Privacy Policy
Last updated October 19, 2026
The Shot Finder ("we," "us") is a directory where photographers list their work and people looking to hire a photographer can browse, compare, and get in touch directly. This page explains what information we collect and how we use it.
Information we collect
If you create a photographer account: your name, email, portfolio or Instagram link (if you add one), specialty, and the plan you selected. Then your listing details (bio, location, pricing, availability, social links, portfolio photos) and a password, which is stored and managed by our authentication provider, Supabase — we never see or store your password ourselves.
If you contact a photographer: the email address and message you submit. This is sent directly to that photographer so they can reply to you. As the note under the Send button says, sending a message also means we keep your email to send you occasional Shot Finder updates (like seasonal mini sessions and deals). You can stop these anytime at theshotfinder.com/unsubscribe or with the unsubscribe link in any update email; it doesn't affect your conversation with the photographer. We never sell or share your email.
If you leave a review: the name, star rating, comment, and email address you submit. Your name, rating, and comment are posted publicly on that photographer's profile right away. Your email is never shown; we keep it privately to prevent fake reviews.
How we use it
We use this information to operate the directory: to display photographer profiles, deliver inquiries and reviews to the right photographer, and send account-related emails (like sign-in confirmation, password resets, and notifications about new inquiries or reviews). We don't sell your information, and we don't share your name, email, or messages for advertising or third-party marketing. We do measure our own ads with the Meta Pixel, described under Cookies below.
Who we share it with
We use Supabase to host our database, file storage, and authentication, and Resend to send transactional emails (like new-inquiry notifications), and Stripe to process Pro subscription payments. These providers process data on our behalf and don't use it for their own purposes. We don't share your information with anyone else, except when a photographer needs your contact details to respond to an inquiry you sent them directly.
Cookies
We use a session cookie to keep photographers signed in to their dashboard. If you arrive through a referral partner's link, we also store that partner's referral code in a first-party cookie for up to 60 days, so they get credit if you sign up as a photographer. We also use the Meta Pixel, which sets cookies and tells Meta (the company behind Facebook and Instagram) which pages you visit here and whether you submit a form, like signing up to be listed, so we can measure and improve our ads on those platforms. We don't send Meta your name, email, or messages. You can manage ad preferences in your Facebook or Instagram settings, or block the pixel with a tracker blocker.
We also count visits ourselves so we know whether the site is useful. Your browser stores a random ID (not linked to your name or email) in local storage, and we record which pages on this site it opens, the site or ad link that brought you here, whether you're on a phone or computer, and whether you start or send a message to a photographer. This stays in our own database and isn't shared with anyone.
Payments and bookings
If you're a photographer on the Pro plan, your subscription payment is handled by Stripe. Your card details go directly to Stripe and are never stored on our servers — we only keep a record of your plan and your Stripe customer and subscription IDs. We don't process payments between clients and photographers or handle bookings: inquiries connect you directly with a photographer, and anything you arrange with them — pricing, scheduling, payment — happens outside this site.
Your choices
You can update or remove your photographer listing anytime from your dashboard. To request that we delete your information entirely, or to ask what we have on file, email us at lpschulz01@gmail.com.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page.