10/30/2025
I have just a few small adjustments to make on Skylight Photography's website (https://skylight.photography) and the entire system should be functional! As it stands, all functions are available and working on the customer side. There are a few adjustments that need to be made on the administrative side, but nothing that is going to keep me from saying the system is live.
With that, I plan to make new order forms for you to start using. The QR code that you currently use for Venmo and the PayPal information, will be replaced with a code that takes you to Skylight's website, informing you of payment processing changes. This will also require you to create or login with an email address. One of the biggest reasons for this change is not knowing who a payment is for when we are paid using Venmo or PayPal. Though PayPal is, and always has been, our payment processor, we are going to start discouraging direct payments from those 2 systems (e.g. using our PayPal or Venmo tags).
Though I haven't tested it yet, Apple Pay should also be an option that is available at checkout as well as manual credit card entry.
This system does allow you to order before picture day, as long as we have it on our calendar of upcoming events. It will allow you to place an order the day of the event as well. Late payments and late orders must be handled directly with me, case-by-case. If I do let someone pay later, it must be paid before I order the prints (typically 3-5 days after the session).
Skylight's home page will be changing in the next week, limiting your ability to enter a code straight from the home screen. This is another step to secure the website. What this means is that if you have Download Codes from the past, you will have to create an account, login and view those images from the 'Legacy Browser'.
I know these changes are cumbersome at first, but we've had to make these changes. As I have said before, we just cannot continue to run Skylight on a spreadsheet...It has grown way beyond that.
Thank you all for your understanding!
Dusty Anderson