Volume, deadlines, repeat clients
Deliver event galleries at production speed
Event photography is a logistics sport. You leave the venue with thousands of files, multiple card sources, sometimes a second shooter, and a sponsor or team lead who wants a link yesterday. ImageEvent is built for batch ingest, clear folder structure, and share links you can keep private for VIPs or open for public celebration when the contract allows.
This page is about high-volume still delivery for working pros. If your brief is family-first event video messaging, read event video sharing. If you are delivering mastered films alongside stills, add video delivery and client galleries to your internal checklist.
Upload paths and limits are intentionally documented in Support so they stay accurate as the service evolves. Start with uploading or emailing images and videos before you are on-site without a tested pipeline.
Ingest: Easy Upload, Mega Upload, FTP, and email
Easy Upload is perfect for smaller batches or quick adds after the main ingest. Mega Upload and FTP matter when you are moving thousands of files from a tether station or a RAID copy. Light workflows can use email ingestion when it fits your SOP.
Pick one primary path per event type and document it for associates. The worst failures happen when everyone improvises under deadline.
Organization patterns that scale
Weddings often split into Getting Ready, Ceremony, Reception, and Details albums inside one client folder. Corporate galas might split by room or by hour. Sports tournaments might split by field or by game number.
Folder-level URLs and security mean you can hand a sponsor a public highlights folder while keeping the full capture private for the league office. Read share albums for visibility and link behavior.
Downloads, sponsors, and contract language
Some events include a sponsor deliverable: a ZIP of selects, or a branded gallery for social sharing. Owner-side download controls are summarized under downloading photos and videos. Align button visibility with what you signed, especially when minors are in frame.
When you need guests to find images fast, album bar and viewer behaviors are documented under album page and viewer.
Second shooters, assistants, and handoff hygiene
Decide before the event whether cards merge into one master album or stay in parallel folders by photographer. Either works; inconsistency confuses clients. Rename files on ingest if your studio relies on strict sort order.
If you deliver in waves (teaser, full gallery), duplicate only what you must and label albums so the client knows which link is authoritative.
FAQ
Yes, using folders and album-level settings described in share albums.
See video delivery and event video sharing depending on your audience.
Compare storage and features on packages, then validate upload tooling in uploading help.
Hub: photographers. Still delivery deep dive: client galleries.