Changelog

New

• Shot list templates now have Step Parents and Step Siblings options, and couples can pick Stepsister and Stepbrother in the questionnaire. This lets you plan separate shots for blended families instead of one photo that forces everyone together.

Improved

• The Parents option in shot list templates now means Mom and Dad only. Stepparents are covered by the new Step Parents option and are still part of Immediate family shots. If your template uses Parents and a couple has stepparents, add a Step Parents grouping to include them.
• If you have not created a shot list template yet, the Family & Wedding Party tab now offers "Set up your shot list template" and takes you to the Shot Lists page, instead of showing an error after you click Generate.

New

• Shot lists: your couples now list every family member and wedding party member with a relationship dropdown, and you generate a formal photo shot list from your own grouping templates. Edit it per wedding, print it as its own PDF, and share it with couples on the timeline share link and client PDF.
• Couples can now note which extended family group someone belongs to (like "The Hendersons") when they're an aunt, uncle, cousin, or other family member, so you can plan grouped photos more easily.
• Shot list templates now offer Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins pills, plus an Extended Families pill that automatically creates a separate grouping for each named extended family (like "The Hendersons") on that side.
• Shot lists can split formal photos into before and after the ceremony, and you can move any shot between the two.
• You can rename a wedding's shot list, and the name shows on the share link and PDFs.
• Shot lists get their own share link and PDF, separate from the timeline, for photographers who deliver them as their own document.
• Filter pills on the shot list let you and your couples view one section at a time without losing the shot numbering.
• Questionnaire emails: save your message as a reusable template, insert the couple's names with one click, and preview the exact email before sending. Couples who already have an account automatically get a login link instead of a public one.
• The couple's portal shows your studio logo, the wedding status, a link back to their questionnaire, and the shot list as its own page. If the timeline isn't built yet, couples land on the shot list instead of an empty page.

Improved

• Wedding details now opens full-screen with Save Changes and Close at the top, and warns when you have unsaved changes.
• Family & Wedding Party: each side of the family has its own column, sections can be edited and saved one at a time, and moving someone between groups is one click. Cousin-in-law joined the relationship list.
• The couple's questionnaire is simpler: one column per section, clear Next and Submit Response buttons, and the Vendors section is now called Vendor Team.
• Questionnaire responses are grouped into collapsible cards by who answered and when.
• Duplicate shots are removed automatically when a shot list is generated.
• The dashboard's view and Active/Archived controls are now always visible instead of expanding when you hover over them. The selected option uses a quieter grey highlight.

Fixed

• Saving wedding details no longer closes the panel unexpectedly.
• When a couple submits their questionnaire from their account, the "Waiting on couple" badge on your dashboard now clears.
• Couples connected to more than one wedding no longer lose their name and messages button in the portal.

New

• The timeline now shows a save indicator next to the timeline status badge: "Saving" while a block change is being stored and "Saved" once it is safe to leave or refresh. If a save fails, you see it right away instead of finding out later.

Fixed

• Dragging a block that sits at the coverage start or end line no longer moves the coverage window by mistake.
• Agenda view: you can add blocks to the end of the night again. The add-block area now sits directly below your last block, above the golden hour, sunset, and coverage markers, so it is reachable even on smaller screens.
• Typing a new time and clicking Save no longer loses the change in Safari and Firefox.
• The client-visibility toggle (people icon) now saves the moment you click it, and the app warns you before leaving the page while a change is still saving — so a quick refresh can no longer undo your edits.

New

• Importing a questionnaire or a filled response now sorts fields into the right section (Details, Family & Wedding Party, or Vendors) automatically. You can change any field's section in the review step before importing.

Improved

• Behind-the-scenes maintenance and stability improvements.

New

• Build Timeline now reads your questionnaire's custom fields. A yes/no question that names a block (like a party bus) offers to add that block, time and location questions fill in its schedule, and checkbox questions (like reception events) become checklist items on the matching block.
• Build Timeline understands more of how a wedding day runs. Blocks without a time start at the end of your ceremony (you can adjust before adding), paragraph answers that name a block are added to that block's notes, and a mention of a receiving line anywhere in the questionnaire adds it as a checklist item on the ceremony.

Improved

• The Build Timeline window has a clearer layout. New blocks appear in day order on the left with questionnaire finds highlighted, updates to blocks already on your timeline sit on the right, and the button tells you exactly what will happen, like "Add 6 and update 2".
• Build Timeline opens more smoothly: it loads in one request and shows a loading state instead of checkboxes flickering into place.
• Blocks added by Build Timeline show up on your timeline immediately, including checklist items added to existing blocks. Previously some changes only appeared after a page reload.

New

• You can now add your own questions to every section of the client questionnaire: Details, Family & Wedding Party, and Vendors. The Questionnaire page shows each section with its standard questions, and you can add, reorder, and move your questions between sections.
• When sending a questionnaire, sections that contain your custom questions are pre-selected so they are not left out by accident. Sections with custom questions always appear for your couples, even on links you shared before adding the question.

Improved

• The questionnaire section previously called "Basics" is now "Details", and "Family & party" is now "Family & Wedding Party".
• Couples answer your custom questions inside the section they belong to, instead of in a separate "Custom fields" section. Existing custom questions moved to the Details section, and answers your couples already submitted are unchanged.
• In Wedding Details, custom questions and their answers now appear in the tab they belong to: Details, Family & Wedding Party, or Vendor Team.