Type a host and login into the camera once. Every JPEG you shoot lands in the event gallery and is face-indexed on arrival, with no laptop and no card-copying afterwards. Guests scan the QR code, take a selfie and see the photos of them so far.
Open the event’s Camera upload tab and choose New camera login. You get a host, a port, a user name and a password. The password is shown once, so copy it into the camera straight away.
In the camera’s network or FTP transfer settings, add a server with those details, choose SFTP (or FTPS) and set the destination folder to /. The tab lists the steps to look for on Nikon, Sony and Canon bodies, because menu names change by model and firmware.
Turn on automatic upload, or pick the frames you want to send. Each JPEG arrives in the event gallery and is indexed for face search as it lands. The Camera upload tab shows a live activity list of what arrived and what was refused, and why.
A photo is face-indexed when it arrives, so a guest who scans the gallery QR code and takes a selfie can see photos shot an hour ago, not next week.
The camera connects to our server directly over the venue’s Wi-Fi, a phone hotspot or a cable. You do not need a computer running an uploader beside you.
Give each camera its own login. Revoke one and the others keep working. A login can send to a chosen folder, so a second shooter’s frames stay separate from yours.
Cameras resend when the connection drops. A file that is byte-for-byte the same as one already uploaded is skipped and shown as “Already uploaded”.
The default. Encrypted, supported by current professional mirrorless bodies, and the one to choose if your camera offers it.
FTP over TLS, for cameras that have FTP transfer with a TLS option but no SFTP. Some cameras need the certificate authority imported before they will connect.
A last resort for older bodies with no encrypted option. Limited to short-lived logins an editor creates on purpose.
Camera menus differ by model and firmware, and we have not tested every body. Send a few frames from your exact camera on the venue’s network before the day.
Camera upload fills the same gallery guests already use. Share one link or a printed QR code, and a guest’s selfie returns only the photos they appear in, including ones you shot minutes ago. See how QR code photo sharing works.
Put the best frames on the venue screen too: the live photo wall plays photos from the same event.
The setup is the same everywhere; what changes is how soon guests want to see the photos.
Send the ceremony and cocktail-hour frames while guests are still there to scan for them.
Several shooters, one gallery: attendees find their photos between sessions.
Push frames from the sideline as the day goes on instead of after the last heat.
Deliver the same day, so the team sees the photos while the event is still fresh.
Get arrivals and award moments into the gallery during the evening.
Give each shooter a login and keep a long multi-stage day in one place.
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Camera to cloud means photos leave the camera for online storage while you are still shooting, instead of being copied from a memory card afterwards. With FotoMe AI the camera sends its JPEGs over SFTP or FTPS to your event gallery, where they are face-indexed on arrival.
Create a camera login in the event’s Camera upload tab, enter its host, port, user name and password in the camera’s FTP or network transfer menu, choose SFTP or FTPS, and turn on automatic upload. Each JPEG you shoot then appears in the gallery.
Cameras that can transfer images to an FTP or SFTP server from their own menu. The Camera upload tab has setup steps for Nikon, Sony and Canon. Menu names differ by model and firmware, so test your exact body with a few frames before the event. Cameras that only offer FTP can use a short-lived legacy login.
No. Only JPEG files are accepted, up to 25 MB each. Set the camera to send JPEGs, or shoot RAW+JPEG and let only the JPEG transfer.
No. The camera connects to our server directly, so nothing runs on a laptop and nothing is installed on a phone, apart from a hotspot if the venue has no Wi-Fi.
Yes. Each photo is indexed for face search as it arrives. A guest who opens the gallery link or scans its QR code, takes a selfie and sees the photos of them uploaded so far. No app and no account.
Yes. Make a login for each camera. You can revoke a single login without affecting the others, and a login can send to a specific folder in the gallery.
No. Plain FTP sends the password unencrypted, so it is off by default and only available as a short-lived legacy login that an editor creates knowingly. Prefer SFTP, or FTPS if the camera supports it.
The camera retries as it normally does. Files that already arrived are recognised and skipped, so a retry does not create duplicates.
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