Features
Photography studio software: everything but the shutter.
You take the photos. Tellisto handles the rest: the enquiry at midnight, the booking, the GST invoice, the gallery and the follow-up a year later. It’s one back-office for your studio, and everything clients see carries your brand.
Every feature below is live today, not on a roadmap. If you’d rather see it than read about it, the help guides walk through the app screen by screen.
The whole back-office
One job, start to finish.
Each part passes the job to the next. The enquiry becomes a booking, the booking gets an invoice, and the invoice leads to a delivered gallery, without you typing anything twice.
- Capture the lead
- Book the shoot
- Send a GST invoice
- Deliver the gallery
- Keep them coming back
Capture enquiries from a form on your own site, then work them through to won.
ClientsEvery booking, invoice, gallery and email for a client, on one timeline.
BookingsEach shoot gets a card showing where it's up to, its deposit and balance, and a checklist made for you.
SessionsEverything clients can book you for, on one link where they pick their own time.
PackagesA reusable price list with GST built in, copied onto each booking as it stood.
InvoicesGST-correct tax invoices for Australia and New Zealand, paid straight to your bank by PayID or transfer. Zero commission.
GST-correct B2B tax invoices GalleriesWhite-label client galleries that look like you built them, plus the Client Vault.
Private by default, home address strippedFull-res and whole-set ZIP, same day AutomationsThe right branded email at every step, from the enquiry reply to the gallery delivery.
Replies to new enquiries while you're asleepYour branding throughout
Everything your client sees has your name on it.
The gallery, the enquiry form, the invoice and the emails all carry your name, your logo and your colours, on every plan including free. Your galleries sit at your own studio address, with no “powered by” badge anywhere. Your clients see your work and your studio, not us.
Kept safe
Security you shouldn’t have to think about.
Your account holds your whole business: every client, every gallery, every invoice. So we’ve built its security properly, without getting in your way.
- A stolen password isn’t enough. Sign in with a passkey, or add your phone as a second step, so getting in needs something a thief doesn’t have. Backup codes let you in if you lose the phone.
- You’d know straight away. If a new device signs in to your account, you get an email at that moment saying where and when. A sign-in you didn’t make won’t go unnoticed.
- Your client list stays yours. Client and enquiry contact details are stored encrypted, so a stolen copy of the database doesn’t give someone your clients.
- You can take everything with you. One click in Settings, under Plan & billing, downloads all your records as spreadsheets: clients, leads, bookings, invoices, payments, contracts and more. You don’t have to ask anyone first.
- Nobody can change your login email behind your back. Changing it needs your password plus a click from the new address, and the old address gets told either way.
Frequently asked questions
Questions photographers ask
Is everything here included on the free plan?
Yes. Every tool you run your studio with is on every plan, free included. Pro adds more room and a few extras: 1 TB instead of 20 GB, unlimited live galleries instead of two at a time, deeper gallery version history, your own domain on galleries, and the Client Vault rev-share. You never pay extra for the day-to-day tools. The pricing page has the details.
Does your name appear anywhere my clients can see?
Twice, and only where it has to. Every gallery footer has a privacy link. The policy behind it names the business that runs the software, because privacy law requires that. And if a client buys a keepsake, Tellisto is the seller for that purchase, so our name appears at the checkout and on their card statement. Everywhere else, on every plan, your client only sees your studio.
Does Tellisto replace my gallery tool and my CRM?
That's the idea. Most photographers use one tool for galleries, another for invoices, and a spreadsheet to connect them. Tellisto does all of it. The enquiry, the booking, the invoice, the gallery and the follow-up emails all sit on the same client record.
How do I find an old client or invoice?
Press Cmd-K on any page, or the search button next to Help, and start typing. One search box covers clients, leads, bookings, galleries, invoices and contracts. It finds them by name or invoice number, or from a gallery link you paste in.
Can I start with just the galleries?
Yes. Plenty of people start by delivering one gallery and try the rest later. Tellisto won't keep asking you to set up features you're not using.
How long does it take to set up?
About ten minutes to brand your studio and deliver your first gallery. You don't have to move everything over first. Bring one shoot, send one link, and move the rest across when it suits you. While Tellisto is small, tell us what you use today and we'll help you move it across ourselves.
Start free. Stay free as long as you like.
The free plan isn't stripped back. It has white-label galleries, the full back-office, automated emails and zero commission. You get 20 GB and two live galleries at a time, with no card and no trial clock. Go Pro for more space, unlimited live galleries, your own domain and the Vault rev-share.