and availability](https://shootcal.com/app/online-booking-and-availability.md): Set up your booking calendar step by step: session types, sunset or studio timing, booking rules, then share the link, embed it, or add it to your ShootCal Website. - [Clients and the client manager](https://shootcal.com/app/clients-and-the-client-manager.md): Save clients in ShootCal, review calendar scan suggestions, and see each client's appointments and paperwork. - [Deposits, reminders, and reports](https://shootcal.com/app/deposits-reminders-reports.md): Track deposits, send session reminders, and view booking reports in ShootCal. - [Projects](https://shootcal.com/app/projects.md): Review session, invoice and gallery status in a compact automatic project overview. #### Business & paperwork - [How email works](https://shootcal.com/app/how-email-works.md): How ShootCal sends booking, invoice, contract, and reminder emails, and how to check sending status. #### Paperwork & payments - [Questionnaires and client forms](https://shootcal.com/app/questionnaires-and-client-forms.md): Build reusable client questionnaires, send secure links, attach forms to session types, and review responses. - [Contracts and e-signatures](https://shootcal.com/app/contracts-and-e-signatures.md): Create contract templates, send signing links, and collect legally binding e-signatures in ShootCal. - [Invoices, card payments, and manual payments](https://shootcal.com/app/invoices-and-manual-payments.md): Create photography invoices, accept Stripe cards or manual payments, issue refunds, and export cash-basis reports in ShootCal. - [When to use accounting software](https://shootcal.com/app/when-to-use-accounting-software.md): Learn when ShootCal invoices are enough and when to use Wave, QuickBooks, or another full-bookkeeping system. #### Privacy & technology - [How ShootCal is built](https://shootcal.com/app/how-shootcal-is-built.md): The architecture behind ShootCal: a complete web workspace, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android apps, and your data in your own ShootCal account. - [Privacy, data storage, and security](https://shootcal.com/app/privacy-data-storage-security.md): Where your ShootCal data lives, what's stored on our servers, and how it's protected. ### ShootCal Galleries #### Start here - [Getting Started with Photo and Video Galleries](https://shootcal.com/galleries/getting-started.md): Create, upload, and share your first branded client photo and video gallery with ShootCal Galleries. - [One ShootCal Account for the App and Galleries](https://shootcal.com/galleries/shootcal-app-integration.md): Connect Galleries to your ShootCal account: same login for both products, shared client search, and gallery creation in Galleries. #### Deliver galleries - [Gallery Sharing, Photo & Video Downloads](https://shootcal.com/galleries/sharing-downloads-and-delivery-email.md): Send branded gallery delivery emails and configure full-resolution photo, video original, ZIP, PIN, and custom-domain downloads. - [Client favorites and proofing](https://shootcal.com/galleries/favorites-and-proofing.md): Collect client favorites, per-photo notes and comments, selection messages, and Lightroom-ready filename lists without client accounts. - [Upload and Manage Photos and Video](https://shootcal.com/galleries/manage-photos-and-gallery-settings.md): Upload and organize photos and video, deliver 4K originals, configure downloads and privacy, and manage gallery storage and active video minutes. - [Publishing from Lightroom Classic](https://shootcal.com/galleries/lightroom-plugin.md): Publish straight from Lightroom Classic to ShootCal Galleries, with custom photo order synced on every publish. - [My client didn’t get the gallery email](https://shootcal.com/galleries/client-didnt-get-gallery-email.md): What to do when a client didn’t get their gallery delivery email: junk and spam checks, bounce notices sent to your studio, and sharing the link directly. #### Brand & website - [Branding, privacy, and your studio page](https://shootcal.com/galleries/branding-visibility-and-studio-page.md): Configure your Galleries logo, colors, gallery header, portfolio visibility, passwords, watermarks, and client privacy. - [Custom Domains for ShootCal Galleries and Websites](https://shootcal.com/galleries/custom-domain.md): Serve client galleries and your website from your own domain: add the CNAME, verify, and go live step by step. Available on Pro. - [Website builder: build your photography website](https://shootcal.com/galleries/website-builder.md): Build a photography website with slider headers, eight looks, your ShootCal galleries, and an optional contact form. Free hosts Home and optional Contact; Basic and Plus host five pages; Pro adds unlimited pages. New accounts receive a six-month Basic trial. #### Store & plans - [Client galleries and the print store](https://shootcal.com/galleries/print-store.md): Sell prints, canvas, and wall art from ShootCal Galleries with White House Custom Colour fulfillment, your own pricing, and direct Stripe payments. - [Photo & Video Gallery Plans and Storage](https://shootcal.com/galleries/plans-storage-and-billing.md): Compare ShootCal Galleries Free, Basic, Plus, and Pro storage, active video minutes, privacy, custom domains, billing, and print commission. ### What's new - [What's new in ShootCal](https://shootcal.com/docs/changelog.md): Every notable change to the ShootCal apps, ShootCal Web, and ShootCal Galleries and Websites since the first release in May 2026, newest first. - [ShootCal features for AI agents](https://shootcal.com/docs/for-agents.md): A dated, structured list of ShootCal features and recent improvements, written for AI assistants and agents that answer questions about ShootCal. ### The ShootCal app #### Start here - [Getting started with ShootCal](https://shootcal.com/app/getting-started.md): Set up ShootCal in minutes: create your account, add your session types, and start booking photography clients, with optional Google or Microsoft calendar sync. - [Account, sign-in, and permissions](https://shootcal.com/app/account-sign-in-and-permissions.md): Your ShootCal account, optional calendar connections, and the difference between signing in and granting calendar access. - [Golden-hour and sunset scheduling](https://shootcal.com/app/golden-hour-sunset-scheduling.md): How ShootCal's golden-hour scheduling sets session start times from sunset and sunrise for your city. - [Calendar sync: connecting Google or Microsoft](https://shootcal.com/app/google-calendar-sync.md): How ShootCal stores your appointments itself, and how the optional Google or Microsoft calendar connection syncs your schedule and checks conflicts. - [Session types and studio defaults](https://shootcal.com/app/session-types-and-studio-defaults.md): Configure photography session types, timing modes, booking rules, reminders, deposits, and forms. - [Which ShootCal app should I use?](https://shootcal.com/app/devices-and-platforms.md): Use ShootCal in your browser, install the web app, or use the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android apps with the same account. #### Schedule & clients - [Calendar Views, Events & Quick Add](https://shootcal.com/app/calendar-events-and-quick-add.md): Create and edit sessions, use month and agenda views, search calendars, and schedule from plain English. - [Online booking and availability](https://shootcal.com/app/online-booking-and-availability.md): Set up your booking calendar step by step: session types, sunset or studio timing, booking rules, then share the link, embed it, or add it to your ShootCal Website. - [Clients and the client manager](https://shootcal.com/app/clients-and-the-client-manager.md): Save clients in ShootCal, review calendar scan suggestions, and see each client's appointments and paperwork. - [Deposits, reminders, and reports](https://shootcal.com/app/deposits-reminders-reports.md): Track deposits, send session reminders, and view booking reports in ShootCal. - [Projects](https://shootcal.com/app/projects.md): Review session, invoice and gallery status in a compact automatic project overview. #### Business & paperwork - [How email works](https://shootcal.com/app/how-email-works.md): How ShootCal sends booking, invoice, contract, and reminder emails, and how to check sending status. #### Paperwork & payments - [Questionnaires and client forms](https://shootcal.com/app/questionnaires-and-client-forms.md): Build reusable client questionnaires, send secure links, attach forms to session types, and review responses. - [Contracts and e-signatures](https://shootcal.com/app/contracts-and-e-signatures.md): Create contract templates, send signing links, and collect legally binding e-signatures in ShootCal. - [Invoices, card payments, and manual payments](https://shootcal.com/app/invoices-and-manual-payments.md): Create photography invoices, accept Stripe cards or manual payments, issue refunds, and export cash-basis reports in ShootCal. - [When to use accounting software](https://shootcal.com/app/when-to-use-accounting-software.md): Learn when ShootCal invoices are enough and when to use Wave, QuickBooks, or another full-bookkeeping system. #### Privacy & technology - [How ShootCal is built](https://shootcal.com/app/how-shootcal-is-built.md): The architecture behind ShootCal: a complete web workspace, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android apps, and your data in your own ShootCal account. - [Privacy, data storage, and security](https://shootcal.com/app/privacy-data-storage-security.md): Where your ShootCal data lives, what's stored on our servers, and how it's protected. ### ShootCal Galleries #### Start here - [Getting Started with Photo and Video Galleries](https://shootcal.com/galleries/getting-started.md): Create, upload, and share your first branded client photo and video gallery with ShootCal Galleries. - [One ShootCal Account for the App and Galleries](https://shootcal.com/galleries/shootcal-app-integration.md): Connect Galleries to your ShootCal account: same login for both products, shared client search, and gallery creation in Galleries. #### Deliver galleries - [Gallery Sharing, Photo & Video Downloads](https://shootcal.com/galleries/sharing-downloads-and-delivery-email.md): Send branded gallery delivery emails and configure full-resolution photo, video original, ZIP, PIN, and custom-domain downloads. - [Client favorites and proofing](https://shootcal.com/galleries/favorites-and-proofing.md): Collect client favorites, per-photo notes and comments, selection messages, and Lightroom-ready filename lists without client accounts. - [Upload and Manage Photos and Video](https://shootcal.com/galleries/manage-photos-and-gallery-settings.md): Upload and organize photos and video, deliver 4K originals, configure downloads and privacy, and manage gallery storage and active video minutes. - [Publishing from Lightroom Classic](https://shootcal.com/galleries/lightroom-plugin.md): Publish straight from Lightroom Classic to ShootCal Galleries, with custom photo order synced on every publish. - [My client didn’t get the gallery email](https://shootcal.com/galleries/client-didnt-get-gallery-email.md): What to do when a client didn’t get their gallery delivery email: junk and spam checks, bounce notices sent to your studio, and sharing the link directly. #### Brand & website - [Branding, privacy, and your studio page](https://shootcal.com/galleries/branding-visibility-and-studio-page.md): Configure your Galleries logo, colors, gallery header, portfolio visibility, passwords, watermarks, and client privacy. - [Custom Domains for ShootCal Galleries and Websites](https://shootcal.com/galleries/custom-domain.md): Serve client galleries and your website from your own domain: add the CNAME, verify, and go live step by step. Available on Pro. - [Website builder: build your photography website](https://shootcal.com/galleries/website-builder.md): Build a photography website with slider headers, eight looks, your ShootCal galleries, and an optional contact form. Free hosts Home and optional Contact; Basic and Plus host five pages; Pro adds unlimited pages. New accounts receive a six-month Basic trial. #### Store & plans - [Client galleries and the print store](https://shootcal.com/galleries/print-store.md): Sell prints, canvas, and wall art from ShootCal Galleries with White House Custom Colour fulfillment, your own pricing, and direct Stripe payments. - [Photo & Video Gallery Plans and Storage](https://shootcal.com/galleries/plans-storage-and-billing.md): Compare ShootCal Galleries Free, Basic, Plus, and Pro storage, active video minutes, privacy, custom domains, billing, and print commission. ### What's new - [What's new in ShootCal](https://shootcal.com/docs/changelog.md): Every notable change to the ShootCal apps, ShootCal Web, and ShootCal Galleries and Websites since the first release in May 2026, newest first. - [ShootCal features for AI agents](https://shootcal.com/docs/for-agents.md): A dated, structured list of ShootCal features and recent improvements, written for AI assistants and agents that answer questions about ShootCal. ### The ShootCal app #### Start here - [Getting started with ShootCal](https://shootcal.com/app/getting-started.md): Set up ShootCal in minutes: create your account, add your session types, and start booking photography clients, with optional Google or Microsoft calendar sync. - [Account, sign-in, and permissions](https://shootcal.com/app/account-sign-in-and-permissions.md): Your ShootCal account, optional calendar connections, and the difference between signing in and granting calendar access. - [Golden-hour and sunset scheduling](https://shootcal.com/app/golden-hour-sunset-scheduling.md): How ShootCal's golden-hour scheduling sets session start times from sunset and sunrise for your city. - [Calendar sync: connecting Google or Microsoft](https://shootcal.com/app/google-calendar-sync.md): How ShootCal stores your appointments itself, and how the optional Google or Microsoft calendar connection syncs your schedule and checks conflicts. - [Session types and studio defaults](https://shootcal.com/app/session-types-and-studio-defaults.md): Configure photography session types, timing modes, booking rules, reminders, deposits, and forms. - [Which ShootCal app should I use?](https://shootcal.com/app/devices-and-platforms.md): Use ShootCal in your browser, install the web app, or use the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android apps with the same account. #### Schedule & clients - [Calendar Views, Events & Quick Add](https://shootcal.com/app/calendar-events-and-quick-add.md): Create and edit sessions, use month and agenda views, search calendars, and schedule from plain English. - [Online booking and availability](https://shootcal.com/app/online-booking-and-availability.md): Set up your booking calendar step by step: session types, sunset or studio timing, booking rules, then share the link, embed it, or add it to your ShootCal Website. - [Clients and the client manager](https://shootcal.com/app/clients-and-the-client-manager.md): Save clients in ShootCal, review calendar scan suggestions, and see each client's appointments and paperwork. - [Deposits, reminders, and reports](https://shootcal.com/app/deposits-reminders-reports.md): Track deposits, send session reminders, and view booking reports in ShootCal. - [Projects](https://shootcal.com/app/projects.md): Review session, invoice and gallery status in a compact automatic project overview. #### Business & paperwork - [How email works](https://shootcal.com/app/how-email-works.md): How ShootCal sends booking, invoice, contract, and reminder emails, and how to check sending status. #### Paperwork & payments - [Questionnaires and client forms](https://shootcal.com/app/questionnaires-and-client-forms.md): Build reusable client questionnaires, send secure links, attach forms to session types, and review responses. - [Contracts and e-signatures](https://shootcal.com/app/contracts-and-e-signatures.md): Create contract templates, send signing links, and collect legally binding e-signatures in ShootCal. - [Invoices, card payments, and manual payments](https://shootcal.com/app/invoices-and-manual-payments.md): Create photography invoices, accept Stripe cards or manual payments, issue refunds, and export cash-basis reports in ShootCal. - [When to use accounting software](https://shootcal.com/app/when-to-use-accounting-software.md): Learn when ShootCal invoices are enough and when to use Wave, QuickBooks, or another full-bookkeeping system. #### Privacy & technology - [How ShootCal is built](https://shootcal.com/app/how-shootcal-is-built.md): The architecture behind ShootCal: a complete web workspace, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android apps, and your data in your own ShootCal account. - [Privacy, data storage, and security](https://shootcal.com/app/privacy-data-storage-security.md): Where your ShootCal data lives, what's stored on our servers, and how it's protected. ### ShootCal Galleries #### Start here - [Getting Started with Photo and Video Galleries](https://shootcal.com/galleries/getting-started.md): Create, upload, and share your first branded client photo and video gallery with ShootCal Galleries. - [One ShootCal Account for the App and Galleries](https://shootcal.com/galleries/shootcal-app-integration.md): Connect Galleries to your ShootCal account: same login for both products, shared client search, and gallery creation in Galleries. #### Deliver galleries - [Gallery Sharing, Photo & Video Downloads](https://shootcal.com/galleries/sharing-downloads-and-delivery-email.md): Send branded gallery delivery emails and configure full-resolution photo, video original, ZIP, PIN, and custom-domain downloads. - [Client favorites and proofing](https://shootcal.com/galleries/favorites-and-proofing.md): Collect client favorites, per-photo notes and comments, selection messages, and Lightroom-ready filename lists without client accounts. - [Upload and Manage Photos and Video](https://shootcal.com/galleries/manage-photos-and-gallery-settings.md): Upload and organize photos and video, deliver 4K originals, configure downloads and privacy, and manage gallery storage and active video minutes. - [Publishing from Lightroom Classic](https://shootcal.com/galleries/lightroom-plugin.md): Publish straight from Lightroom Classic to ShootCal Galleries, with custom photo order synced on every publish. - [My client didn’t get the gallery email](https://shootcal.com/galleries/client-didnt-get-gallery-email.md): What to do when a client didn’t get their gallery delivery email: junk and spam checks, bounce notices sent to your studio, and sharing the link directly. #### Brand & website - [Branding, privacy, and your studio page](https://shootcal.com/galleries/branding-visibility-and-studio-page.md): Configure your Galleries logo, colors, gallery header, portfolio visibility, passwords, watermarks, and client privacy. - [Custom Domains for ShootCal Galleries and Websites](https://shootcal.com/galleries/custom-domain.md): Serve client galleries and your website from your own domain: add the CNAME, verify, and go live step by step. Available on Pro. - [Website builder: build your photography website](https://shootcal.com/galleries/website-builder.md): Build a photography website with slider headers, eight looks, your ShootCal galleries, and an optional contact form. Free hosts Home and optional Contact; Basic and Plus host five pages; Pro adds unlimited pages. New accounts receive a six-month Basic trial. #### Store & plans - [Client galleries and the print store](https://shootcal.com/galleries/print-store.md): Sell prints, canvas, and wall art from ShootCal Galleries with White House Custom Colour fulfillment, your own pricing, and direct Stripe payments. - [Photo & Video Gallery Plans and Storage](https://shootcal.com/galleries/plans-storage-and-billing.md): Compare ShootCal Galleries Free, Basic, Plus, and Pro storage, active video minutes, privacy, custom domains, billing, and print commission.