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Answer: 1 to 800+ photos

How many photos should a photographer deliver?

Published packages run from 1 retouched headshot to 400 to 800 photos for an 8-hour wedding, and shoots.page delivers any of those sets as one link. Headshots get 1 to 5 retouched frames, portrait and family sessions 4 to 50+, events 50 to 300; at about 8 MB per JPEG, only weddings and long events outgrow the free 2 GB.

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What published packages say

Headshot and portrait packages are the smallest. Adi Ringer Headshot Photography includes 1 retouched image in a session of under an hour, Headshots NYC 2 in 60 minutes and 3 in 2 hours, and Studio Popcorn 5 in an hour. One-hour portrait packages include 4 to 15: Bradley Banner 4 professionally retouched images, micahecru.com 10 edited and Stacie Stine 15. Family sessions deliver more: Janessa-Nicole 20+, GKPhoto 30+ and Liam + Bee 50+ for about an hour.

Longer coverage scales up. Two-hour brand sessions run from 12 retouched images at Bradley Banner to 80+ at Lovisa Photo. Executive Images finds that a 2-hour corporate event with one photographer produces 60 to 120 good photographs, and Event Photojournalism puts a three-hour corporate event with one photographer at 150 to 250. For weddings, Narrative gives 50 to 75 edited photos per hour, or 400 to 600 for 8 hours, and Saeed Arab 400 to 800 for a standard full wedding day.

Published counts by session type

The following table compares published photo counts by session type, with a link to the detailed guide for each, estimated gallery storage at about 8 MB per JPEG, and the matching shoots.page account plan.

Sizes are estimates at about 8 MB per exported JPEG: 250 photos fill the free 2 GB, and Pro's 100 GB holds about 12,500.
SessionPublished countsGallery size at 8 MB per JPEGshoots.page plan
Headshot, up to 1 hour1 to 5 retouched (Adi Ringer Headshot Photography, Headshots NYC, PhotosbyMichel, Studio Popcorn)8 to 40 MBFree
Portrait, 1 hour4 to 15 (Bradley Banner, micahecru.com, Tiffany Michelle, Stacie Stine)32 to 120 MBFree
Family, about 1 hour20+ to 50+ (Janessa-Nicole, GKPhoto, Fabrophoto.com, Liam + Bee)0.16 to 0.4 GB and upFree
Brand, 2 hours12 retouched to 80+ (Bradley Banner, Soul Focus Studios, Mackenzie LaRoe, Leslie Fox Photography, Lovisa Photo)0.1 to 0.64 GB and upFree
Engagement, 1 to 2 hours25+ to 100+ (Kandid Clicks Photography, Catherine Huliganga)0.2 to 0.8 GB and upFree
Event, 2 hours50 to 150 (London Photography Studios, Executive Images, Event Photojournalism)0.4 to 1.2 GBFree
Event, 3 hours120 to 300 (Frankie The Creative, Event Photojournalism, Christian Purdie)0.96 to 2.4 GBFree up to about 250, Pro above
Wedding, 2 hours100 to 300 (Narrative, Dan Rice Photography)0.8 to 2.4 GBFree up to about 250, Pro above
Wedding, 3 hours150 to 400 (Narrative's hourly rate, Dan Rice Photography)1.2 to 3.2 GBFree up to about 250, Pro above
Wedding, 8 hours400 to 800 (Narrative, Saeed Arab, ConneryFilm)3.2 to 6.4 GBPro

What drives the number

How to deliver it

  1. Set a clear range

    State a minimum or a range in the package, the way published packages say 30+ or 100 to 300, rather than one fixed number.

  2. Cull strictly

    Remove test shots, blinks, and awkward duplicates so your client sees only the strongest work from the session.

  3. Enable proofing for extras

    Use photo proofing to set a maximum number of picks and let clients choose extra photos at a per-photo price you set; you settle that money with the client, since shoots.page never collects it.

  4. Send a single delivery link

    Upload your exported files to shoots.page, where clients view 2000 px previews and download the originals singly or as one ZIP in any browser, without an account.

Common questions

Should I give my client every photo I take?

No. Published counts are culled, edited sets: Narrative puts a full wedding day's capture at 2,000 to 3,500 frames against 400 to 600 delivered for 8 hours, and Event Photojournalism's event estimates assume a culling rate of roughly 60 to 75% of frames captured. Test shots, blinks and near duplicates make the best frames harder to find.

Should I promise an exact number?

Published packages mostly do not. They state a minimum, such as Lauren Turney Photography's 200+ for a 2-hour wedding, or a range, such as Dan Rice Photography's 100 to 300, and Petruzzo Photography makes no promises about the quantity of images, only the quality. A minimum or a range lets the count follow what actually happened at the shoot.

Should I give clients the RAW files?

Published packages count edited images; George Pompilio calls his finished photographs, not proofs and not unedited files. If a client does need RAWs, turn on the RAW download switch on shoots.page, which is off by default; with it off, an original download of a RAW photo is a full-size JPEG made from it. See send RAW files to clients.

How many photos per hour is normal?

The published rates cited here run from 20 to 100 per hour. Petruzzo Photography puts it at 20 to 60 finished images per hour, per photographer; Core Visuals' event packages work out to 30 to 40; Event Photojournalism says most professional event photographers deliver 40 to 80; and wedding guides from Narrative and Grey Loft Studio give 50 to 75 and 50 to 100.

Should I charge for extra photos?

Many published packages do. Stacie Stine includes 15 edited images in a 1-hour session and offers extras at $15 a photo, and PhotosbyMichel charges $50 for each additional retouched image. With photo proofing on shoots.page, clients can pick photos beyond the maximum at a per-photo price you set and see the running total; you settle the payment with the client, and shoots.page takes no commission.

Deliver your next gallery

Upload the finished set to shoots.page and send the client one link they open without an account. The free plan's 2 GB holds about 250 photos at 8 MB each; Pro has 100 GB for full wedding days.

Prepare a gallery

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Checked 29 October 2026.