Your portraits deserve a gallery
that actually sells.
Deliver private, PIN-protected galleries your clients will obsess over. Empower them to favorite moments, request retouches, claim digital packages, and order museum-grade prints from McKenna Pro. You set the prices and keep 100% of the profit.
✓ No credit card required · ✓ 0% print sales commission · ✓ Free 1-click migration from Pixieset & ShootProof
Platform Commission
Keep 100% of your retail markup on every canvas, metal, and print.
Edge CDN Delivery
Cloudflare R2 global network serves full-res photos without lag.
White-Label Studio
Your custom domain, logo, and unbranded dropship packaging.
McKenna Pro Lab
Automated direct-to-door dropship fulfillment for prints & canvas.
Julian & Claire — Coastal Vows
Prepared by Sarah Jenkins Studio · 142 High-Res Photographs
Bridal Close-Up
"Could we soften flyaways on right side?"
Golden Hour Walk
"Primary 2-page horizontal spread candidate."
Sunset Champagne
"24x36 Gallery Wrapped Canvas for Living Room."
Client Wall Art & Print Store
Museum-grade photographic paper, gallery wrap canvas & custom framing.
100% Retained
Fine Art Photographic Prints
Archival Lustre & Deep Matte on Kodak Endura paper.
1.5" Gallery Canvas Wrap
Hand-stretched archival canvas with satin finish.
White-Label Dropship
Direct to your client's door with your studio branding.
Engagement & Order Analytics
Track client views, favorite selections, and lab dispatch in real time.
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Most proofing platforms were built in 2012.
You're still paying the price.
Legacy gallery software lures photographers with low entry plans, then penalizes your growth with hidden print commissions, exponential storage ransoms, and sluggish mobile downloads.
The Hidden Commission Extortion
Pixieset takes up to 15% of your gross print sales on starter tiers and forces you onto top monthly plans just to keep your own profits. On a $1,500 holiday wall art order, that's $225 taken right out of your pocket.
The Archive Storage Ransom
Legacy platforms charge exorbitant storage multipliers because their servers run on legacy AWS S3 storage with costly bandwidth. If you archive 5 years of client sessions, you're paying $40 to $70+ every single month just so old clients don't lose their memories.
The Mobile Download Nightmare
Outdated platforms fail when clients try to download high-resolution 40MB photos or 2GB wedding ZIP files on smartphones. Downloads stall, links expire, and your inbox fills with confused text messages and frustrated brides.
Four pillars built to make your studio
faster, more prestigious, and radically more profitable.
Private, PIN-protected proofing your clients will fall in love with.
Give clients an intimate, distraction-free environment to review their session. Protect confidential moments with customizable 4-digit PINs, gallery passwords, or unlisted direct links.
- ✓ Multi-Set Curation: Clients organize selections into separate trays: "Our Album Spreads", "Prints for Grandparents", and "Social Media Picks".
- ✓ Visual Pose Tagging: Clients attach retouch notes (e.g. "Please soften flyaways") and mark yearbook or album cover picks directly on the photo tile.
- ✓ Studio Approval Gate: Review and refine client crop selections and retouching before automated print production.
All 10 digitals included with session fee have been downloaded.
Clients easily unlock extra images or single digitals ($15/ea) with instant Apple Pay or Google Pay checkout.
Sub-second edge downloads with built-in digital upsell monetization.
Powered by Cloudflare R2's global edge network, your clients download full-resolution 50MB files and streaming multi-gigabyte ZIP archives instantly without server buffering.
- ✓ Seamless Mobile Delivery: Clients download full-res originals or optimized web files directly to their iPhone Camera Roll or Android photo gallery.
- ✓ Automated Digital Allotments: Package 10, 15, or 25 photos with your session fee. When clients reach their quota, our inline engine upsells the remaining files automatically.
- ✓ Custom Watermarks: Protect unpurchased proofs with subtle corner marks or full diagonal overlays that disappear upon digital purchase.
Automated McKenna Pro fulfillment. You keep 100% of your print profits.
Turn digital sessions into heirloom wall art and archival prints without touching packing tape. Every order is produced by industry-leading lab partner McKenna Pro and dropshipped in custom unbranded packaging directly to your client.
- ✓ 0% Platform Cut: Unlike Pixieset (up to 15% commission), we never take a percentage of your art sales. You pay wholesale lab cost and keep every dollar of profit.
- ✓ Interactive Room Visualizer: Clients preview how their family portrait looks as an 8x10 vs 24x36 canvas mounted over modern sofas and dining rooms.
- ✓ Print Credit Gifting: Bundle a $100 or $250 print credit into your session invoice; it automatically appears in your client's gallery cart upon login.
*On Pixieset Starter plans, you would have lost an additional $63.00 in platform commissions on this single order.
Your Gallery Reveals In
Days
Hours
Mins
Secs
Build viral excitement with wedding couples and families before the gallery unlocks.
Cinematic reveal countdowns and real-time studio engagement radar.
Create an unforgettable client experience from the second you share their gallery link. Drive emotional impact with music slideshows, countdown reveals, and actionable sales intelligence.
- ✓ Reveal Countdown Timers: Send clients an anticipation link before their gallery goes live. Couples share the ticking timer on Instagram stories.
- ✓ Cinematic Slideshows: Highlight session hero images set to licensed ambient and acoustic soundtracks for maximum emotional resonance.
- ✓ Engagement Radar: See in real time when clients open their gallery, which photos they zoom into, and what they add to cart.
How Live Portrait Studio compares
against legacy proofing platforms.
See why modern portrait photographers are leaving Pixieset and ShootProof to keep 100% of their print markup and deliver faster mobile galleries.
| Feature / Capability | Live Portrait Studio | Pixieset | ShootProof | Pic-Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Platform Commission on Prints | ✓ 0% on All Plans | Up to 15% (or high tier) | 0% (high base tiers) | 0% - 15% based on plan |
| Storage & Bandwidth Engine | ✓ Cloudflare R2 ($0 Egress) | Legacy AWS S3 | Legacy AWS S3 | Custom CDN |
| Mobile Full-Res ZIP Downloads | ✓ Instant Edge Streaming | Slow / Buffering | Can Fail on Mobile | Good |
| Digital Allotment Upsell Engine | ✓ Built-in 1-Click Upsell | Manual Promo Codes | Complex Price Sheets | Built-in |
| Pose Tagging & Retouch Notes | ✓ Native Visual Tags | Basic Favorites Only | Star Ratings Only | Basic Notes |
| Direct Print Lab Integration | ✓ McKenna Pro Direct | WHCC / Miller's / ProDPI | Bay Photo / WHCC | Multiple Labs |
| Live Wall-Art Room Visualizer | ✓ Included Free | Basic Preview | Basic Preview | Included |
| Reveal Countdown Timers | ✓ Built-in Anticipation | Not Available | Not Available | Not Available |
| Cinematic Music Slideshows | ✓ Included Free | Paid Add-On ($/mo) | Basic Only | Included |
| Custom Domain & SSL | ✓ Included on Core Plans | Higher Tiers Only | Higher Tiers Only | Included |
Switching from Pixieset or ShootProof?
Our VIP migration concierge migrates your active galleries, client contact lists, and pricing markups in less than 48 hours for free.
Predictable monthly plans.
Zero print commissions forever.
Choose the capacity that fits your studio volume. Every plan includes unlimited private client galleries, PIN protection, and 0% commission print sales.
Interactive Commission & Storage Savings Calculator
Calculate how much money you lose every year on legacy platform commissions and storage fees.
Ideal for emerging portrait, senior, and newborn photographers looking to deliver private galleries and sell prints.
Includes:
The complete high-volume suite for established wedding, family, and boudoir photographers.
Everything in Starter, plus:
For multi-photographer studios, boutique agencies, and high-volume wedding production teams.
Everything in Pro, plus:
Why top portrait photographers
are switching their client delivery to Lumio.
"Switching from Pixieset paid for my entire year of software in my first wedding. My couple ordered a 30x40 metal print and framed canvases for both sets of parents. Keeping 100% of my markup instead of losing 15% put $410 straight into my bank account on a single order."
Sarah Lin
Coastal Wedding Photographer · San Diego, CA
"The digital allotment feature is pure genius. I include 10 digitals in my session fee. Every single mom hits the limit and buys the remaining 25 images right inside the gallery with Apple Pay. It added $350 in pure profit to every session without awkward hard selling."
Marcus Reed
High-School Senior & Family Studio · Dallas, TX
"Client privacy is everything in my niche. Having PIN protection, unlisted access links, and discreet, white-label packaging from McKenna Pro gave my clients absolute peace of mind. The presentation is so luxurious it instantly justifies my $2,500 session rate."
Chloe Devereux
Fine Art Boudoir Studio · Chicago, IL
Everything you need to know
about Live Portrait Studio.
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