For Photography & events
The photography & events front desk that answers at 2 am — and books the job.
Inquiry intake, package questions & consult booking. Your assistant starts from a playbook for photography & events — what counts as an emergency, which jobs are common and how long they take, which questions to ask — then learns your services, hours, and policies.
An AI receptionist for a photographer answers every inquiry call, captures the date, venue and coverage the client wants, and books the consult while they're still excited. Photography inquiries are perishable in a way trade calls aren't: a couple emailing five photographers about one wedding date books whoever responds first and best. The inquiry call is really a qualification interview — date, venue, hours of coverage — and the photographers who win are the ones who capture those details and get the consult booked.
Conduit's photography assistant runs that interview every time, instantly. It asks the questions you'd ask, answers package questions at the level you've approved — never prices — and books consult calls straight onto your calendar, with every inquiry reaching you as a complete lead that names the date. Session confirmations and reminders go out by text once texting is registered, and if something threatens a live event — a coverage problem on the wedding day itself — the call reaches you immediately, not your voicemail.
Emergencies, from day one.
These reach a person immediately — the caller gets safety guidance and is put through to you, then your other emergency contacts are texted in turn until someone opens the alert:
- Photographer no-show or badly late on a live event date
- Client calling about a wedding or event happening today with a coverage problem
- Gear or gallery-delivery failure affecting an event in progress
- Contracted event within 24 hours at risk from a venue or timeline change
The playbook it starts from
- 01Take new inquiries with the date, venue, and hours of coverage
- 02Answer package questions from what you've told it — never prices
- 03Book consults and sessions into your calendar
- 04Capture the date each inquiry is about — holds and retainers stay with you
- 05Send session confirmations and reminders
Plus confirmations and reminders, missed-call text-back (once carrier registration clears), the morning briefing, and every recording in Calls — the standard Conduit front desk.
A real call
An engaged couple, a June date, and four competitors
A bride-to-be calls at 8pm about a June wedding at a vineyard an hour away. The assistant answers, discloses it's AI, and gathers what you'd want before a consult: the date, the venue, estimated guest count, the hours of coverage they're imagining, and how they found you. It explains the difference between your Essential and Signature collections from what you've told it, without quoting any price, and books a consult call for Thursday. Whether the June date is free is yours to confirm on that call — the inquiry, with the date on it, is already in your inbox. The confirmation text lands while she's still on your website.
Service template
Common photography & events services it knows on day one.
Setup starts here; you confirm or edit the list. On the phone the assistant never states a price — it books the right length of visit and takes the details.
| Service | Visit length |
|---|---|
| Discovery consult call | ~30 min |
| Engagement / couples session | ~90 min |
| Portrait / family session | ~60 min |
| Event coverage (per hour) | ~60 min |
| Wedding collection - Essential | ~360 min |
| Wedding collection - Signature | ~480 min |
| Wedding collection - Luxury | ~600 min |
| Booking retainer (holds the date) | ~30 min |
What a missed call costs.
Run your own numbers.
An estimate from your inputs, not a prediction.
Count the voicemails and the rings you couldn't take.
In dollars. Use your own figure.
Your guess. Most owners pick 25–50%.
Add what an average job is worth to see the estimate.
Solo is $79 a month.
This is arithmetic on your own inputs. Conduit doesn't measure or promise revenue; your morning briefing reports calls answered and jobs booked, counted from your own numbers.
Questions
Questions from photography & events owners
Can it explain my packages without misquoting them?
It presents the structure you've approved — what each collection includes, hours of coverage, how bookings work — and books the consult where the real conversation happens. It never states a price or negotiates; anything bespoke is captured and handed to you.
How does it handle date availability?
It doesn't promise dates. Wedding dates are often months beyond the window your calendar opens for booking, so the assistant captures the date the caller wants on the inquiry and books the consult; you confirm availability, holds and retainers yourself. Every inquiry reaches you with its date, so you can see who asked about which Saturday.
What does it do on the day of an event?
Event-day calls are triaged as emergencies: a coverage problem at an event happening today, or a venue or timeline change that puts a contracted event in the next 24 hours at risk, reaches you immediately, with your other emergency contacts texted in turn. The assistant knows the difference between a routine inquiry and a wedding happening today.
Can it handle mini-session and portrait booking too?
Yes — portrait and engagement sessions book directly from your service list with the right durations, with reminders and self-serve rescheduling handled by text. The qualification depth is saved for the big inquiries where it matters.
Will it quote prices on the phone?
No — never. It books the visit and takes the caller's details; pricing stays yours. Setup starts from a template of common services for your business type so it knows what you offer and how long each visit runs.
How fast can I be live?
Five setup screens, then your assistant gets its own local number the moment you pick a plan — calls are live that day. Forward your existing number any time; it stays yours and the forwarding is reversible. Texting switches on after a one-time carrier registration, typically 1–3 weeks later, sometimes longer.
Keep reading: missed-call text-back · covering after-hours calls · what a missed call costs
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Capabilities on this page last verified October 2026