The shoot is done, the edit is finished, and now comes the part nobody trains you for: getting hundreds or thousands of full-resolution photos to your client. Email rejects them. Messaging apps compress them. Splitting the gallery into a dozen ZIP files works, but it makes you look disorganized and leaves your client guessing which part is which.
This guide covers how working photographers deliver galleries at full quality — and how to keep the process fast, private, and professional.
Why gallery delivery is harder than it looks
A single RAW file from a modern camera is often tens of megabytes, and a full wedding or event shoot can easily run into the tens or even hundreds of gigabytes. Three problems show up again and again:
- Size limits. Email attachments stop at around 25 MB, which is less than one or two RAW files.
- Silent compression. Many messaging apps and some sharing tools recompress images to save space. The client receives a softer, lower-quality version of work you spent hours editing — and may never know why it looks different.
- Clumsy delivery. Multiple ZIP parts, expired links, and “can you resend that?” emails eat into time you'd rather spend shooting.
What to look for in a delivery method
- No recompression. The files your client downloads should be byte-for-byte what you exported.
- One link for the whole gallery. Upload a folder and share a single link instead of managing multiple parts.
- No account for the client. Clients shouldn't have to sign up or install anything just to download their own photos.
- Password and expiry. Unreleased shoots, portraits, and private events deserve more than an unguessable URL.
- Room to grow. The tool should still work when you deliver your biggest shoot of the year, not just an average one.
How to deliver a gallery with Letshareit
- Go to letshareit.com/upload — no account is required.
- Drag in your exported folder. Letshareit zips it automatically, so your client downloads one file instead of hundreds.
- Set a password for private or unreleased work, and choose how long the link should stay active.
- Send the link by email or message. Share the password separately, for example by text, so the link alone isn't enough to open the gallery.
Files are stored and delivered exactly as uploaded, so RAW files, TIFFs, PSDs, and full-resolution JPEGs arrive at the quality you exported. See more on sharing high-resolution photos without compression.
Practical tips for cleaner client delivery
- Deliver finals and RAWs separately. Most clients want edited JPEGs. Put RAW files in their own link so the everyday gallery stays small and quick to download.
- Name your folders clearly. “Smith-Wedding-Finals-Full-Res” beats “Export_final_v3.”
- Use expiry as a soft deadline. A 30-day link gently nudges clients to download and back up their photos rather than leaving them online indefinitely.
- Password-protect anything private. Portraits, family sessions, and unreleased campaigns shouldn't rely on the link staying secret. Learn how password-protected sharing works.
- Check your size before you export. Free uploads support up to 4 GB. Large shoots fit on paid plans that go up to 60 GB (Basic) or 500 GB (Pro) per upload — see pricing.
What about online gallery platforms?
Dedicated gallery platforms are excellent for proofing, favoriting, and selling prints, and many photographers use them alongside a delivery link. But when the job is simply “hand over the final full-resolution files,” a plain download link is faster to set up, has nothing for the client to learn, and doesn't lock your delivery into one platform's storage.
The bottom line
Clients remember how easy — or annoying — it was to get their photos. Full quality, one link, a password when it matters, and no account required makes delivery a non-event. Send your next gallery now and see how it feels on the receiving end.
