How Surya Digital, a photography studio in Trichy, used CamFi and the ShowMyPhoto Auto Uploader to move photographs from camera to online gallery during the 34th Convocation at PMIST, Thanjavur.
Surya Digital delivered PMIST convocation photographs online while the ceremony was still running. Photographers kept shooting as usual. CamFi carried each new photo from the camera to a computer, and the ShowMyPhoto Auto Uploader sent it on to the event gallery automatically.
A convocation is a long, repetitive, high-pressure day. Hundreds of graduates cross the stage one after another, each moment lasts a few seconds, and there is no second take. The photographers have to be exactly where they need to be, every time.
Meanwhile, graduates and their families are standing right there with phones in hand, wondering when they will see the pictures. The usual answer is "after the event": the team goes home, copies cards, sorts, uploads, and shares a link days later. By then the excitement has faded.
Surya Digital wanted to close that gap. The goal was not to change how they photograph, only to stop the uploading from becoming a second job during the event.
For the 34th Convocation of Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, the team combined their existing camera workflow with the ShowMyPhoto Auto Uploader. New photographs were sent to the event gallery continuously, in the background, so the people behind the cameras could stay focused on the ceremony and the graduates.
Four stages, one direction. Each photo moves forward on its own once the setup is running.
Photographers shoot the ceremony, stage presentations and group photos exactly as they normally would.
CamFi, a wireless camera transmitter, sends each new photo from the camera to the connected computer.
The ShowMyPhoto Auto Uploader watches the chosen folder and uploads every new photo to the event gallery.
Graduates and families open the online gallery and find their photographs.
ShowMyPhoto fitted around the existing camera workflow. Nobody had to learn a new way to shoot.
CamFi attaches to the camera and sends new photographs to a computer wirelessly, so files arrive without anyone swapping cards or plugging in cables.
You point it at a folder. Every new photo that lands there is uploaded to your ShowMyPhoto event gallery, and the window shows connection and upload progress.
General guidance based on how this workflow is built. Test it before event day.
Photo delivery stopped being something that began after the event ended. The gallery grew while the convocation was happening, so graduates could start looking for their photographs as they left the stage and event area.
Surya Digital's photographers shot as normal. CamFi sent each new photo from the camera to a computer, and the ShowMyPhoto Auto Uploader watched that folder and uploaded new photos to the event gallery automatically.
It is an application that monitors a folder on your computer and automatically uploads any new photographs in it to your ShowMyPhoto event gallery, so nobody has to upload files by hand.
CamFi is a wireless camera transmitter. In this setup it moved new photographs from the camera to the computer running the Auto Uploader.
No. Once the camera transfer and the Auto Uploader folder are set up, new photos flow to the gallery in the background while photographers keep shooting.
Yes. Any event where guests want photos quickly, such as weddings, college functions and corporate events, can use the same camera, computer, uploader and gallery chain.
Photographs from Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology, Thanjavur. Tap any photo to enlarge.
Photography: Surya Digital, Trichy.
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