Online booking system for photographers
The simple booking system for photographers.
Minis, portraits and shoots booked from one link in your bio, the session fee holding the date, the model release signed before the shoot, and the enquiry DMs answering themselves.
- Reduce no-shows
- Set up in minutes
- Get more bookings
Free for 20 bookings a month. No card, no contract, no commission.
The date is the product
A golden-hour slot, held by a maybe
Photography sells dates and light. Holding those dates should not live in your DMs.
Enquiries that stay enquiries
'How much for a shoot?' sits in Instagram DMs while you are editing. By the time you reply with a price list, the moment has cooled.
The no-show session
An hour blocked, a location scouted, the light checked. Without a session fee taken up front, the date was never really held.
Mini session days need order
Ten back-to-back slots, one family late, the whole afternoon slides. The day only works when every slot is real, visible and confirmed.
Try it
Book yourself in, the way your clients will.
Four taps on the phone, and watch the booking land in the diary beside it. That is all your clients see: no app, no account, no password to invent.
Northlight Studio
30 High Street, Perth
What would you like?
Booking by FullDiary
Your diary, Mon 28
What you seeBook on the phone and watch it land here. Nothing is saved - it is a picture of the real thing.
The diary
The screen your diary lives on.
Sessions in the book with the fee already paid, editing days blocked out with a repeat, and a mini day running back to back on one screen.
Someone running late? Drag their booking to another column or time and drop it. The diary updates and the customer gets the new time by email. (A real screen recording.)
- Drag a booking to a new time - the emails follow it
- Draw across an empty space to book a walk-in
- Done, no-show or cancelled, marked as you go
- One tap makes it full screen for the tablet by the till
Set up in minutes
Three steps and you are taking bookings.
- 01
Answer six quick questions
Pick your trade on screen one and the services, hours, forms and words photographers use come filled in. Change anything, then go live.
- 02
Share one link
In your bio, on WhatsApp, or as a printed QR card. Your clients only ever see times that are genuinely free.
- 03
Run the day in the book
Every booking lands in the live diary. Drag to move, draw to add a walk-in, mark done as the day goes.
Filled in for photographers on screen one
- Headshots, family session and mini session, each timed and priced, with a deposit on every session
- The model release, signed on the booking page
- Studio or on location: the address asked when the shoot comes to them
- Notes for the next shoot on every visit record
- Photos on the booking page, so the work sells the session
Every one of these is a starting point. Change the prices, the hours or the words on the screen where they live, and the booking page updates as you type.
Six questions with photographers' answers filled in. Live in minutes, no card.
What comes with it
Everything FullDiary handles for photographers.
Before they arrive
- Deposits that make the date realTake the session fee, or a deposit, as they book, through your own Stripe account. The slot is confirmed once it is paid.
- The model release, signed at bookingAsked on the booking page with a typed-name agreement. On the client's profile with a PDF before the shoot.
- Reminders for the sessionThe day before and the morning of, by email, and by text on Pro, with the time and the place. Clients move their own booking.
- On location? The address books itselfHome and location sessions arrive with the address attached: on the booking, in the emails, in your calendar. On Pro, a charge per mile too.
On the day
- Sessions as services, priced properlyA 20-minute mini, an hour's portrait session and a newborn morning, each with its own duration and price.
- Editing days, blocked outBlock out time with a repeat and the booking page only offers the days you shoot. A mini day runs back to back.
- "Light is better at six", one tapMessage the client from the booking. They see it on their page and reply into your inbox.
- A column for the second shooterEach photographer gets their own column, colour, hours and login.
After
- The balance, invoiced in one clickOne click on the diary card turns the session into a draft invoice with the client and the fee filled in.
- A review ask after the galleryOne email with your Google link once the session is done, and a rebook reminder when the next one is due.
- The numbers, without a spreadsheetSessions in the book for the next 30 days, fees held and takings, live on the overview.
Every feature above is live today, and because invoices and quotes are built in, they are on the same login. See every feature.
The overview
The season's sessions, paid and in the book
The overview is where the money lives: what is in the book for the next 30 days, the week as coloured bars, takings, session fees held and how many bookings came through your page rather than the DMs.
- Money in the book for the next 30 days, in pounds
- Session fees held against every date
- How many sessions came through your page, and what they were worth
Travel charges
On location? Get paid for the drive
If every shoot is on location, set your own price per mile after any free miles on Pro. FullDiary works out the real driving distance to the address the client books with, and the charge is on their booking before they confirm. Studio and location work? Price location sessions as their own service instead.
- Your rate, your free miles, and the furthest you travel for online bookings
- Clients see your rule from the first step, and the charge before they book
- Change it, take it off or work it out again from the diary
Their side
Your page, on your clients' phones.
Your name, your services, your prices, in your colours. This is what opens when one of your clients taps the link in your bio or scans your QR card. No app, no account, booked in under a minute.
- Real times, not requests: slots come from the live diary's actual gaps
- Nothing to download and no password to invent
- Confirmation lands by email, with add-to-calendar and a link to move it
Businesses using FullDiary
Built for people who are busy running a business.
"FullDiary makes managing bookings simple, organised and completely stress-free."
"Finally, a booking system that doesn't feel complicated. I set everything up in 5 minutes and my clients were booking straight away."
"Our customers love booking online, and we love the simplicity."
Switching is simple
Already using a booking system?
Switch in a few minutes.
Bring your customers with you, answer six quick questions and share your new link. No retyping, no starting again.
Bring your customers
Export your list from your old system and drop it in. We match up the columns and show you before anything imports.
clients.csv
312 customers
- Client nameName
- MobilePhone
- EmailEmail
Works with exports from Fresha, Booksy and spreadsheets.
Set up your page
Six quick questions: what you do, your hours, your services and prices, then go live and make it look like yours.
- Skin fade30 min£22
- Kids cut20 min£14
- Beard trim15 min£10
- + Add a service
Start taking bookings
Share your link on Google, Instagram and WhatsApp, and customers start booking themselves in.
Free to start, no card required.
Why FullDiary
Your business. Your customers. Your money.
No commission.
Keep what you earn. FullDiary doesn't take a percentage of your bookings.
No marketplace.
Customers book directly with your business.
Your customers stay yours.
No competing businesses or marketplace listings getting in the way.
Simple pricing.
One simple monthly price. No surprise booking fees.
Simple pricing
Start free. Upgrade when you need to.
No commission. No contracts. No surprise booking fees.
A photographer on their own starts free and moves to Pro when the book passes 20 sessions a month, which also makes invoices and quotes unlimited for the bigger jobs. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP, second shooter included.
Free
£0 forever
20 bookings a month
- Booking page
- Live diary
- QR card
- Reminders
- Messages
- Forms
- Customer import
Pro
£9.99 a person, a month
Never more than £39.99 a month, however big the team
Everything, for you and your whole team.
- Unlimited bookings and stores
- As many people as you need, each with their own login
- 50 text reminders a month for each person
- Packages, discount codes, gift vouchers, gallery and social links
- Unlimited invoices and quotes, card payments and QuoteChaser
- Send with your own branding
- Priority support
Every plan starts free. No card required. No commission on any booking, ever. See the full comparison
FAQs
Questions from photographers, answered straight
What it costs, what your clients see, and how FullDiary fits the way photographers actually work.
Something else on your mind? Ask a human.
Can I take the session fee when they book?
Yes. Connect your own Stripe account and set a deposit or the full session price per service. The slot is confirmed when it is paid, and it counts toward what is owed on the day. No commission, ever.
Does it work for mini session days?
Yes. Set the mini as a 20-minute service, open your hours on the day, and the diary sells it back to back: every slot booked, paid and reminded. Block out the days you are editing with a repeat and the page only offers the days you shoot.
Can clients sign a model release before the shoot?
Yes. Add the model release under Your shop, Forms, one tap from the photographer template, or write your own questionnaire. It is asked on the booking page with a typed-name agreement, and the signed answer sits on the client's profile with a PDF.
Can I invoice the balance from the booking?
Yes. When the session is done, one click on the diary card turns it into a draft invoice with the client and the fee already filled in. Invoices and quotes for the bigger jobs are on the same login.
Does it handle shoots on location?
Yes. Pick 'it depends' for where you work and turn on 'ask for the customer's address'. Location sessions arrive with the address on the booking, in the emails and in your calendar, with a maps link on the diary card.
Can I charge travel for location shoots?
Yes, on Pro, if every session is on location. With the address question on, switch on Charge for travel on the Travel card under it in Your studio, Booking rules, and set your own price per mile, any free miles and the furthest you travel. The client sees the charge before they book, worked out from the real driving distance to the address they give. It applies to every online booking, so if you also shoot in a studio, price location sessions as their own service instead.
Is it really free to start?
Yes, and it is not a trial. Twenty bookings a month, with the booking page, the live diary and the QR card included, for as long as you like. No card, nothing expires, and there is never commission on bookings. Pro is 9.99 GBP a month a person, never more than 39.99 GBP, when you outgrow it.
Do my clients need an app?
No. Your booking page is a link. It opens in their browser, they pick a service and a time, and the confirmation lands by email with an add-to-calendar file. Nothing to install on either side, and no password for anyone to forget.