Decide the set before you polish
Same-night galleries fail when editing starts before the set exists. Pick first. A hundred honest frames beat twenty overworked ones that never leave the laptop.
Rejects are flags, not deletes. Originals stay untouched. That is the only way you can move fast without gambling the archive.
Publish a copy, keep the master
The gallery is a copy you chose to send. The masters stay with you. If the client needs a change, you still have the file. If the night runs long, you can still publish what you have and follow up.
What “tonight” actually requires
A machine that can import, a pick you trust, and a destination the client can open. Everything else is extra. Do not wait on a feature that is not in the path.
Talk back
Like it, hate it, or tell us what to build. Notes are stored with this Daydreamer site so the product can actually change.