Events · 6 min read · Savina Bansal
From camera to guest gallery during the shoot, over FTPS
Send photos from a Sony, Canon or Nikon straight into the event gallery while you shoot. The camera settings, what JPEG-only means, and when plain FTP is risky.
Building the platform this article is about
The usual flow for event photos is shoot, go home, copy the cards, sort, upload, share a link days later. By then the guests have moved on.
Ohanvi’s Events module can take photos straight from the camera while the event is still going. Ohanvi calls it Beam. Each frame is matched to guests’ faces as it lands, so a guest who took a selfie at the start of the reception can see photos of themselves before dinner is served.
Add a camera once
In Events, add a camera and give it a name and a role: main camera, second shooter or candid. Ohanvi creates an FTP login for it: a host, a port, a username and a password. Copy the password when it is shown; you can reset it later, but not read it again.
Type those four details into the camera’s FTP settings once. From then on you only choose which event the camera sends to. Each camera gets its own folder in the event, and a camera you already set up for one event can be linked to the next.
The settings, by camera make
| Make | Where it is | What to set |
|---|---|---|
| Sony | Menu → Network → Transfer/Remote → FTP Transfer Func. → Server Setting → Server 1 | Host from Ohanvi, Secure Protocol On, port 21, user and password, Passive Mode on; then FTP Function On, Auto FTP Transfer On, transfer file type JPEG |
| Canon | Menu → Network → Connection option settings → FTP transfer settings → Set up | FTP mode FTPS, host from Ohanvi, port 21, Passive mode Enable, login, target folder Root; Auto transfer Enable; JPEG only |
| Nikon | Network menu → Connect to FTP server → Network settings → Create profile | Server type FTPS, host from Ohanvi, port 21, PASV mode On, login; Auto send On; send file as JPEG only |
These are the steps on Ohanvi’s own camera setup card. Cameras and apps that speak SFTP can use the SFTP port shown beside the FTP one.
Why JPEG only
Beam takes JPEG. Shoot RAW plus JPEG and send only the JPEG: the guests get a viewable photo in seconds, and the RAW files stay on your card for the edit you deliver later.
Is it working?
The Beam tab shows each camera’s state. Waiting means it has never logged in, so check the settings. Online means it was heard from in the last two minutes. Offline means it connected before and has gone quiet, which is normal between sets.
Plain FTP is a last resort
FTPS encrypts the photos on the way from the camera. Some older cameras cannot do FTPS, so a camera can be allowed plain FTP. The app marks that camera with a warning, because its photos travel unencrypted over the venue Wi-Fi or your phone’s hotspot. Turn it back off when you retire the old body.
Hold photos for review if you want to
Live upload does not have to mean live to guests. Set the event to Review first and every new photo waits on the Photos tab until you release it. Guests see nothing, and get no WhatsApp message, until you do.
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Questions this answers
- Can I upload photos from my camera directly to an online gallery?
- Yes. Ohanvi’s Events module gives each camera an FTP login. Enter it in the camera’s FTP settings (FTPS, port 21, passive mode, JPEG only) and photos land in the event gallery as you shoot.
- Which cameras does Ohanvi’s camera upload support?
- The setup card has steps for Sony, Canon and Nikon cameras with FTP transfer. Any camera or app that can send over FTPS or SFTP can use the same login.
