photographers: running a business legally isn't optional.
When you’re running a business or a side-hustle, you have to be using contracts to protect yourself and your clients. If you’re being paid to perform a service, there are certain things that the law requires you to do.
Hopefully you won’t have any issues pop up but on the off-chance that something does happen, you want to make sure that you are covered. It’s like having car insurance in case of a fender bender - it protects you for the ‘just in case’ scenarios.
And in case that ‘just in case’ does happen, you need to have a real contract created by a real attorney.
If you DIY it, you’re risking the chance that your contract wasn’t actually legally binding at all. but then of course, hiring an attorney to draft one for you can cost thousands of dollars.
Then I discovered Contractista:
attorney-drafted legal documents for entrepreneurs.
Contractista is a contract shop full of customizable templates that you know is going to cover everything you need it to should you ever be in that ‘just in case’ scenario.
If you’re a photographer like me, you also have to worry about copyright ownership, payment terms, cancellations (on your end or your client’s) and so much more!
Contractista actually has a bundle specific for photographers that covers portrait photography contracts, wedding photography contracts, plus some legal disclosures you have to put on your website.
You can receive 15% off the entire shop by using the code BUILDBLOOM15 at checkout.
