A WORKBENCH FOR WORKING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Everything between the shoot and the paycheck.
Free precision instruments for storage, pricing, light and print - the parts of the job that aren't editing. No signup. Nothing uploaded. Everything runs in your browser.
DRAG THE DIAL TO SCRUB THE DAY · GOLD = GOLDEN HOUR · BLUE = BLUE HOUR
THE BENCH · SEVEN FREE INSTRUMENTS · ONE APP
Pick up an instrument.
Each one does a real job you'd otherwise do on a napkin at 11pm. Calibrated for real cameras and real client work - not photography-blog hand-waving.
Storage Calculator
How many gigabytes does a wedding really take? Cards, drives and a 3-2-1 backup plan sized to your camera and your year.
Cost of Doing Business
Gear amortization, insurance, software, the salary you actually want - down to the day rate that keeps you in business.
Golden Hour Calculator
Golden hour, blue hour, sun position - for any place and date. Plan the light before you promise the shot.
Print Size Calculator
From megapixels to the biggest print you can safely sell, at gallery DPI or sofa-distance DPI. Camera-aware.
Exposure Triangle
Trade aperture for ISO without losing the exposure. Stop math, EV scenarios and equivalents you can trust in the field.
Instagram Grid Slicer
One photo into nine 3:4 tiles, or three across as a panorama - numbered in posting order, cut to the shape the profile grid actually uses.
ND Filter Calculator
Metered without the glass, then fit a ten-stop? The exposure time that holds, stacked filters and bulb territory included.
Shutterbench Gallery
The first instrument you buy. A folder of finished photos becomes a password-protected client gallery, hosted free, in one click.
FIELD CHECK · SCROLL TO ROTATE
Inspect the goods.
Turn it over. No subscription slot, no cloud tether, nothing that stops working when you stop paying. That's the standard for everything machined on this bench.
- CHECK 01 Pay once. It's yours.
- CHECK 02 Works offline, forever.
- CHECK 03 Built to outlast the warranty.
000° · BENCH CHECK · SB SERIES
THE BENCH RULES
Tools you own.
Not tools you rent.
Photographers are drowning in subscriptions - galleries, culling, storage, portfolio, invoicing. Shutterbench takes the other road, the same one our sibling workshop lightroom-tools.com has run for years: free tools that stay free, and software you pay for once.
- RULE 01
The calculators never charge
No paywalled results, no "unlock full report". A bench tool that asks for rent isn't a tool.
- RULE 02
Nothing leaves your browser
Every instrument computes locally. Your rates, your gear list, your locations - none of it is sent anywhere.
- RULE 03
Software is pay-once
When we sell something, you buy it like a lens: pay once, own it, use it until you retire it.
SB-06 · SHUTTERBENCH GALLERY
Client galleries without the monthly bill.
Point it at a folder of finished photos. Get a beautiful, password-protected client gallery - proofing, favorites, downloads - deployed to free hosting in one click. No server. No subscription. Pay once.
MAC APP · $79 ONCE · 3 MACHINES · FIRST 25 PHOTOS FREE
See Shutterbench GalleryFIELD NOTES
From the bench.
How Many Megapixels Do You Need for the Prints You Sell?
A 24 MP file prints 40x27in at wall-viewing DPI but only 20x13in at gallery grade. The megapixel table to check before you quote a size.
READ →15 SEPT 2026Reciprocity Failure Is a Film Problem, Not a Digital One
Digital sensors respond linearly to light, even past 30 seconds. What actually eats a long digital exposure is thermal noise, not underexposure.
READ →12 SEPT 2026What Gear Insurance Actually Costs Photographers
Equipment coverage averages $519 a year and liability another $350. Here's what a real policy costs and how to fold it into your day rate.
READ →Get new instruments first
The first one has the whole bench in it. After that, a short note when a new instrument lands or Gallery gets a real update - nothing else, and one click leaves.