Run flawless
photography events.
Shutter Host is a suite of tools for photographers running workshops and events: track loan gear, price your courses, take bookings and payments, and publish kit lists. One subscription to the Hub unlocks every tool, plus WordPress plugins for your own site.
The toolkit
One hub. Every tool for running a workshop.
Subscribe once and reach the whole suite: hosted apps you open straight from the Hub, plus WordPress plugins you drop into your own site. Here's what's inside.
Hosted apps
Open from the Hub · one loginGearHost
AppLoan out camera bodies, lenses and accessories at any workshop and always know who has what, even through constant swaps.
- Scan a QR sticker to assign, swap or return in one tap
- Live view of every item that's out right now
- Full audit history per item: nothing goes missing
Workshop Calculator
AppPrice your workshops with confidence. Cover venue, gear, staff and margin, and see your break-even instantly.
- Model attendees, costs and margin in seconds
- Instant break-even and profit-per-head
- Save and reuse pricing across events
Shutter Host Events
AppRun multi-day events end to end: daily schedules, capacity-based workshop allocation, attendee chat, a shared photo gallery and self check-in. Each host runs their own, themed to match.
- Schedule keynotes, workshops & experiences
- Attendees pick sessions: first-come or you allocate
- Chat, photo gallery, ID cards & QR self check-in
WordPress plugins
Customisable to your brandShutter Host Tours
WordPress plugin CustomisableRun your photography tours end to end on your own WordPress site: details, costing, itinerary, stays and enquiries in one plugin.
- Plan, cost and publish tours on your own site
- Built-in cost calculator with AI ticket pricing
- Itinerary, accommodation and enquiries in one place
Onboarding & Payments Plugin
WordPress plugin CustomisableOnboard attendees and collect payments on your own site: waivers, pre-event forms and flexible, fee-free part-payments.
- Guided sign-up: waiver, pre-event forms & payment
- Fee-free part-payments: any amount up to the due date
- Card or bank transfer, with a client dashboard
Gear List Plugin
WordPress plugin CustomisableShow the gear you shoot with (or what's available at an event) in a filterable showcase on your site.
- Your own kit or an event's gear list
- View-product links, click tracking & sponsor block
- Genre filters and colour themes to match your site
Photo Comp Plugin
WordPress plugin CustomisableRun a photo competition for your event on your own site: take entries from members, then decide by community vote or a panel of judges, and showcase the winners.
- Members submit photos to your event's comp
- Community vote or a judged panel (score or rank)
- 1st / 2nd / 3rd podium, skill levels and colour themes
Events Plugin
WordPress plugin CustomisablePublic companion pages for your photo walks and workshops: import the details from an event-listing URL, set photo challenges, and share it all with a link or QR.
- Import event details from an event-listing URL
- Photo challenges: show all, or release one at a time
- Submit & critique links, each with a scannable QR
Need it tailored?
Every plugin can be styled and customised to match your site and the way you run workshops: colours, copy, fields and flow. Want something bespoke? We can build it.
How it works
From kit table to wrap, under control.
Subscribe to the Hub
One subscription unlocks every Shutter Host tool, and every tool we add next.
Open apps, install plugins
Launch GearHost and the Calculator from the Hub, or download the WordPress plugins and drop them into your own site with your licence key.
Run your workshop
Price it, take bookings and payments, publish the kit list and hand out gear, all from one account.
One login, every tool
A single Hub account reaches the whole suite, and every tool we add. No juggling logins, no separate bills.
The whole workshop, covered
Price the course, take bookings and payments, publish the kit list and track the gear: end to end, from one place.
Make it yours
Drop the WordPress plugins into your own site and customise them to your brand: colours, copy, fields and flow.
Pricing
One subscription. Every tool.
Buy on either platform, get access everywhere. One Hub subscription unlocks the whole suite, no per-tool fees.
Every plan includes
- GearHost
- Workshop Calculator
- Shutter Host Events
- Shutter Host Tours
- Onboarding & Payments Plugin
- Gear List Plugin
- Photo Comp Plugin
- Events Plugin
- GearHost on iPhone and iPad
- Every new tool we add
- Plugin customisation available
AUD · cancel anytime on monthly and yearly · manage from your account.
About
Made by people who run shoots.
Shutter Host started with a real headache: a room full of loan cameras, lenses and accessories at a workshop, and no clean way to track who had what as people swapped gear all day. So we built one. Now we're turning that into a home for every tool a photographer needs to run events and workshops: practical software, made for the way you actually work.
One account. Every tool. Built in Australia for hosts everywhere.
Contact
Let's talk events.
Running a workshop and want a hand, or keen to try a tool? Drop us a line and we'll get back to you.
hello@shutterhost.com.au