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 · FIVE INSTRUMENTS · ALL FREE
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.
In the vise
The next instrument is being machined. Tell us what your napkin math looks like and we'll build it.
SUGGEST A TOOL →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.
IN THE VISE · 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.
DESKTOP APP · ONE-TIME PRICE · ZERO SERVER KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED
Get launch pricingFIELD NOTES
From the bench.
Golden Hour Is a Schedule, Not a Vibe: Planning Light for Client Shoots
How working portrait and wedding photographers plan sessions around golden hour and blue hour — and why 'an hour before sunset' is often wrong.
READ →22 JUL 2026The Day-Rate Mistake Almost Every New Photographer Makes
Copying another photographer's prices ignores the only number that matters: your own cost of doing business. Here's how to find your real floor.
READ →20 JUL 2026How Much Storage Does a Year of Wedding Photography Actually Take?
Real numbers for RAW file sizes, cards, working drives and archives — plus the 3-2-1 backup rule sized for a working wedding photographer.
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