Can I use this without Obsidian?

Yes. Download the Markdown file and use it in any plain-text folder, notes app, or repository.

Does TogetherLens read my vault?

No. This page does not request a vault, file path, account, API, contact list, or photo upload.

What is the optional handoff?

After the brief and review log are ready, an optional TogetherLens handoff can help make a clearly labelled group scene from permissioned portraits.

Your notes stay yours

Keep the story
before the scene.

A local-first Obsidian and Markdown starter for the person who wants the brief, source notes, permission, and review decision in one portable file.

A small vault, a calmer session

Four notes
before one image.

Use the starter as one note or split the numbered sections into a vault. The file works in Obsidian, a text editor, a shared repository, or print.

.mdfamily-photo-vault.mdlocal-first

00Briefwhat should feel true

01Source notespermission and context

02Scene shortlistthree must-have frames

03Review logbefore anyone shares

Full copy

Save the file.
Keep the context.

Why Markdown: an open text file can move with the group without asking a new tool to own the family's context.

Frontmatter makes the note easy to find again.
Source notes keep permission next to the creative brief.
The optional TogetherLens handoff is clearly separated.

Markdown ready to save

---
title: Family photo vault
tags:
  - family-photo
  - consent
  - togetherlens
---

# Family photo vault

Keep the brief, source notes, and review decision together. This note is designed for an Obsidian vault or any plain Markdown folder.

## 00 — Brief

- Occasion:
- People included:
- What should feel true:
- Where the final image may be shared:

## 01 — Source notes

| Person / source | Permission confirmed | Context kept | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | ☐ | ☐ |  |
|  | ☐ | ☐ |  |
|  | ☐ | ☐ |  |

## 02 — Scene shortlist

- [ ] Everyone looking at the camera
- [ ] A natural in-between moment
- [ ] One creative or AI-generated frame, labelled clearly

## 03 — Review log

- Reviewer:
- Date:
- Faces, hands, labels, and audience checked: ☐
- AI or composite disclosure included where needed: ☐

## 04 — Optional app handoff

When the vault note is ready, [open the free TogetherLens scene planner](https://togetherlens.app/resources/obsidian-family-photo-vault/?utm_source=template&utm_medium=obsidian&utm_campaign=obsidian_photo_plan&utm_content=obsidian_vault).

The note is useful on its own. TogetherLens does not receive this vault, its file paths, names, contacts, or images.

Optional next step

When the note is ready,
make the scene.

TogetherLens can combine permissioned portraits into one clearly labelled, reviewable group scene. The vault stays local; the app handoff is optional.

Bring the brief into the app

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No vault, file path, contact, or portrait access is requested.

Four notesbefore one image.

Save the file.Keep the context.

When the note is ready,make the scene.

Four notes
before one image.

Save the file.
Keep the context.

When the note is ready,
make the scene.