Lattice for photographers
Lattice is a canvas where photographers plan a shoot from references, location scouts, lighting notes, a shot list, and wardrobe, then share it with the client and crew without building a deck. Drop material in as you scout, let Lattice group it into frames, and send one read-only link everyone can open on a phone the morning of the shoot.
Open a board- The references are in one app, the shot list in a note, and the location photos in a text thread with the assistant.
- The client signs off on a mood they saw in a PDF, then is surprised on set because the PDF hid the practical parts.
- The crew opens the plan on a phone in a parking lot at six in the morning, and it has to make sense there.
Scout onto the board
A shoot plan is references and logistics in the same place, which is exactly what most tools refuse to hold. On a Lattice board, a film still sits next to the photo you took of the location at four in the afternoon, with a voice note about where the light falls, transcribed so you can read it later. Paste a link to an editorial or a video and it unfurls into a card with a preview. Drop frames from a previous shoot, a wardrobe pull, a PDF of the call sheet. Tag cards by look, by location, or by time of day as you go. The board is infinite, so two possible locations can sit side by side with their own references rather than in two separate documents you compare in your head.
Turn the pile into a plan
A shot list is a sequence and references are a mood, and the plan needs both. Once the scouting is on the board, let Lattice organize it: it reads what each card is, gathers the location photos, the lighting references, and the wardrobe pulls into frames of their own, and links the ones that clearly belong to the same setup. Then shape it. Rename the frames to match the day: creative direction, references, shot list, location and light, wardrobe. Drag the reference for shot four next to the location where you'll take it. Draw over a still to mark the crop or the eyeline you mean. Filter by tag to pull every golden-hour setup together and check they're actually schedulable in the window you have. If the job is motion, the storyboard template gives you three acts to lay frames into in order. What you end up with is a plan the client can approve and the crew can follow.
Sign off, then hand it to the crew
The pre-production call is where the client approves the plan, so open presentation mode and take them through it frame by frame: the direction, the references, the shot list, the location. The interface is gone; it's just the work on their screen. Once they've signed off, turn on link sharing and send the board to the client and the crew in one message. It opens on a phone at six in the morning in a car park, no account and no app, so the assistant, the stylist, and the makeup artist are looking at the same references you are. If the client swaps a look the night before, swap the card; the link everyone has is already the updated one. For the shoot binder, export to PDF. For a reference you want pinned to the wall, PNG or JPG.
Questions
- Can the client and crew view the board without accounts?
- No accounts needed. Turn on link sharing and the same read-only link opens in a browser for the client, the assistant, and anyone else on the call sheet.
- Can I put video references on the board?
- Yes. A video file plays in place on the board, and a pasted link to a video unfurls into a card with a preview.
- Can I export the shot list?
- Yes. Boards export to PDF, PNG, JPG, and SVG, so the plan can go into a shoot binder.
- Does Lattice deliver galleries or store RAW files?
- No. Lattice is for planning and presenting the shoot. Deliver finished work through your gallery service.
- Is it free?
- Yes. Public beta is free with no card. Studio, the announced paid tier, is waitlisted and not yet available.