LeakReceipts for Photographers
The Field Guide: where the money leaks, how to prove it, and how to close it.
The long version of the Photographers Fix Kit. Every leak this trade is known for, why it happens, the paper that proves it, and three fixes for each one: one you do yourself for free, the words to send under your own name, and what LeakReceipts can do for you while the decision stays yours.
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What's inside
- Contents
- The short answer for your trade
- What people in your trade say hurts
- Get your paper together
- Leak 1: Gear — bodies, glass and the replacement clock
- Leak 2: Travel, mileage and the location day
- Leak 3: Two in three photographers are self-employed
- Leak 4: "Work for hire" does not work for photography
- Leak 5: Register before the infringement starts — the money rule
- Leak 6: Sales tax turns on how you deliver the images
- Leak 7: Self-employment tax and the lumpy season — the trade where this reaches two thirds of photographers
- Leak 8: Usage rights on commercial work
- Leak 9: A pending application will not get you into court
- Leak 10: DMCA takedown — six elements, and it bites back
- Leak 11: Releases are state law, not copyright
- Leak 12: The Copyright Claims Board takes a pending application
- Leak 13: There is no industry rate table, and there cannot be one
- Leak 14: Editing hours — the largest unbilled block
- Leak 15: Pricing off other photographers instead of off cost
- Leak 16: Total hours per session vs. shooting hours
- Leak 17: Administrative hours — the invisible second job
- Leak 18: Insurance — liability and equipment
- Leak 19: Second shooters and assistants
- Leak 20: Software and the recurring stack
- Leak 21: Turnaround expectations and the speed squeeze
- More leaks to check
- Grow it: the next rung
- The household side: TrueNET
- Your 30-day leak plan
- Take it into LeakReceipts
- Sources
- Your leak log
Goes with
The cover
How every number is labeled
Every figure in the book carries a label: VERIFIED (a named, dated source printed beside it), CALCULATED (the math is shown) or ESTIMATE (a reasoned range, always called one). Where nothing has been verified yet, no number is printed and you get a blank to fill from your own paper.
What it can't decide for you
This book is education. It doesn't give legal, tax, accounting or financial advice, and it never tells you what to charge. Where a CPA, attorney or licensing board makes the call, the book says so.
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