How to deliver wedding photos to clients
A pragmatic delivery workflow that respects the couple's excitement on the other side of the link — and your time on this one.
Wedding photo delivery is where the relationship either rounds off beautifully or slowly collapses into screenshots, WhatsApp confusion, and "can you resend the one with my grandfather" three weeks later. The fix is not effort — it is structure. This guide lays out the structure.
1. Edit and prepare
Finalize your edits, export full-resolution JPEGs, keep a second "web-friendly" export at around 2000 px on the long edge if your client is on weak broadband. File names matter: use a consistent pattern (YYYY-surname-###.jpg) so the couple can cite a specific frame without describing it.
2. Create a private gallery
Open Gallery4you, create a new gallery, upload the final set. Turn on the watermark if you are delivering a preview set before the final contract fee clears — Gallery4you stamps previews automatically and keeps originals clean for authorized download. Optionally set a password; for wedding deliveries we usually recommend a short memorable phrase rather than a hard password.
3. Share the gallery link
Send the private URL, the password if set, and one short message outlining two things: how long the gallery stays up, and what you'd like them to do with it. Couples rarely read long emails after the wedding weekend — keep it short.
4. Let them select
The built-in selection tool lets the couple mark favorites directly in the browser. You see their list in your dashboard. This replaces the endless email thread of "the one with the yellow flowers" and gives you a clean input for the album spread.
5. Deliver the downloads
Once the selection is in, you have a choice: enable ZIP download for the whole gallery, or only for the selected favorites. Either way, Gallery4you's download analytics show you who downloaded what, and when — useful if a client ever claims they never received the files.
What to avoid
- Delivering via WeTransfer only. Links expire, couples lose them, you spend the next year resending.
- Handing over originals too early. Watermarks exist for a reason — respect your own work.
- Uploading 40 GB of RAW. The couple does not want your RAW files. Deliver finals.
- Skipping a selection step. Couples make faster decisions with a tool than with a group chat.