How to share Google Drive photos with clients

The professional way to share Google Drive photos with a client is to turn the folder into a gallery rather than sending the raw Drive link. Share the folder as view-only, paste the link into a gallery tool like Gallumé, set a password, and send the gallery link. Your photos stay in Drive — nothing is re-uploaded.

A raw Google Drive folder works, but to a client it looks like a file browser: tiny thumbnails, no password, downloads buried in menus, and your name nowhere in sight. Here's how to make it look like the work you actually delivered, in about two minutes and for free.

Step by step

1. 1.Set your Drive folder to “Anyone with the link can view”. In Google Drive, right-click the folder, choose Share, and set general access to “Anyone with the link.” View access is enough — never give edit access.
2. 2.Paste the folder link into Gallumé. Copy the folder's share link and paste it into Gallumé. It reads the photos directly from Drive — nothing is uploaded or copied.
3. 3.Preview the gallery instantly. You'll see the finished gallery — a masonry grid with a lightbox — before creating an account, so you can check it looks right.
4. 4.Save it and set a password. Save the gallery and, if you want, set a client password. Password protection is included free.
5. 5.Send the gallery link to your client. Send the clean gallery link instead of the raw Drive link. Clients open it, enter the password if set, and view or download at full resolution — no account needed.

Why not just send the raw Drive link?

You can, and plenty of photographers do. But the raw link has no password, so anyone it's forwarded to can see everything; it shows a file list instead of your photography; and it puts Google's interface between your client and your work. A gallery fixes all three without changing where your files live or adding a storage bill.

Does this re-upload or store my photos?

No. Galluméstores zero photo bytes. When your client opens the gallery, the images load straight from Google's servers, exactly as they would from the Drive link — you're just giving them a far better way to look at them. Add or remove photos in the folder and the gallery updates on its own.