Five focused apps built by a photographer, for photographers on assignment — one keeps every call sheet, gear list, and release organized, one gets the files off the card and onto the wire before you've packed the bag, one runs the desk that captions and transmits them once they land, one does all of it on an iPad, from the card or the camera to the wire, and one puts every frame in front of your client as you shoot, for them to star the keepers.
The field companion for freelance sports and editorial photographers — assignments, venues, mileage, invoicing, and earnings, all in one ledger.
Plug your camera in over wired Ethernet and WireRelay sends every shot straight to your FTP on whatever connection is actually working — cellular included, even when the venue Wi-Fi isn't.
Pulls frames off an FTP server, a memory card, or a watched folder the moment they land, gets a caption on them, and transmits — one Mac, no phone required.
Brings photos in from a card or straight from the camera over FTP, then lets you cull, caption, touch up and send them to the desk — all on an iPad, no laptop.
The camera sends each JPEG to an iPad over your own Wi-Fi, it shows up within seconds, and your client stars the favorites while you keep shooting — no card, no laptop, no internet.
ShootLedger keeps a running record of every assignment — client, venue, call time, forecast, and delivery destination — so the only thing left to think about on site is the work itself.
WireRelay sits between your camera and the outside world. It takes images over a wired Ethernet connection — no dropped Wi-Fi handshakes — and relays them out over whatever signal is available where you actually are.
Most venues that need this most — gymnasiums, ballrooms, backstage areas — have the worst Wi-Fi. WireRelay routes around that instead of hoping it improves.
Camera writes the file to its card as usual.
File moves over wired Ethernet to WireRelay — no radio in the loop yet.
WireRelay relays it out over cellular or Wi-Fi, whichever is actually up.
File lands on your FTP destination, ready for the editor.
BureauFlow runs on a Mac instead of a phone. It watches for frames arriving from the field, puts a caption on each one the moment it lands, and sends it on — a wire desk that fits in a camera bag.
FieldTake is for filing from the stands. Photos come in from the card or straight from the camera, get picked, captioned and touched up, and go out to the desk's FTP server — without a laptop in the bag.
SelectPad is for shoots where the client is in the room. Turn on the camera, open the app and shoot: each frame lands on the iPad in the client's hands, they star the ones they want, and the stars are waiting in the files when you sit down with Photo Mechanic.