ShotScout
Scout the light.
AI-powered portrait shoot planning — the right backdrop, at the right light, for the right subject. Plan your whole shoot day in minutes.
Right place · Right light · Right now
Right backdrop.
Claude analyses color, texture, depth, and light across every scouted location to match your subject perfectly.
Right light.
Golden-hour windows, shadow math, live weather, and wind forecasts — per stop, per shoot day.
Right now.
One tap generates a gear-ready itinerary. Clients get a beautiful shareable plan before you arrive.
Every backdrop, deeply understood
Three quick captures — wide, standard, detail — and Claude does the rest. Color palette, texture frequency, depth profile, subject placement recommendations, bounce light, wind shelter, access notes, and usable hours based on real sun obstructions.
- 80+ AI-analysed fields per location
- EXIF-driven GPS, heading, and timing data
- Private to you, or shared with the community
- Seasonal tracking — know when each spot peaks
Plan around the sun, not the calendar
Minute-accurate sun azimuth and altitude at every stop. Shadow length and direction for a 1.75m subject at shoot time. Moon phase for late-afternoon sessions. Obstruction-aware effective sunrise/sunset — because the horizon isn't always where the sun disappears.
The Daylight Simulator lets you scrub through the day with a five-layer canvas compositor: directional light, altitude intensity, color temperature, obstruction shadow, and overcast diffusion — real-time preview of how your backdrop will look at any moment.
From subject photo to shot list
Upload the subject. ShotScout matches their palette to your scouted backdrops, picks the best stops by visual match + light + wind, and routes the day with real OSRM drive times. Per-stop camera body, lens, ISO, aperture, shutter, white balance, AF mode, metering mode, and a depth-of-field readout.
Generate a PDF itinerary, share a public link with your client, and tap into Live Shoot Mode when the weather shifts mid-session.
Pick your plan
Start free. Upgrade when you're ready to level up your shoots.
- 1-shot scouting (Standard only)
- Community backdrop uploads
- Browse community pool
- Up to 5 active subjects
- Full 3-shot guided capture
- Private backdrops
- Gear profiles (bodies, lenses, accessories)
- Up to 25 active subjects
- Basic review (star ratings)
- Everything in ShotScout+
- Full shoot plan engine
- Daylight Simulator
- Proactive daily alerts + custom rules
- Live Shoot Mode with reroute
- Client-facing itineraries + share links
- Unlimited subjects
A growing network of scouts
Every dot is a real backdrop — photographed, AI-analysed, and ready to plan around.
Loved by portrait photographers
I used to spend hours planning a single session. ShotScout cuts that to minutes — and the AI backdrop picks are genuinely better than mine.
The weather rerouting alone is worth the subscription. No more shooting in terrible midday light because a storm showed up.
My clients love the itineraries. It makes me look incredibly professional, and honestly the planning is just fun now.
Show up ready to make the shot.
Stop guessing where the light will fall. Let ShotScout plan the whole day around it.