Early access · For US photographers

Less inbox. More golden hour.

Fovea runs the business side of every shoot. Booking, contracts, payments and galleries live in one place, and an assistant drafts the busywork for you to approve.

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Free plan: no subscription and 2 shoots a month. You pay a per-payment fee only when a client pays you.

Booking confirmedEngagement session

Sat, May 15

Sunset 8:18 PM CDT

  • 6:30 PM
  • 7:00 PM
  • 7:30 PM(chosen)Golden hour
  • 8:00 PMGolden hour

Zilker Park · Austin, TX

Golden-hour engagement

60 minutes · $650

Contract
Signed
Retainer
$195 paid
Balance
$455 due May 8
Policy
Retainer non-refundable
Ask Fovea drafted a balance reminderWaiting in your review queue. Nothing is sent until you approve it.
Illustrative booking. Sun times are calculated for this place and date.

The other half of the job

The shoot takes an afternoon. The admin takes the week.

Inquiries wait while you’re behind the camera. Retainers get chased by text. Policies hide in a PDF. Every new location means more sunset math. Fovea turns all of it into one booking that keeps moving, and keeps you in charge of every send.

  1. Without Fovea: Inquiries sit in your DMs until you’re back from a shoot.

    With Fovea: Clients book a package and a time from your booking page, at any hour.

  2. Without Fovea: You text the retainer amount and hope it gets paid.

    With Fovea: Deposits are collected by card as part of booking, not chased by text.

  3. Without Fovea: “Is that refundable?” turns into an awkward thread.

    With Fovea: Cancellation and refund terms are shown before they book, and they agree to them. Coming soon

  4. Without Fovea: You check a sunset app for every location and date.

    With Fovea: Golden hour is worked out for the shoot location, and the best slots are marked. Coming soon

  5. Without Fovea: The gallery lives in another tool, behind another login.

    With Fovea: Galleries are delivered from the same place you booked, with a cover you choose and frame.

  6. Without Fovea: Follow-ups and invoices eat your evenings.

    With Fovea: Ask Fovea drafts them. You review, edit and approve.

How it works

One booking, in focus from first hello to final gallery.

Follow a single booking through Fovea. Every tool shows up at the moment you need it, and nothing reaches your client until you say so.

01Book

Clients book the package, the place and the light.

Share one booking link. Clients choose a package, tell you where the shoot is, then pick a time. Fovea works out golden hour for that location and date, and marks the slots that catch it.

Don’t know the location yet? Then there’s no tag. Fovea never guesses at the light.

Golden-hour tags · coming soon

  • Packages with your prices, session lengths and what’s included
  • The shoot location is asked before the time, so the light is right
  • Requests land in your inbox and on your calendar

Try it: where’s the shoot?

Preview

Sat, Oct 31 · Austin, TX

Evening golden hour 6:11 PM to 6:44 PM CDT.

  • Morning golden hour 7:47 AM to 8:18 AM
  • Sunset 6:44 PM CDT
  • 4:00 PM
  • 4:30 PM
  • 5:00 PM
  • 5:30 PM
  • 6:00 PMGolden hour
  • 6:30 PMGolden hour

60-minute sessions. A slot is marked when it starts in golden hour or spends at least half its time in it. Times are for the shoot location, in its own time zone.

02Agree

Every package brings its own terms.

A mini session and a wedding shouldn’t share a contract. In Fovea, each package carries its own agreement, payment schedule, and cancellation and refund policy.

Clients see all of it before they book, agree to it, and sign the contract by e-signature.

Package terms · coming soon

  • Deposit stages like 30% at booking, 35% six months out, the balance 90 days before
  • Booked late? Stages that have already passed fold into the first payment
  • Refunds follow the policy the client agreed to, not anyone’s memory of it

Full-day wedding

8 hours · $4,800

Payment schedule

  1. RetainerAt booking$1,440
  2. Second payment6 months before$1,680
  3. Balance90 days before$1,680

Booked less than six months out? The second payment folds into the first, automatically.

Contract

Wedding photography agreement

Sent for e-signature with the booking.

Cancellation and refunds

  • The retainer is non-refundable.
  • Cancel 180 or more days before: nothing further is due.
  • Cancel 90 to 179 days before: payments made are kept.
  • Cancel within 90 days: the full balance is due.

Clients see the schedule and policies before they book, and agree to them in the same step.

03Get paid

Payments and payouts, without leaving Fovea.

Clients pay by card when they book and when each payment comes due. You set up payouts inside Fovea: add your bank account, verify your identity, and you’re done. Payments received, payments scheduled and your next payout all live on one screen.

Card payments are processed securely by Stripe.

In-app payout setup · coming soon

  • Card payments for deposits and invoices
  • See the fee and what you’ll receive before you publish a package
  • Clients pay the price you set, with nothing added on top

Next payout

$1,829.97

After fees, to your bank account ending 4021

  • Wedding retainerPaid at booking$1,440.00Received
  • Family session balancePaid 7 days before$455.00Received
  • Wedding second paymentDue 6 months before$1,680.00Scheduled

Payouts are active

  • Bank account added
  • Identity verified
  • Service agreement accepted

04Deliver

A gallery that opens on the right frame.

Deliver the gallery from the same place you booked. Make any photo the cover, then drag the focus point onto what matters, like a face.

Fovea previews the crop for gallery cards, square tiles and phone screens before your clients see it.

  • Make any photo the cover, and reposition it anytime
  • Proofing and downloads for your clients
  • Photos stay private, delivered through short-lived, signed links

Adjust cover

Put the point on what must stay in view. Arrow keys nudge it; Shift moves it further.

Sample gallery photo: a camera on a tripod in a sunlit studio
Gallery card
Square tile
Phone cover

05Follow up

Ask Fovea prepares the work. You approve it.

Ask what needs your attention, and Fovea answers from your studio’s records, with links to the ones it used. Ask it to prepare an invoice or a follow-up, and the draft lands in your review queue.

It never sends, signs or charges anything on its own. You stay the one who presses send.

  • Answers come from your own bookings, invoices and calendar
  • Drafts invoices and follow-up messages on request
  • Nothing reaches a client until you approve it

Ask Fovea

What needs my attention this week?

Two balances are due before Saturday, and an inquiry from Tuesday hasn’t had a reply yet. Want a reminder drafted for the engagement balance?

Source: InvoicesSource: Project board

Yes, draft it.

Done. It’s in your review queue. Nothing has been sent.

Review queue · Follow-up

Needs your approval

“Hi! A quick reminder that the $455 balance for Saturday’s session is due May 8. You can pay it from your booking page. See you at golden hour!”

06Everywhere

An app for your studio. An app for your clients.

Fovea Pro Studio keeps your inquiries, calendar, clients, galleries and messages in your pocket. Your clients get Fovea Pro to book, pay, message you and receive their photos.

Both apps work from the same booking, so nothing has to be copied from one place to another.

iPhone and Android · coming soon

  • Reply to inquiries between sessions
  • Check the day’s shoots and payments at a glance
  • Clients book, pay, proof, download and order prints in one app
Fovea Pro StudioFor you and your team
Fovea ProFor your clients, free to use

Also in every Fovea studio

  • Client portal
  • Booking chat
  • Calendar
  • Client pipeline
  • Invoices
  • Online proofing
  • Secure downloads
  • Public profile and portfolio

Why Fovea

Built around the booking, not bolted on.

Most photographers run on a patchwork: a CRM, a gallery host, a scheduler, a payment app and a sunset app. Some all-in-one tools combine a few of these. Fovea is designed around the booking itself, so every part knows the package, the date and the place.

  • Your terms

    The usual patchwork: A contract PDF, with deposits set up by hand

    Fovea: Contract, payment stages and policies saved on each package Coming soon

  • Payment schedule

    The usual patchwork: Built invoice by invoice

    Fovea: Worked out from the shoot date the moment a client books Coming soon

  • Golden hour

    The usual patchwork: Looked up in a separate sunset app

    Fovea: Calculated for each booking’s location and date Coming soon

  • Galleries

    The usual patchwork: Often a separate tool with its own login

    Fovea: Delivered from the same place you booked, with a cover you frame

  • Follow-ups

    The usual patchwork: Written from scratch, one at a time

    Fovea: Drafted by Ask Fovea, sent only when you approve

  • Your clients

    The usual patchwork: Emails, links and attachments

    Fovea: One portal, and a client app, for booking, paying, proofing and downloads Coming soon

  • Payouts

    The usual patchwork: Managed in a separate payments dashboard

    Fovea: Set up and tracked inside Fovea Coming soon

  • Logins

    The usual patchwork: One for each tool

    Fovea: One

“The usual patchwork” describes a common mix of separate tools. Your setup may differ, and some products combine several of these. Items marked coming soon aren’t available yet.

Switching

Switch on your next booking, not your busiest weekend.

You don’t have to move everything at once. Let your current tools finish the jobs already in progress, and start new bookings on Fovea.

  1. Start on the Free plan

    No subscription. Run up to 2 shoots a month on Fovea while you get comfortable.

  2. Set up your packages

    Add each package with its price, length and terms, then share your booking link.

  3. Move the rest as jobs wrap

    Deliver new galleries from Fovea, and retire the old logins once the last job closes.

Wherever you’re coming from

  • Coming from a CRM

    Your CRM and contract tool

    You already think in packages, contracts and payment plans. Fovea keeps that structure, saves it on the package itself, and delivers the gallery from the same place.

  • Coming from a gallery host

    Your gallery and proofing tool

    Keep delivering beautiful galleries, now with the booking, the contract and the payments in the same place, so delivery sits right next to the balance it depends on.

  • Coming from DMs and docs

    Messages, a contract doc and a payment app

    If your studio runs on messages and a payment app, the Free plan gives your next two shoots a month a booking page, a signed contract, card payments and a gallery.

Want a hand planning the move?

Tell us what you use today and how many jobs are in flight, and we’ll help you plan the switch.

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Proof, when it’s real.

We only publish quotes and numbers we can stand behind, shared with permission. Until early-access studios have had their say, these spaces stay clearly marked.

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Pricing

Start free. Pay as you grow.

A Free plan with no subscription, and paid plans that lower your per-payment fee as your studio grows. The fee is never 0%: it covers card processing and getting your money to your bank.

Proposed · not final

Pricing preview: every price, fee and limit shown here is a proposal and is not final. We will publish final pricing before paid plans go live.

  • Free

    For trying Fovea, or a few sessions a month.

    $0a month

    No subscription.

    Fee per payment5.0% + 30¢

    • 2 shoots a month
    • 2 active galleries
    • Booking page, contracts and card payments
    • Galleries with proofing and downloads
    • Ask Fovea not included
    Start free

    Proposed fee · not final

  • Solo

    For a full-time photographer working alone.

    $29a month

    Or $24 a month, billed yearly.

    Fee per payment3.7% + 30¢

    • Unlimited shoots and active galleries
    • 200 GB of gallery storage
    • Ask Fovea with 500 AI credits a month
    • No “Booked with Fovea” badge
    • Daily payouts
    Start free, upgrade later

    Proposed price and fee · not final

  • Studio

    Recommended

    For busy wedding and portrait pros, and small teams.

    $49a month

    Or $39 a month, billed yearly.

    Fee per payment3.4% + 30¢

    • Everything in Solo
    • 1 TB of gallery storage
    • 2,000 AI credits a month
    • 3 team seats
    • Inquiry and follow-up drafts prepared in the background, for your approval
    Start free, upgrade later

    Proposed price and fee · not final

  • Atelier

    For multi-shooter studios with a team.

    $119a month

    Or $99 a month, billed yearly.

    Fee per payment3.3% + 30¢

    • Everything in Studio
    • 2 TB of gallery storage
    • 5,000 AI credits a month, shared by the team
    • 10 team seats and up to 3 brands
    • Onboarding and migration help
    Start free, upgrade later

    Proposed price and fee · not final

Running several locations or a large team? Talk to us.

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FAQ

Questions, answered straight.

The short version: Fovea is in early access, pricing is a proposal, and nothing reaches your clients without you.

Still wondering about something? support@fovea.pro

Is Fovea ready to use today?

Fovea is in early access. The core studio is built: booking pages and packages, contracts with e-signature, client payments, galleries with proofing, the client portal and Ask Fovea. A few features are still on the way: golden-hour slot tags, payment schedules and policies saved on each package, payout setup inside Fovea and the iPhone and Android apps. Each one is marked “Coming soon” on this site until it ships.

How much does Fovea cost?

There’s a Free plan with no subscription, plus three paid plans for busier studios. Every plan has a per-payment fee when a client pays you, and it’s never 0%: it covers card processing and getting the money to your bank. The prices on this site are proposals and aren’t final.

See proposed pricing

What counts as a shoot or an active gallery on the Free plan?

A shoot is a client session booked through Fovea. An active gallery is a client gallery that hasn’t been archived or expired, so archiving a finished gallery frees up a slot. We’ll publish the exact counting rules with final pricing.

Do my clients pay a fee?

No. Clients pay the price you set. Fovea’s fee comes out of each payment before it reaches you, and you can see the fee and what you’ll receive while you set your prices.

How do payouts work?

Client card payments are processed by Stripe and paid out to your bank account. We’re moving payout setup entirely inside Fovea, so you’ll add your bank account, verify your identity and track every payout without leaving the app.

Can I use my own contract?

Yes. Use your own agreement and Fovea sends it for e-signature as part of the booking. We recommend having your contract reviewed by an attorney. Saving a contract on each package, so the right one goes out with every booking, is coming soon.

Does Ask Fovea send anything without me?

No. Ask Fovea answers questions from your own bookings, invoices and calendar, and it can prepare an invoice or a follow-up message. Drafts wait in your review queue. It can’t approve, send, sign or charge anything on its own. Ask Fovea is included on paid plans.

Is there an app?

There are two. Fovea Pro Studio is for you: inquiries, calendar, clients, galleries and messages. Fovea Pro is for your clients: booking, payments, messages, proofing and downloads. Both are coming to iPhone and Android.

How do I switch from my current tools?

Start new bookings on Fovea and let your current tools finish the jobs already in progress. A simple order works well: set up your packages, share your booking link, then deliver new galleries in Fovea as those shoots wrap. Email support@fovea.pro and we’ll help you plan the move.

How is my clients’ data protected?

Photos are kept in private storage and delivered through short-lived, signed links. Card details are handled by Stripe and never stored by Fovea. Each studio can only see its own records.

Read about security

Who is Fovea for?

US photographers who run their own business: weddings, portraits and families, from solo shooters to small studios. Your clients use Fovea free of charge to book, pay and receive their photos.

Bring your next booking into focus.

Start on the Free plan. There’s no subscription, and you can upgrade when your bookings outgrow it.

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