MagnetBoard
A live board to share and collaborate with clients in the image-making and editing process.
Magnet Board: Client Image Delivery
Delivering photography to clients has traditionally meant sending a link to a generic file-sharing service, a folder of numbered files, or a static gallery with no way to communicate back. The client scrolls, maybe emails a list of filenames, and the photographer spends time cross-referencing selections.
The goal was to design something much more fun to use, a delivery experience native to how photographers and clients actually think about images, spatially, comparatively, and collaboratively.
PasteBoard presents each delivery as a freeform canvas. Images arrive as draggable cards that clients can arrange, resize, zoom into, and flag as selects or rejects directly on the board, without downloading anything or writing an email. Notes can be pinned anywhere on the canvas for context or direction. The layout persists between sessions, so the conversation carries forward.
The real-time layer is where it comes together. The photographer and client share a live view of the same board. When the client flags an image or moves a card, the photographer sees it happen. When the photographer mutes an image or repositions cards, the client's board updates instantly. There is a video linked here to demonstrate how both versions of the magnetboard react to input from one another.
Access is pin-gated per delivery with a server-side lockout after failed attempts, and each board expires on a set date. Images are served from cloud storage and can be downloaded individually or as a filtered zip: selects only, everything except rejects, or the full set.