Photographers: booking mini sessions online

A mini session day works when every slot is taken and families arrive on time, one after the other. Put the day on your booking page as its own service with short back-to-back slots: families pick a time at any hour, each slot leaves the page when it's booked, and you stop managing a spreadsheet of names and times by message.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity. Give each mini session slot one place: one family per slot.

Durations and prices are examples: set your own. Say in the description how many edited images are included.

Leave five or ten minutes between slots for families to arrive and settle, and for you to check your settings. A 20-minute session in 30-minute slots keeps the day on time. If you want a break, simply don't create a slot at that time.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the client's calendar file. Ask for the number of people and children's ages in the note.

Create a service for each themed day and give its slots only that date. Share the link a few weeks ahead with past clients and on your social profile.

For outdoor minis, say in the description what happens if it rains, such as a backup date. If you move the day, move each booking from your bookings list and tell families yourself, since Book doesn't email clients about changes. Rescheduling works across services, so a family can move to the backup date's service.

Clients can't move or cancel online: they contact you. Book doesn't take payments or deposits and sends no reminders, so say in the description how you take payment. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.