Introduction to Folio

Folio is a gallery delivery platform for photographers. You create a gallery, drop your photos in, and share a link with your client — either privately or on your public portfolio.

Your clients just open a link and see the photos — nothing else gets in the way.

How it works

When you sign up, you'll be prompted to create your first portfolio. A portfolio is your top-level brand — it has a name, a description, and a subdomain (like yourname.folio.photo). Everything lives inside it.

Inside your portfolio, you create galleries. Each gallery is a collection of photos you can share independently — a wedding selects gallery, a final delivery, a preview for a client to review. Every gallery gets its own shareable link, and you control who can access it and for how long.

Free accounts get 1 portfolio with unlimited galleries. Paid plans unlock additional portfolios and more storage. See Pricing for details.

Three steps to your first delivery

1. Create a gallery — give it a name, choose a layout
2. Add your photos — drag and drop, arrange how you like
3. Hit share — copy the link, send it to your client

Most photographers have their first gallery live within a few minutes of signing up.

What your clients see

When someone opens your gallery link, they land on a clean photo grid. Photos display in their full aspect ratio — no cropping, no square thumbnails. Tapping a photo opens it full-screen with native-feeling controls: swipe to browse, pinch to zoom.

If you've enabled it, they can view EXIF data, download individual photos, or grab the whole gallery as a zip. The UI is intentionally minimal — it should be usable by everyone, including someone who's never used a gallery platform before.

You can also cap the max resolution or overlay your own watermark for proofing and preview galleries — originals stay untouched until you're ready to deliver. Folio doesn't add its own branding or watermarks, and clients are never asked to create an account.

Questions?

Browse the guides in the sidebar, or contact support if anything isn't clear.