Contracts 101: The Five Clauses Every Photography Contract Needs
A photography contract is not paperwork for paperwork's sake, it is what protects you when a shoot does not go as planned. Here are the five clauses that matter most.
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A photography contract is not paperwork for paperwork's sake, it is what protects you when a shoot does not go as planned. Here are the five clauses that matter most.
Most photographers can name their session fee instantly but have no idea what a shoot actually costs them. Here is the breakdown most never sit down and do.
Pricing a wedding package by guesswork is how photographers end up working for less than minimum wage. Here is a more deliberate way to build your numbers.
The single most common question a photographer gets before a shoot is what to wear. Here is a clear, shareable answer you can forward to clients as-is.
Clients rarely know what they are actually allowed to do with the photos they receive. Here is a plain-language explanation of licensing that studios can hand straight to clients.
The right proofing software makes client selections effortless and keeps your brand front and center. Here is what to look for, and how the main options compare.
A single 60-second television spot aired exactly once in September 1964 and is still studied by editors six decades later. What made it work has less to do with its era than with a discipline modern video teams still need.
A contract only protects you if you can actually find it, get it signed, and connect it to the job it covers. Here is what a photo or video contract should include, and how FrameCourier keeps the paperwork attached to the work instead of floating off on its own.
Voyage Ohio Magazine sat down with WeDoVids co-founder Brian Shaffer to talk through three decades of a friendship-turned-partnership, the studio's pandemic pivot, and how subscription fatigue turned into FrameCourier.
Proofing and delivery are two different jobs that often get squashed into one. Here is what each is for, why conflating them causes problems, and how they fit together.
A wedding can produce hundreds of keepers, but an album holds a few dozen. Here is how to run proofing so the couple helps you build the shortlist without feeling overwhelmed.
FrameCourier was not sketched on a whiteboard by people chasing a market. It was built inside a real Dayton, Ohio video and photography studio, over eight years, because the tools on the market kept failing the same way.