Three Contexts that turn client notes into creative direction, a call sheet with weather backups, and delivery terms the client has already seen. A starting point you reuse on every booking.
For working photographers running client shoots without a producer.
Contexts
3
Creative Director, Producer, Client Services Lead
How it works
The photography is rarely what goes wrong. The shoot runs long because the shot list was in someone's head, the light closes in, the client expected retouched files by Friday, and nobody wrote down what the licence covers. Every one of those is admin, and every one costs a rebooking or a discount.
Creative Director holds the niche, the visual style, the references, and the level of polish the client expects, and sets shot priorities against brand constraints. Producer plans it as a real production: equipment kit, pre-production checklist, weather backups, travel windows, assistant needs, and schedule constraints, returning a shoot plan, shot list, call sheet, and risk checklist. Client Services Lead handles the client side: turnaround expectations, licensing boundaries, delivery format, revision policy, and the messages that go out before and after the day.
The call sheet exists before the morning of the shoot. The client knows the revision policy before they ask for a fourth round.
Run it with
oi creative-director+producer+client-services-lead help me prepare this client shoot from brief to delivery
What's inside
Each context carries its own private instructions. Add yours and the setup answers the way your work actually runs.
Contexts
This shoot has a specific niche, visual style, and set of references. I want the creative direction to reflect the client's expected mood, the shot priorities, brand constraints, and the level of polish required in the final work.
Plan this like a real production: account for the equipment kit, pre-production checklist, weather backups, travel windows, assistant needs, and schedule constraints. I want a shoot plan, shot list, call sheet, and risk checklist.
Handle this from the client side as well: turnaround expectations, licensing boundaries, file delivery format, revision policy, and the communication needed before and after the shoot so the experience feels polished.
Releases
Shipped the shoot prep starter with creative, production, and client-service Contexts, so messy client notes come back as a call sheet, a shot list, and agreed delivery terms.
Aligns product, design, GTM, and engineering thinking on one feature launch in a single pass. Works from a pasted feature brief and the private instructions you add to each Context. Never fills a gap in the brief with an invented requirement.
Plans a seasonal push from offer and keywords through to ad-ready copy and a channel plan. Works from your product mix, trading geography, and the private instructions on each Context. Never sets an offer outside the promotional limits you already run.
Picks a date night that fits your suburb, your budget, and what your partner can actually eat. Works from your neighbourhood, dietary needs, budget, and the private instructions on the Context. Never suggests a venue that cannot handle the dietary need.
Get started
Install it, connect your tools, and every context, workflow, and guardrail is ready in the clients your team already uses.
