EASY ONLINE GALLERY/ LIGHTROOM/ how to present your photos to clients

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey guys! Hopefully this tutorial helps you out, whether its the online gallery or even the smart previews. Let me know if it does, or if you have any questions about it, I'll do my best to answer you :)

[@ymeufool]

how do u edit and export the images again with the water after the client liked the images

[@ymeufool]

the edit does get link to the original image :(

[@dyspatcher]

Dude, quick tip - If you hit Shift-x or Shift-P instead, it rejects/picks and automatically goes onto the next photo - you don't need to hit the arrow keys :)

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Legend!!!! Thanks for the tip :)

[@dingodogie]

Or turn on caps-lock to accomplish the same

[@adrianchen8891]

Dude… you are the MAN!!!! Thank you so much!!! As a new photographer who just did their first photoshoot yesterday, I just looked super professional to my client! I can't wait to see their responses! THANKS AGAIN!!!!

[@Chickasawndngirl]

The second way you mentioned is what works for me… I narrow down the selection and do some basic fixes. Then show the clients so they can pick out what they really want. Then I just edit those. Saves me loads of time. 👍🏼

[@melannipujols]

Hi! Thank you so much for this helpful video. I just want to add something about what you said in the beginning. If you ask clients, of course they'll want all the pictures but here is the thing, we should find a middle ground. I suggest to all the photographers out there, specially beginners, to take enough photos and do a vast first selection of all the images and then sharing the rest with the clients. Because the final photographs are not only for them but for us as well. We are artists, if we only think about the commercial part of it we'll eventually get burn out and we'll start to hate what we do. Be patient, with time you'll get to know better what your niche likes and it we'll be easier for you to make images all parties will love. This is my personal experience, and I hope you don't struggle with the same thing I did. Or maybe you already did? We are all together in this journey... With love, Melanni

[@mr.continuity]

I’ve been using this for years, it would be great if Lightroom had a filter feature for clients so they can keep track of what they liked

[@Maxxxzis]

Man! I never write commets on youtube, but you saved my workflow! God job!

[@topsidestudio]

Fantastic information, I’ve been using Lightroom for over a year and was completely unaware of this feature. Gratitude my guy!

[@chelseabartz8735]

I've been looking for a solution for hours. Thanks so much, honestly saved me. :)

[@lwazihlophe8955]

simplicity is an art .you nailed it man.

[@heatherfox6098]

Thank you so much!! Helped me figure out a problem

[@frankanderson9253]

This is brilliant! Been using Lightroom for years and had no clue of this feature. Thanks for sharing! 🙏🏼

[@kelseymatarese]

I'm new to this program and this is the best video I've seen so far. Thanks!

[@ebonymills5038]

Needed this so much as someone just starting out! Thank you!

[@stewcook24]

Really great tutorial Cameron - clear. concise and packed with great tips and explanations. Keep up the good work, buddy!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Thanks so much mate I appreciate it

[@VeRoyJourney]

I did not know Lightroom had this option. I have been using google drive. This helps my workflow

[@LindaMaier360]

Cameron, maybe it's a newer feature since this video was made a year or so ago, but you don't need to make the smart previews before you sync the photos. LR classic only syncs smart previews to LR (mobile). You place the photos you want to share into a collection, then sync the collection to the cloud. And here is the most important nugget of knowledge, photos synced from Lightroom Classic do not count against your Lightroom cloud 20 GB of storage. I did learn a few tips about the settings and sharing. Thanks!

[@carlylayton6719]

How do you check this/know they are smart previews? If you just select "sync with lightroom" on a collection does it automatically make smart previews on web?

[@DilyLifestylePage]

Woow that looks complicated! ..but at the same time very easy and straight forward to present your work to clients. Love the tutorial and I think was very helpful for my near future ☺️ Well done again mi amor!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Thanks mi amor :) I'm glad you liked it. Can feel very complicated when you first hear it, but yeah once you do it a couple times it's really easy to use and simple for the client.

[@dragnfly138]

Thanks for this. I need to get the best out of these programs that I already pay so much money for. I am more of a Hobby photographer, but I make portraits for different events for the school and such. They are pro pics. VALUABLE!!

[@patriciawedding4000]

This was incredibly helpful; you explained it all so thoroughly. Thank you!!!

[@alitravelpoints]

If I export and re import images with the watermark and the clients make their selections, how will I link it back to the original raw file, before the watermark images were exported? Or do you manually match the ones they commented on and then edit?

[@aiorbitview]

Thanks! That’s very useful! Exactly what I was looking for! ❤

[@MudProduction7]

this was super helpful, the only thing i would say is that after the client make their pic with watermarked photos, and you edit the ones in Lightroom, the original photos WITHOUT the watermark to get automatically edited as you edit the ones with the watermark. Unless i'm doing something wrong, please let me know. The only photos that are updated with the edits, are the ones with the watermark that re-imported into Lightroom. At least that was my experience, this was still a great tutorial for me, i use to send the pictures through dropbox and this gave me a much more professional look, so thank you.

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Good question bro 👍 You have 2 collections. The Raw photos and the watermarked. (Nearly identical, except for the watermark of course) You send the watermarked collection to the client for them to choose which photos they want. This is set as a guide. So if they chose photos for example 2,7,10. You would go to photos 2,7,10 in the Raw collection and edit those ones.

[@MudProduction7]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 lol yes i realized real quick that's i had to do. But thank you so much for the video, helped a whole lot!

[@L.Spencer]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 And then if they download the photos they chose from the gallery, how do you know what size they're getting? Are they getting a photo big enough to print, say 8x10? What if they want bigger? So confusing.

[@csierra106]

Great video, this is exactly what I was looking for... Good Work! Thanks for sharing

[@Live86400]

Thank you so much for this Tutorial! I so needed this!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Stoked you got some value from this mate! I'm glad I could help

[@staceynolan48]

Hi! Question...after the client hearts the photos, how can you filter them out in your LR catalog so you don't have to scroll through all the photos looking for the speech bubble icon? Thanks!

[@VeRoyJourney]

I am looking for the same thing. I'm just now learning about this feature but I can't find a filter section and I to have to scroll through all the many pictures and make my own ratings

[@MudProduction7]

Great tutorial, thank you.

[@zanderryzinski953]

This was super helpful! You've earned my subscription! Thank you!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Thanks so much bro ! I really appreciate the support :)

[@Ammzkon]

Thank you so much for this such a big help. How do you then unsync everything from the cloud but leave the images on the catalogue once you’ve sent over the final images etc

[@simoghraphy9689]

This is amazing bro I've never had any idea about this thank you so much ❤❤💯

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

No worries mate

[@beverlywalker8853]

🤩 what I have been hoping to find...Awesome...thank you!!!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Glad it could help mate

[@raychelawesome]

Ok but that intro was 🔥🔥 love the lights!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Haha Thanks a lot :)

[@gwvaio]

Really good job bro. good explanation. I was tired of using Google Drive links

[@sundralawton]

this was awesome! thank you so much. makes everything so much easier!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Glad I could help

[@veith3dclub]

Hey Cameron! What mm have you used for filimg this video? Love the style and thanks for the video!!!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey thanks mate! I appreciate it. I believe I was filming with the 17-28mm Tamron

[@carloslagos8097]

Great suggestions! This is really helpful!

[@paulabevan]

Great thanks for that, that’s saves lots of money , I did not realise , realy I could do that . Why Adobe don’t shout about I don’t know

[@joshuaaruiz]

thank you for your help, this was awesome!

[@clark7894]

Very helpful tutorial. Thank you.

[@lebfish]

Thank you for the super helpful vid!

[@adrianbest3485]

You can share unlimited thumbnails from LRC to LR without using any storage allotment. Then select and share a link... Fewer steps. These small files look great on screen. And suite this purpose well.

[@m77ast]

excellent - you just saved me a tonne Hahaha - Im sending you a million kisses right now

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hahaha thanks so much ! I’m glad I could help out 👍

[@mikaylaarsenian9071]

I had NO IDEA this existed! Thank you!!!! Also what hard drive do you use to store your photos?

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Glad I could help!! I use the WD Elements 5TB

[@mikaylaarsenian9071]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 would you recommend purchasing it? Or should I look into a different hard drive? (:

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

@@mikaylaarsenian9071 I had the same Hard Drive 4TB, which I have had no problems with. Which is why I bought the same but 5TB instead. So yes I would recommend WD Elements. As long as you do your research and find the best fit for you. In my experience I haven't had a problem

[@JohnDoukasPhotography]

This is great! Thank you. When you share the final images for the client to download, do you know if they are able to download the hi-res version, or if it just downloads a smaller version?

[@fderive]

Hi I'm having problems with this whole workflow but this is what I figured out. If you upload raw to cloud, they get a tiny jpeg. You would have to save edited photos to jpeg on hd then re import to lightroom, re create a collection as jpegs then upload to gallery and share link or add to existing gallery. I haven't tried this yet from PC but when using phone full jpegs are shared and downloaded as same.

[@kidneyaccordion]

@@fderive I second this. Would be nice for Adobe to just make it easy and select full size vs compressed.

[@L.Spencer]

@@fderive thanks, I'm trying to figure this out, too. I've got the gallery, but when I download a photo it's not very big. I doubt the client could print it. I also tried downloading the whole gallery, but it came zipped and my computer can't unzip it. Every step of this process has been a battle.

[@maticca]

helpful video, thanks cam!

[@mjproductions2062]

helped a shit load of my work haha love it! thanks homie.

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Glad I could help mate :)

[@lizzywilson180]

Never knew about this! Thank you!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Lizzy wilson no worries Lizzy :) I’m glad I could help you out 👍

[@gavinhorrell7269]

You have been a great help

[@MKAServicess]

Thanks a lot for this tutorial! :D

[@gerlikaitraksmann1653]

Thank You su much, that was perfect.

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

You’re very welcome!!! Hope it helped you out in some way :)

[@gerlikaitraksmann1653]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 It really helped, but client cant comment and heart, she need a password...

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

@@gerlikaitraksmann1653 yeah all the client has to do, is create an account which takes less than a minute. Then they are able to like and comment :D

[@oscarvalencia9557]

Hey thank you! After the client likes and comments on photos is there a way to edit the photos with the watermark in the same collection? Since they're synced I assume that the water marks can be removed and photos edited and automatically updated in the same link

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey there ! I’m not to sure on that one. I usually just create a 2nd collection with the watermarked photos that’s identical to the original collection. That way when the client likes the photos, I can just reference the number photo they chose and I know which photos to edit in the original collection

[@Auskiter]

Thanks bloke.

[@AlmaGabriela]

Love it! Will have to try, thank you (subscribed)

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Thanks so much :)

[@emmathorold1414]

Great tutorial. I'm currently following and when I go on and try to leave a comment it says to sign in. Not sure why?

[@olivier2122]

Great video! it deserve a lot more views. Really well explained.

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Oli Langevin thanks so much mate! I appreciate it . Hope you took some value from it :)

[@olivier2122]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 Yes I was already using it, but didn't understand everything.

[@ralphfrank1984]

Thank you so much! Great job!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Cheers mate I appreciate it ;)

[@markosimic360]

Nice job. You helped me a lot. Keep going 👏👏

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Cheers mate I appreciate it

[@lunanavarro6162]

HI! I do big photoshoots and oftenly there are more than 600 pictures for the client to choose. They Usually pick 80 pictures more or less. Is there a way that i can do client proofing with lightroom with a watermark?

[@nournasser6712]

so just to be clear, the smart previews is just for the proof gallery right? when I send over the real gallery i would deselect that option so my resolution is higher?

[@gregwaugh8069]

Gold mate

[@rosemathews5710]

Lightroom classic or cloud? Which is better??

[@journeywithsound]

So do you save the catalog on you computer and the actual photos on your drive?

[@andreamsesmas1283]

I recently found out about Lightroom collections, how awesome are they!! I do have a question though, when I’m editing in Lightroom, my photos look sharp and crisp, and after I make them shareable, when I use the link and view as a client, they don’t look as sharp and crisp. Could I be doing something wrong?

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey mate! Have you linked the original file back to the catalog after creating the smart previews and sorting through them?

[@fderive]

you can view my reply above

[@frits1463]

The only downside of this is that clients have to make an Adobe account. Some clients hate it to make "accounts for everything".

[@jesserodriguezjr508]

Outstanding! Question….do my clients have to create an account to view the online photos?

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Yep they’ll just have to create a quick account to access the photos

[@LucciettaNo1]

Hi, I also wonder what would be the best export settings for the watermarked photos before sending them to client? Thanks!

[@natalielines1599]

just for clarification, the exported versions with the watermark dont relate to the high res? it seems like that even if they heart the watermark we still have to jump from 2 collections to gather the clients choices?

[@Live86400]

Cameron, I followed your instructions & my client is saying they need to sign in to like the photo or comment. How do I not allow that to happen. I made the collection public & made sure the slider for like & comment is on. Why is it doing that? In your video you're able to like & comment cause you signed in to your account. My client doesn't have an Adobe account.

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Yeah I had someone else ask me that question aswell. When I send the link to the client, I now inform them all they have to do is create an account which take 2 seconds. Then it’s straight forward from there

[@Live86400]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 Ok cool, if that's all it is then, that shouldn't be a big deal. I'll create a quick video & screen share to show them how to do it. This way I can send them a link to the video to watch how to create an account (obviously for those less tech-savvy) LOL 😃Thanks again for the vid & quick response. I subd!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Yeah for sure bro! What ever works for you and your clients. Glad I could help :)

[@adamsaleem.]

Great tutorial man!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Thanks mate

[@michael_viteritti]

Thanks for sharing, great video

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

No worries hope it helped :)

[@JusstSolo]

How can I select the pictures that the client like.... do I have to go one by one?

[@SkullysPlace]

How do i only sync the images in that particular collection? It seems to always want to sync all of my photos on my phone or anything else I was working on. Thank u in advance!

[@bryk701]

I right click on collection and I don't have option there 'sync with Lightroom' or 'Lightroom links'. What am I doing wrong? I'm with Adobe photo plan. I need client to like selected photos so I can postprocess them.

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey mate, try an figure out how to turn on cloud sync and hopefully that will fix the problem

[@GrantBurks]

I had this same issue. I had to synch my Lightroom account by clicking the 'Cloud' icon in the upper right-hand corner of Lightroom Classic then click 'Synch'. I then had to restart Lightroom Classic and I was able to synch my Collection. I hope that helps!

[@donnamoore-wright2923]

Hi Cameron, I followed all of the steps but I don't see a little speech bubble when I go into LR. Not sure if I am doing something wrong. The clients comments show up but I have to click on each photo to see the comments.

[@HelgaAst]

We have only one problem. When the client tries to download a photo, it's possible only a small size. How can the client download at the original size?

[@AkramCal]

Thank you so much 💓 great video 👍 I just have a question: how can I do this from my cell phone? I would like to get the link and send it to my client via text message or whatsapp!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey mate! Thanks so much :) I’m not too sure how you would do it via the Lightroom app, but you can easily send the link to yourself through fb messenger for example and then send to client by copy and pasting through text message or WhatsApp

[@AkramCal]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 I will try it 👍Thanks 🙏⚘

[@tregilkes33]

Thank you

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

You’re welcome :)

[@Miltonbosss]

Mine doesn’t have “sync with Lightroom please help

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey mate! Another person had the same problem. You just have to turn on Cloud Sync. Google or KZbin it as I’m not sure on where to do it. But that seemed to fix his problem

[@GrantBurks]

I had this same issue. I had to synch my Lightroom account by clicking the 'Cloud' icon in the upper right-hand corner of Lightroom Classic then click 'Synch'. I then had to restart Lightroom Classic and I was able to synch my Collection. I hope that helps!

[@LuisCastrovideo]

amazing!!!

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

I hope it helped mate :)

[@Miltonbosss]

Question, every time I try and view my gallery online none of the photos are visible. But gray. This happened after I edited a few photos and got a few sink errors on three of them. Up at the top of the light room the sync is on. However I have three sync errors. I have tried to rebuild the sync data. That doesn't work so now I'm just wondering how to show my client their photos. I'll probably have a back up since this is very inconvenient

[@NikaProkopenka-u5b]

isn't it a bit double to export and then re-import the photo's? you can avoid that no?

[@AlmaGabriela]

For some reason after sharing with the client they couldn’t download all the pictures on their phone (they could one by one but not all together) am I doing something wrong?

[@paulelunico]

hi. i just tried to used this feature but the client apperently needs to have a lighroom account in order to comment or like the photos in the shared gallery. is there a way around this?

[@MrDan1509]

Nope...gotta have an Adobe account of any kind!

[@dariahreusova3039]

Is this possible in lightroom not lightroom classic?

[@paulelunico]

hi. I downloaded the photos from the link and the file sizes have been reduced. they are not the same file size i uploaded them from lightroom. the original photo sizes are 3MB and the dowloaded photo sizes are 550KB. how can this affect my photo quality?

[@carriereamer6730]

what song is playing int he background of your video?

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Hey I think it’s called bloodline. I got it from epidemic sounds

[@carriereamer6730]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 u got another guess?! I can't find it

[@AstroTlatoani]

Why do I not have the sync with Lightroom option nor the Lightroom links?

[@shirleyrg6010]

Thank you for showing this very important info, but I have a question. I did a test myself, so I downloaded the photos as if I was the client, but the resolution in case they want to print is not that high, how can I make sure they download it in high res?

[@David-oq4rz]

Hi @shirleyrg6010, I have the same cuestión, did you find out the answer?

[@L.Spencer]

@@David-oq4rz Same question :)

[@redheadvibez]

My LRC does not show the option for me to sync or get a link to Lightroom. Does anyone have any suggestions? :(

[@hazsanker1116]

how do you remove the water marks once client has selected favorite pictures ?

[@trueimagetv1]

Does this work with lr mobile?

[@elijah6013]

so how would i do this without a hard drive?

[@CalvinMennyweathers]

Hey, so when I right clicked the collection, there was no sync with lightroom button

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Mmmm... I’m not too sure about that one sorry mate. You’ve created the collection? And it’s just not showing the option to sync?

[@CalvinMennyweathers]

@@cameronmcdonnell912 it's because I didn't have cloud sync turned on, I had to call Adobe and get remote assistance lol but it was such a simple fix 🤣 but this video was a huge help, thank you

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

@@CalvinMennyweathers ahhh sweet! Funny how most of the time it is just a simple fix. Glad you got it sorted out mate :D and cheers! Happy the video has helped you out

[@GrantBurks]

I had this same issue. I had to synch my Lightroom account by clicking the 'Cloud' icon in the upper right-hand corner of Lightroom Classic then click 'Synch'. I then had to restart Lightroom Classic and I was able to synch my Collection. I hope that helps!

[@ironrooster79]

Which file type did you exported it to?

[@debbyzinha1000]

I don’t have a “sync with lightroom option” 😢

[@scottapants]

Did I miss a step? Doing a test run and my "client" can see the photos, but have log into adobe cloud to like, or comment.

[@marcellogamez5529]

Can you also let clients find the raw photos in that folder or do you do that separately?

[@MrDan1509]

Why? Is a raw file really gonna help sell an overly edited file with some lame filter slapped on it?

[@simoghraphy9689]

is it possible for mobile?

[@midar1]

"Allow downloads (JPG) and export" is useless, you can always download it. What I really need is to be able to aply any export preset with any watermark I already have. And let the LrC do the job automaticaly. Have the opportunity to see the client likes/comments in LrC, be able to do any adjustments and automaticaly sync the updates with client (client will always see the watermark). No export with watermark, no import again and search for the original files without watermark. Like come on Adobe, is it really that hard to come up with this user case?

[@HokageAlex]

just subscribe and you got a lot of potential of being up there with Peter Mckinnon

[@cameronmcdonnell912]

Wow! Thank you so much mate. That's a really nice comment and motivates me :)