Alba Iulia: a photo and video studio website where couples find their private gallery
In Alba Iulia, almost every couple wants at least an hour inside the walls of the Alba Carolina Citadel: on the plateau between the two cathedrals, at the gates decorated with statues, or along the brick paths in the fortress moats. For a local photographer, the Citadel is a workplace all year round, from the engagement shoot to the family portrait after a christening. It's also the city where, on 1 December, the squares fill with people from all over the country, phones raised above the crowd.
What happens to the images after you leave the event gets talked about less. Couples receive them through a file-transfer link, download them to a laptop, and a year later, when their godmother asks for them, they no longer know where they are. MPO Web Studio builds websites for photographers and videographers in Alba Iulia where the public portfolio and your clients' private galleries sit under the same name: yours.
Professional website from €290 · delivered in 3–7 days
How it works
- 1We build you a free demo of your site
- 2You tell us what to change
- 3You pay only if you love it
A Citadel session, seen by someone who does them often
In tourists' photos, Alba Carolina looks like an easy place. On a Saturday in June it's something else: guided groups cross the plateau, crowds gather at the gates, and at the corner of the wall you picked, another couple may already be waiting with their photographer. Someone who works here often splits the time differently: they start on the paths in the moats, where the high walls keep the shade and the quiet, and only climb to the gates once the groups have moved on to the museum. Couples from Sebeș, Blaj, Aiud or Cugir, who come specially for that hour in the Citadel, know none of this. They only see the result: whether your portfolio shows the Citadel differently from the postcard they already know, and whether the people in the frames look relaxed in a place full of strangers.
An Alba Iulia photographer's calendar doesn't close in autumn
In many cities, the season fades with the last weddings in October. In Alba Iulia, the year has a second peak exactly when everything else is quiet: around 1 December, the Citadel hosts official ceremonies, and an institution, a school or a company taking part may want images of its own, not just the shots broadcast on television. Through the year come the changing of the guard, concerts in the Citadel, winter sessions on snow-covered walls and christenings in the cold months. Each client arrives with a different need: a school wants a few photos for the board at its entrance, a company wants material for a presentation, a family wants absolutely everything. Over a year, a studio here hands over many galleries, to people who don't know each other and who look for them again precisely when you least expect it.
The couple's gallery stays at your address, not in a link that expires
Most wedding galleries today leave through a file-transfer service: a link with an expiry date, someone else's logo in the corner and an archive the couple download once and lose at the first change of laptop. On your site we do it differently. Each couple has a private page at the studio's address, with their names and a code you give them: the preparations, the ceremony, the hour in the Citadel and the party, arranged in chapters, with high-resolution download for them alone. The address stays the same for as long as you keep the site online, so when the godmother asks for the photos a year later, the couple find them at your place, and with them they see your new work and your WhatsApp button again. You receive the site mockup, with a sample private gallery, free of charge. We start from €290, the gallery area is added according to how much material you deliver, and we put the total in writing before we begin. The site is ready in days, not weeks, adjustments fit into just one revision round, after which a 7-day warranty runs from launch day. The whole conversation happens on WhatsApp, with our team in Cluj-Napoca.
Frequently asked questions
I do lots of short sessions in the Citadel for couples from Sebeș or Blaj. Is a private gallery worth it for one hour of work?+
It is, because these are exactly the sessions many referrals come from: the couple send the link home, and whoever opens it lands on your site, not on a transfer service's page. For a short session the gallery is simpler, a single page without chapters, and you upload it yourself from your laptop in a few minutes once you've made your selection.
On 1 December I also work for institutions or companies. Can I give them galleries separate from the couples'?+
Yes. Each client has their own access and sees nothing of anyone else's galleries. For an institution we split the material differently than for a wedding: a selection for their website and social pages, print files separately, and the code can be passed on by whoever handles their communications. You decide when to close the gallery, once they've confirmed they have everything they need.
Couples want to show the photos to relatives, but some shots from the preparations are just for them. How do I separate them?+
With two codes for the same wedding. With the first, the couple see everything and download in high resolution; with the second, relatives see only the selection the couple chose, without the preparations and, if they wish, without downloads. The family gets a single link to pass around, and the intimate frames stay where the couple left them.
If I add dozens of galleries every season, does the site get more expensive year after year?+
You pay for the build once: everything starts from €290, and the private gallery area goes into the quote based on how much material you usually deliver. Over time, only the hosting space can grow, and it stays in your name; we tell you upfront how much you need for a season, and very old galleries can be moved to an offline archive, only if you want.
Want to see what your business's website could look like?
Message us on WhatsApp and we'll build you a free demo website with your business name on it. See it first, then decide — no strings attached.