Photography inquiries answered while you're behind the camera.
2Line.AI gives photographers a second business number on the phone they already carry. While you're on a shoot, Mia by 2Line.AI answers inquiries, asks the date, location, type of shoot and how many people, shares the packages you taught her and texts the caller what happens next.
“Thanks for calling Ellis Photo, this is Mia. Are you asking about a date?”
Inquiries arrive while you're shooting, and couples book whoever answers first.
What Mia asks your callers
- The date and location
- Type of shoot
- How many people
- How they found you
Day-of calls from booked clients come to you.
What a busy day looks like for a photographer
You're shooting a wedding ceremony in Dallas with your phone on vibrate in a camera bag. A couple calls about an engagement shoot in March. Mia asks the date and location and how they found you, shares your starting price for engagement sessions, and texts them what happens next. At the reception you check the slip during dinner and send them your availability before they call another photographer.
A made-up example. Names and places are fictional.
How Mia handles a call for photographers
An example of a call to a fictional business. Mia uses your greeting, your questions and your rules, and you can take the call any time with Hand to me.
After the call: the caller gets one “what happens next” text, and you get the slip above.
The calls photographers get, and what Mia does with each
Wedding inquiry
Mia asks the date, venue and guest count, and you follow up with availability.
Family or portrait session
She asks how many people and the location, then books a session in your hours.
What do your packages cost?
She shares your starting prices and can text the details.
Booked client on the day
Day-of calls from booked clients reach you.
Business headshots
She asks how many people and whether you'd shoot on location.
Directory and ad sales
Sales calls go to voicemail.
You choose when Mia answers: always, after hours, or only when you don’t pick up. Take any call yourself with Hand to me.
What to teach Mia as a photographer
Mia drafts this from your business name or website. Check each item, put in your own prices and rules, and change any of it later in the app.
Before your first call
- Shoot types you offer, and the ones you don't
- Starting prices for each package
- Dates you're already booked, especially weekends
- Your travel area and fees
- How booking works: deposit, contract, timeline
- Questions to ask: date, location, people, how they found you
What it costs
Say Mia answers 10 calls for you in a month, about 3 minutes each. That’s 1,530 credits. The cheapest way to cover it is two 950-credit packs ($19.99 each), $39.98 in all, on top of your plan. Your real calls will differ.
| Mia, 3 minutes | 48 × 3 = 144 credits |
|---|---|
| AI summary | 1 credit |
| “What happens next” text to the caller | 8 credits |
| Each call | 153 credits |
| 10 calls | 1,530 credits, about $39.98 in packs |
| If you answer yourself | 8 credits a minute, so a 3-minute call is 24 credits. Missed calls and ring time are free. |
Plans are $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Your plan’s 100 starter credits (once) cover about 2 minutes of Mia, or 12 minutes of calls you answer yourself. Credits don’t refill each month; you add a pack when you need one. See all rates.
Set up in 4 steps
- 1Pick your numberChoose from 4 local US numbers with area codes near you. It rings in the 2Line.AI app on the phone you already have.
- 2Start your plan$19.99 a month, or $99.99 a year with a 3-day free trial. Your plan starts with 100 credits, once.
- 3Teach Mia your tradeType your business name or website. Mia drafts your greeting, hours, services and prices for you to check. Tell her what counts as urgent, for example: day-of calls from booked clients come to you.
- 4Turn on notificationsSo you see each slip the moment a call ends, and urgent calls reach you. Then make a test call to hear Mia.
Phone and follow-up tips for photographers
- 1
Reply to inquiries the same day
Couples planning a wedding often reach out to several photographers at once. A quick, personal follow-up after Mia's slip keeps you in the running.
- 2
Ask how they found you
Knowing whether a lead came from Google, a venue or a friend tells you where your marketing works.
- 3
Put a number on your Google Business Profile
Clients searching for a local photographer often want to call. Your 2Line number keeps your cell private and gets answered while you shoot.
- 4
Text the next step, every time
After each call the caller gets one text saying what happens next, so they're not left wondering if you got the message.
- 5
Ask for the review when the gallery goes out
Tap Job done when you deliver the photos. The review request lands while they're looking at their pictures.
What photographers use most
Missed call text back
When you miss a call on your 2Line number, the caller gets a text from your business within moments, so they wait for you instead of calling the next company. You write the message once, and it can include your booking link.
Learn moreBusiness texting
2Line.AI lets you text and send pictures from your business number, registered with US carriers for business messaging. Quick actions send quotes, On my way texts with your arrival time, reminders and review requests.
Learn moreAppointment booking
Mia books appointments during the call, inside the business hours you set, and texts the caller a confirmation. Reminders go out before the visit, and customers reply C to confirm or R to reschedule.
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Can Mia share my packages?
Can I separate personal and client calls?
Can Mia check if I'm free on a date?
Can I keep my phone silent during a ceremony?
Do callers hear my business name?
How much does 2Line.AI cost for photographers?
Stop losing calls on the job.
Yearly comes with 3 days free. $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year.
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