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Share representative references
Use your own finished work to show the direction you actually deliver to clients.
New Client Onboarding
Build a documented editing profile so every future order starts from an agreed visual standard.
Why onboarding matters
Style matching starts before the first recurring order
The purpose of onboarding is to turn subjective preferences—warmth, skin tone, contrast, exposure, crop and retouching limits—into a repeatable production profile.
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Run a representative project
Test daylight, mixed light and the types of images that normally require the most judgment.
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Give image-number feedback
Specific notes are easier to turn into repeatable standards than general comments such as “make it warmer.”
How long should onboarding take?
There is no useful one-size-fits-all number. A studio is ready to scale when the production profile is clear enough that corrective feedback decreases across representative jobs.
Style matching
Onboarding turns preferences into a repeatable process
Use a representative full event, a small set of your own finished references and specific feedback.
01
Create your studio account
Add studio contact details and preferred communication email.
02
Choose a representative test job
Use a full event with varied lighting and the services you expect to order regularly.
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Prepare your edited references
Choose a small group of finished images that clearly shows skin tone, warmth, contrast and exposure preferences.
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Send the full job plus references
Using the same event makes comparison across lighting conditions much more useful.
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Review preview edits
Give actionable feedback about color, exposure, contrast, warmth, shadows and skin tone.
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Approve the style
Once the preview feels right, the preferences are documented as your studio editing profile.
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Complete the full order
Production continues using the approved direction.
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Refine over time
Future feedback can update the profile, and secondary profiles can support different genres.