Onboarding

• Install the Timestamp Camera App to verify when and where photos for reports were taken.

  1. iPhone Download

  2. Android Download

• 📸 Send a screenshot of the installed app to confirm this step.

• Sign up using the Sling: Employee Scheduling App link sent to your email by Deluxe Photo.

• Download the app on your phone: https://getsling.com

• Open the app and go to Shifts → My Schedule.

• We expect you to be available to work with us on Friday evenings, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays by default. We understand that exceptions happen (family events, exams, travel, etc.). To keep scheduling fair and organized, you must use Sling Unavailability to clearly indicate when you cannot work. Unavailability for the following week must be entered in Sling no later than Wednesday of the previous week. Review how to inform company about your Unavailability in Sling

• Entre your Unavailability in Sling for this and next week.

• 📝 Send a message saying “I have entered my availability for this week and next week in Sling. I understand that unavailability for the following week must be entered or updated in Sling no later than Wednesday of the previous week.”

• Read both: Financial Responsibility Agreement and Digital Photo Delivery Agreement 

• Review Compensation Structure (how much you can earn as a Sales Photographer)

• These agreements appear each time you clock in. Misunderstanding or not following them can lead to unexpected fees.

• Always count your frames before selling and make sure to take back all unsold frames. Most lost frames happen when photographers forget to collect them from guests—so double-check every time! Any lost frames without a matching card or cash transaction at the end of the shift will result in ‼️a fee of $11 per lost frame ‼️, as stated in the Financial Responsibility Agreement.

• 📝 Send a message saying “I have read and understood the Financial Agreement. I understand there is a fee of 70% of the minimum frame price ($11) for each lost or missing frame. To avoid lost frames at the end of the shift, I should count frames before and after selling and make sure I take all unsold frames back.”

• Review the required guest poses

• Review Photo Composition Guide for Portraits

• These poses are essential for better sales and commissions. Feel free to add your own, but the listed ones are mandatory.

• 📝 Send a message saying “I have reviewed Photo Poses Guide and Photo Composition Guide”.

• Review 6 Main Points

• Review Optimizing Workflow in Darkroom

• Review Sales Performance Explanation (and sales expectations)

• This is a sales-focused job, so the more you sell, the more you earn. That’s why it’s crucial to continually improve your work style and use your time efficiently. Learn the best strategies to boost your sales and maximize your income from our 6 Main Points and Optimizing Workflow & Boosting Sales Guide.

• 📝 Send a message saying “I have reviewed the sales expectations and workflow tips and understand how to work more efficiently.”.

• Learn the basics:

  1. Clocking In

  2. Clocking Out

  3. Camera & Flash Setup

  4. Media Set Replacement in Printer

• 📝 Send a message saying “I have reviewed and understood Clock In/Out procedures + Equipment Setup”.

• Review all materials above

• Take the quiz:Deluxe Photo – Final Quiz (Atlanta)

• 💯 Score 100%—you can retake it until you pass, but you have to get 100% to complete this step.

• 📸 Send a screenshot of your 100% perfect score to confirm completion.
  
  

• You’ll receive an email invite for payroll via ADP  within a few days.

• ⚠️ Complete the ADP setup on a laptop or computer, not through the mobile app.

• ADP Setup Guide

• After you upload your ID, your status will show “Pending for approval”—this is normal. It will remain pending until the first payday (Friday every other week). On the nearest payday, our accountant will approve your ID and send payment for your hours worked to the bank account you entered in ADP.

• 📸 Send a screenshot showing the pending status to confirm this step.

Once all steps are completed, you’ll be invited to a 4-hour practice shift.  You’ll work alongside an experienced photographer, but you’re expected to handle everything yourself: ✅ Approaching guests, ✅ Taking photos, ✅ Printing, ✅ Making sales

📌 This is your final step before starting independent shifts. Practice shift hours will be paid together with your first paycheck once you start working your own shifts (around 2 weeks after a first shift - our payday is Friday): $12/hour (no commission earned on practice shift).

🌟 *Tips for a successful shift:*

🔹 Be proactive – take initiative and ask questions

🔹 Watch and learn – observe how the pro works

🔹 Apply what you’ve learned

🔹 Be open to feedback

⚠️ This is your chance to practice with guidance on site one more time — future shifts will be fully independent (with our remote support).