The photo delivery glossary

The groom’s wedding procession to the venue, usually with a band or dhol, dancing relatives and the groom on a horse or in a vintage car. It is loud, fast and full of moving faces, which makes it one of the hardest functions to photograph and one of the most requested by guests. Expect hundreds of candid frames that guests will want to find themselves in.

A colour profile tells a screen or printer how to interpret the colours in a file. sRGB is the standard for phones, browsers and most print labs, so exporting delivery files in sRGB keeps skin tones and red lehengas looking the way you edited them. Files in wider profiles like Adobe RGB can look dull or shifted on a phone.

Reducing a file’s size by discarding detail. Light compression is invisible; heavy compression, like WhatsApp applies to forwarded photos, leaves soft edges and blocky skies. Delivering through a link that keeps the original file avoids it. Read more in how to deliver photos without losing quality.

A private link that gives the couple every photo from the event, organised in the photographer’s folders. On SpotMe it includes favourites synced across devices, a people view and the option to share chosen photos with all guests. Anyone holding the master link sees the whole event, so it is meant for the couple and close family. See the couple gallery.

Information stored inside a photo file: camera model, lens, shutter speed, ISO, capture time and sometimes GPS location. It is useful for sorting a multi-camera wedding by time. Some delivery methods strip it; SpotMe keeps the original file as you uploaded it.

Grouping every face found across an event so that all photos of the same person end up together, without knowing who anyone is. On SpotMe, clustering runs when the photographer clicks Find faces after uploading. The groups power the couple’s people view and let a guest’s selfie match in about a second. See how face recognition photo sharing works.

Software that finds faces in photos and works out which faces belong to the same person. For photo delivery, it means a guest can take one selfie and see only the photos they appear in. SpotMe’s face recognition is 99.99% accurate on real wedding photos and runs on models we trained and host ourselves. Learn more about face recognition photo sharing.

A set of numbers that describes the shape of a face, used to compare one face with another. It is not a photo. On SpotMe, a guest’s selfie is turned into a face template, used only to match that guest within that event, and the selfie itself is never stored.

A personal gallery showing a guest only the photos they appear in, plus any photos the couple shares with everyone. On SpotMe a guest opens the link, verifies their mobile number with a one-time code, takes a selfie, and their photos are there. No app is needed. See the guest gallery.

A pre-wedding ritual where family members apply turmeric paste to the bride or groom, usually in the morning with marigolds and a lot of mess. Bright daylight makes it one of the easiest functions to shoot well and one of the most shared. Our haldi photography tips cover light, angles and protecting your gear.

The default photo format on recent iPhones. HEIC files are roughly half the size of a similar JPEG, but some older software cannot open them. SpotMe accepts HEIC uploads alongside JPEG, PNG, TIFF and WebP, so second-shooter iPhone candids can go straight into the event.

A short edited video, usually two to five minutes, covering the best moments of a wedding with music. Couples share it far more than the full film. SpotMe events can hold video alongside photos, so the reel sits in the same gallery as the stills.

Collecting contact details from people who might become clients. In wedding photography, every guest is a possible future booking. SpotMe records each guest’s name and verified mobile number when they open their gallery, with a CSV export for your follow-ups. See guest leads.

A test that a selfie comes from a real person in front of the camera, not a photo held up to it. SpotMe runs basic liveness and quality checks during the guest selfie, mainly to get a clear, front-facing capture that matches accurately.

The pre-wedding function where henna designs are applied to the bride’s hands and feet, often with music and the women of both families. It is long and detail-heavy, so close-ups of hands and candid portraits matter more than wide shots. See our mehendi photography ideas.

The photo exactly as the photographer exported it, at full resolution, before any resizing or recompression by a delivery platform. Originals are what you want for prints and albums. SpotMe stores originals as uploaded and offers them as a download next to a mobile-sized copy. See original quality delivery.

Confirming a mobile number with a one-time password, a short code that expires after a few minutes. SpotMe sends guest and couple codes on WhatsApp first, with SMS as a fallback. It keeps galleries private and means every guest name in your lead list comes with a real number.

A pricing model where each uploaded or matched photo uses up a credit, so a bigger wedding costs more to deliver. It pushes photographers to upload fewer photos. Compare it with storage-based pricing in per-photo credits vs storage pricing.

The seven rounds the couple takes around the sacred fire during a Hindu wedding, the heart of the ceremony. Light is often poor and the mandap is crowded with family and priests, so side profiles and partly hidden faces are normal. Good face recognition still needs to find the parents and grandparents in these frames.

Sorting through every frame from a shoot and keeping only the good ones: sharp, eyes open, well exposed, no duplicates. A wedding can go from 20,000 raw frames to 5,000 delivered. Culling happens before upload; SpotMe delivers whatever set you export.

A smaller copy of a photo made for fast viewing on screens. Galleries load proxies so a 6,000-photo wedding scrolls smoothly on patchy 4G. On SpotMe, the proxy is 2048 pixels on the long edge and doubles as the mobile download, while the original is stored separately and never replaced.

A gallery link printed as a QR code on a table card, invitation insert or thank-you card, so guests can open it by pointing their camera. On SpotMe the QR code points to the guest link, which opens once the photos are uploaded and matched. See QR codes for wedding photos.

RAW files hold everything the camera sensor recorded and are meant for editing; JPEGs are finished, compressed images anyone can open. Photographers shoot RAW and deliver JPEG. SpotMe takes your exported JPEG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF or WebP files, not camera RAW files.

The number of pixels in a photo, often given as width by height or in megapixels. A 24-megapixel photo is about 6,000 by 4,000 pixels, enough for large prints. A 2048-pixel copy is ideal for phones and social media but too small for a big frame.

An upload that carries on from where it stopped after the connection drops, instead of starting again. Files are sent in small pieces, and only unfinished pieces are retried. It matters most on hotel Wi-Fi and mobile hotspots, and SpotMe uses it for every upload.

An evening of music and dance before the wedding, with family performances, a DJ and coloured stage lights. Dim, shifting light makes it hard to photograph and hard for weak face matching. Our guide to sangeet photography in low light covers settings and flash.

An additional photographer who covers angles and moments the lead cannot, such as the groom’s side getting ready or guest candids. Their files usually need merging with the lead’s before delivery. With team accounts, a second shooter can upload to the same event with their own login.

Finding your own photos in an event by taking a selfie instead of scrolling. The selfie is compared with every face in the event and only matching photos are shown. On SpotMe, results come back in about a second. See face recognition photo sharing.

A small set of edited photos sent to the couple soon after the wedding, before the full gallery. It keeps the couple excited and gives them something to post. Many photographers share the sneak peek as its own folder in the couple gallery.

Paying for how much space your photos take up, rather than per photo, per guest or per event. On SpotMe, plans differ only in storage, and deleting an event gives its space back for the next wedding. See pricing and reusable storage.

The exchange of flower garlands between bride and groom, often with friends lifting one of them so the other can’t reach. It is quick and full of laughter, so photographers usually shoot it in bursts from two angles.

A logo or studio name placed over a photo so anyone who sees it knows who shot it. On SpotMe the watermark is added to gallery images and downloads, and is never written onto your stored original. See branding and watermarking wedding photos.

How see-through a watermark is. Low opacity, around 20 to 40 percent, keeps your name visible without spoiling the photo; full opacity is more protective but distracting. SpotMe lets you set opacity, size and position for your watermark.