diff --git a/ventures/havre/tests/workflows.test.mjs b/ventures/havre/tests/workflows.test.mjs
index b37e3bd..43c5e70 100644
--- a/ventures/havre/tests/workflows.test.mjs
+++ b/ventures/havre/tests/workflows.test.mjs
@@ -73,3 +73,29 @@ test("the idea schema is the writer's schema plus a look", () => {
   assert.match(m[1].content, /"name": "Lone"/);
   assert.doesNotMatch(W.ideaMessages("x")[1].content, /"name"/);
 });
+
+test("/photoshoot takes a count first, then a brief; the count stays between 1 and 6", () => {
+  assert.deepEqual(W.parseShoot(""), { count: 3, brief: "" });
+  assert.deepEqual(W.parseShoot("5 at the harbor at dusk"), { count: 5, brief: "at the harbor at dusk" });
+  assert.deepEqual(W.parseShoot("at the harbor"), { count: 3, brief: "at the harbor" });
+  assert.deepEqual(W.parseShoot("12"), { count: 6, brief: "" });
+  assert.deepEqual(W.parseShoot("0 rain"), { count: 3, brief: "rain" });
+  assert.deepEqual(W.parseShoot("2024 vibes"), { count: 3, brief: "2024 vibes" });
+});
+
+test("a shoot is asked with the single photo's rules, for several shots as JSON", () => {
+  const sys = "You write the shot for a photo. Rules here. Reply with the shot only.";
+  const m = W.shootMessages({ name: "Ines", tagline: "ferry pilot", look: { description: "red braid" } }, sys, { count: 4, brief: "fog", lines: ["Them: hi", "Ines: hey"] });
+  assert.match(m[0].content, /^You write the shot for a photo\. Rules here\. Write 4 different shots/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(m[0].content, /Reply with the shot only/);
+  assert.match(m[1].content, /How they look: red braid/);
+  assert.match(m[1].content, /Ines: hey/);
+  assert.match(m[1].content, /The shoot: fog/);
+  assert.match(W.shootMessages({ name: "X" }, sys, { count: 99 })[0].content, /Write 6 different shots/);
+});
+
+test("shots come back cleaned and no more than asked", () => {
+  const s = W.normalizeShots({ shots: [{ title: " Dawn  deck ", shot: " She leans\n on the rail. " }, { title: "", shot: "Rain." }, { title: "x", shot: "" }, { title: "y", shot: "z" }] }, 2);
+  assert.deepEqual(s, [{ title: "Dawn deck", shot: "She leans on the rail." }, { title: "shot 2", shot: "Rain." }]);
+  assert.deepEqual(W.normalizeShots(null), []);
+});
diff --git a/ventures/havre/workflows.js b/ventures/havre/workflows.js
index cde0ec8..4d50cc9 100644
--- a/ventures/havre/workflows.js
+++ b/ventures/havre/workflows.js
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ export const WORKFLOWS = [
     about: "a new character from an idea in a line or two, written as a card of your own",
     usage: "/new <who they are, in a line>",
   },
+  {
+    id: "photoshoot", command: "photoshoot", title: "a photoshoot", takes: "card pictures", gives: "photos", doors: ["chat"],
+    about: "a few photos of them from the pictures on their card, one shoot, each a different moment (3 unless you say)",
+    usage: "/photoshoot [how many] [what the shoot is about]",
+  },
 ];
 
 export const byId = (id) => WORKFLOWS.find((w) => w.id === id) || null;
@@ -107,3 +112,47 @@ export function cardFromIdea(o, { model } = {}) {
   const look = str(o && o.look, 2000).replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim();
   return normalizeCard({ ...base, look: { ...base.look, description: look } });
 }
+
+// ---------- photoshoot: a few photos of them, from the pictures on their card ----------
+
+export const SHOOT_MIN = 1, SHOOT_MAX = 6, SHOOT_DEFAULT = 3;
+
+/** the words after /photoshoot: a count first if there is one (1 to 6), the rest a brief for the shoot */
+export function parseShoot(arg = "") {
+  const m = /^\s*(\d{1,2})(?:\s+|$)([\s\S]*)$/.exec(str(arg, 2000));
+  const n = m ? Number(m[1]) : SHOOT_DEFAULT;
+  return { count: Math.min(SHOOT_MAX, Math.max(SHOOT_MIN, n || SHOOT_DEFAULT)), brief: (m ? m[2] : str(arg, 2000)).replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim() };
+}
+
+export const SHOOT_SCHEMA = {
+  type: "object", additionalProperties: false, required: ["shots"],
+  properties: { shots: { type: "array", items: { type: "object", additionalProperties: false, required: ["title", "shot"],
+    properties: { title: { type: "string" }, shot: { type: "string" } } } } },
+};
+
+/**
+ * The messages for a text model to write a shoot: the photo rules the single-photo ask uses (abilities.js, safe or
+ * adult), asked for several shots at once, as JSON. brief: what the shoot is about; nothing means a set that fits them.
+ */
+export function shootMessages(card, photoSystem, { count = SHOOT_DEFAULT, brief = "", lines = [] } = {}) {
+  const n = Math.min(SHOOT_MAX, Math.max(SHOOT_MIN, count));
+  const system = str(photoSystem).replace(/\s*Reply with the shot only\.?\s*$/, "") +
+    ` Write ${n} different shots for one photoshoot: the same place or theme, a different moment, framing or mood in each. ` +
+    `Return one JSON object: shots, an array of ${n} objects with title (at most 4 words) and shot (the paragraph).`;
+  const look = card.look && card.look.description;
+  const user = [
+    `The character: ${card.name}${card.tagline ? ". " + card.tagline : ""}`,
+    look ? `How they look: ${look}` : "",
+    lines.length ? "The conversation so far, latest last:\n" + lines.join("\n") : "The conversation hasn't started yet.",
+    "The shoot: " + (str(brief, 500).trim() || "nothing in particular. Pick a place and a mood that fit them."),
+    `Write the ${n} shots.`,
+  ].filter(Boolean).join("\n\n");
+  return [{ role: "system", content: system }, { role: "user", content: user }];
+}
+
+/** the shots, cleaned: each a title and a shot; no more than n, none if the model sent none */
+export function normalizeShots(o, n = SHOOT_DEFAULT) {
+  const list = arr(o && o.shots).map((d) => ({ title: clip(str(d && d.title, 200).replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim(), 40),
+    shot: str(d && d.shot, 2000).replace(/\s+/g, " ").trim() })).filter((d) => d.shot);
+  return list.slice(0, n).map((d, i) => ({ ...d, title: d.title || `shot ${i + 1}` }));
+}