Plener · an ecosystem for photographers
Everything between the idea and the shot
Poses with human cues, a shoot plan that doesn't fall apart, and lighting without the mystery. Tools built by a photographer who's stood on location more than once thinking, “okay, what now?”
Pain points
Sound familiar?
The client freezes and waits for instructions
The first twenty minutes of a shoot are the hardest. The person is tense, silent, staring at you. And you've already shown the two poses you know by heart.
References that were “somewhere”
Saved on Instagram, a Pinterest board, screenshots in your gallery. In the middle of a shoot, that exact shot never turns up.
The plan lives in your head, and your head is busy
Client wishes, light timing, the must-have shot list. As long as it all lives in notes and three different messengers, something is guaranteed to get lost.
Lighting gets set up by feel
Studio lighting setups get passed around like folklore: picked up from someone, half-remembered from a workshop, the rest trial and error.
We don't know this from articles. Plener is built by a photographer — first for his own shoots. Every tool shows up to close a real gap, and only later becomes a product.
How it's built
Three products. One account.
One shared library.
Every Plener product works on its own — but together they're stronger, because they share the most valuable thing: content and your habits.
One login
One Plener account for everything. A subscription to a higher-tier product unlocks the others automatically — no separate payments, no new passwords.
A shared library
Poses, style references, and lighting setups live in one catalog. Every product makes it smarter: your likes, client taste tests, and results from real shoots teach the library what actually works.
Works offline
The important part happens out in the field, where reception is spotty at best. Shoot modes work without a connection — your plan and references are always with you.
Products
What already exists and what's coming
Plener—Poses
A pocket pose library that doesn't just show a picture — it tells you what to do: where to put the hands, where to look, how to hold the posture. So during the shoot you're talking to the person, not scrolling your phone.
- 1000+ poses with filters for location, style, group, and lens
- Every pose comes with cues: hands, gaze, posture
- Shoot mode: your chosen poses at hand, with a camera overlay
- Shoots are saved and reused as templates
Plener—Studio
The operating system for your shoot: everything that happens between “client booked” and “photos delivered” in one place, instead of five apps and your memory.
- The client gets one link: questionnaire, taste test, proposal, prep guide — no sign-up required
- Taste test: the client taps through images — you get a profile instead of “I dunno, something natural”
- AI puts together a shoot plan from poses, location, and light — you edit and confirm
- Shoot day: an offline shot list, cues on what to say, backup scenarios
Product in development · the beta will be free
Plener—Light
A library of lighting setups — mostly for studio work. Like Poses, but for light: the layout, the settings, and what it looks like in the photo.
- Setups from a single light to complex rigs
- Breakdown: sources, modifiers, distances, power levels
- Matched to portrait type and mood
- Linked with poses: pose + light = a finished shot
Not yet in development · coming after Studio
Pricing
Right now, it's free. Honestly.
All products are in open beta with no monetization. Use it, break it, tell us what's clunky — right now that's the most valuable help you can give.
Poses is already fully open. Studio and Light will get the same free beta as soon as they're ready.
Pricing will show up here once the products are worth paying for. No fine print, no “starting from $0.99, terms apply.”
You have to start somewhere
Start with poses — today
Poses already works on the web and on your phone. Open it, put together tomorrow's shoot, and see what it's like when you don't have to remember poses.