A proofing workflow for wedding photographers
A clean wedding proofing workflow has five stages: deliver a sectioned gallery, ask the couple to favourite for the album, collect the shortlist automatically, confirm the count, then design and finalise. The whole point is to get the couple’s choices back without filename emails, lost selections, or a week of back-and-forth. Here’s a workflow that holds up on an 800–1,200 frame wedding.
The workflow
- Deliver the full gallery, sectioned. Split into Getting ready, Ceremony, Portraits and Reception so the couple can move through hundreds of frames without drowning. Send one private link they open in a tap. How to deliver wedding galleries →
- Set the album brief. Tell them exactly what to do: “Favourite the images you’d like considered for the album — aim for around 60.” A specific ask gets a specific result.
- Let them favourite over a few evenings. Couples proof on their phones, often separately. No-login favouriting means both of them can tap without accounts, and nothing is lost between sessions.
- Collect the shortlist. Their favourites arrive as a list tied to the real images — no transcription, no “which IMG was that”. Why in-gallery beats filename lists →
- Confirm, design, finalise. Sanity-check the count against the album size, flag any must-includes, design the book, and deliver the final album gallery.
Where weddings specifically go wrong
- Two decision-makers. Both partners need to select without friction — logins double the drop-off.
- Volume fatigue. Unsectioned 1,000-frame galleries stall selection. Sections and favourites keep momentum.
- Guests wanting their own photos. Keep the couple’s proofing gallery separate from anything you share more widely, so guest requests don’t muddle the album shortlist. A separate guest gallery (or clear sections) keeps the couple’s selection clean.
Keep the fundamentals under it
Proofing only works if the gallery is reliable and permanent: resumable uploads so the full set arrives even if your connection drops, and a gallery we don’t take down so the couple can revisit favourites and reprint for years.
CuratePics gives couples one-tap, no-login favouriting on a fast, permanent gallery — proofing that just works. See how it works →