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Service Photography
NowCandid helps photographers deliver host-funded event photography with fast guest identification, personal galleries, automated communication, and simple digital image delivery.
Built for Service Photography
Selfie Check-In™
Let guests check in with a quick selfie so NowCandid can help match them with the photos they appear in throughout the Event.
Face Matching™
Help guests find more of their photos automatically by matching faces across images from the Event.
Automated Marketing
Send gallery links and reminders by text and email, giving guests an easy way to visit their photos and order during or after the event is over.
How it works
From corporate events and sponsored activations to galas, conferences, parties, and other hosted experiences, NowCandid makes it easier to provide photography as a service to every guest.
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Create your Event and choose the identification workflow that best fits the experience, including Selfie Check-In™, or other available options.
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Guests check in before or during the Event so NowCandid can connect their contact information with the photos they appear in.
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Photograph candid moments, posed groups, step-and-repeat portraits, activations, and other event coverage while uploading images during or after the Event.
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NowCandid helps match guests with relevant images and sends personal gallery links directly by text or email.
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Guests access and download their photos as part of the host-funded experience, while the photographer avoids manually sorting, delivering, and sending images to individual attendees.
A Better Host Buy Experience
Guests can check in directly from their phones
Receive personal gallery links by text or email
Find photos of themselves without searching through an entire Event
Access images from a mobile-friendly gallery
Download included photos without making an individual purchase
Receive images during or after the Event
With a Host Buy model, the event organizer funds the photography experience upfront so guests can simply enjoy and access their photos. NowCandid helps automate identification and delivery, making it easier for photographers to serve large events without creating a manual fulfillment process for every attendee.
FAQs
Quick answers for photographers using NowCandid for Host Buy events.
What is a Host Buy event?
A Host Buy event is one where the event organizer, company, sponsor, school, or other host pays for the photography service rather than asking individual guests to purchase their own images.
Guests receive access to their photos as part of the event experience, while the photographer is compensated through the agreement with the host.
What types of events work well with a Host Buy model?
Host Buy works well for events where photography is intended to be an included guest benefit or part of the overall experience.
Examples can include corporate events, conferences, brand activations, galas, fundraisers, employee events, holiday parties, reunions, sponsored events, and other large gatherings.
It can also be a strong fit when an organization wants to provide professional photography without asking attendees to make an additional purchase.
How do guests receive their photos?
Guests can use tools such as Selfie Check-In™ and Face Matching™ to help NowCandid identify the images they appear in.
Once images are available, guests can receive personal gallery links by text or email and access their photos directly from a phone or other device.
This reduces the need for the photographer or event organizer to manually distribute galleries or individual image files after the Event.
Do guests have to pay to download their photos?
In a Host Buy setup, the host typically covers the cost of the photography and included image access.
That means guests can receive and download the images included with the Event without making an individual purchase.
The exact experience can be configured based on the photographer’s agreement with the host and how the Event is set up.
Can photos be delivered while the Event is still happening?
Yes. Photographers can upload i mages during the Event, allowing guests to begin receiving and viewing their photos while the experience is still underway.
This can be especially effective for corporate events, brand activations, conferences, and social gatherings where fast image delivery adds to the guest experience.
Photographers can also upload images afterward when additional editing or processing is needed.
Can Service Photography handle large events?
Yes. NowCandid is designed for high-volume photography environments and can help manage events with hundreds or thousands of attendees.
Guest check-in, FaceMatching™, automated communication, personal galleries, and digital delivery work together to reduce the manual work involved in getting photos to large numbers of people.
Can event titles, branding, or sponsor logos be added to the photos?
Yes. NowCandid can support branded photo experiences by adding event titles, organization branding, sponsor logos, or other graphics to images.
This can be especially valuable for corporate events, conferences, fundraisers, sponsored activations, and other Host Buy events where the photography is part of a larger branded experience.
Adding branded artwork helps extend the value of each image beyond the Event itself, giving guests a photo they are more likely to share while keeping the host, sponsor, or organization visible.
Let’s get in touch
If you’re a photographer looking to add NowCandid™ services to your wheelhouse, set up a call with us!
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