Friday, 14 November 2014

Running a Business (Contracts and Forms)



Self Employed vs Employed

Self


  • decide on the course of the business
  • decide own hours
  • more than one client
  • invoice: receive a fee for it
  • no contract of employment
  • no holiday or sick pay
  • unsatisfactory work is my own fault
  • must provide own equipment

Employed

  • responsibility falls on the manager if unsatisfactory
  • regular hours
  • one company
  • steady income plus overtime payments
  • holiday and sick pay
  • contract of employment


On the AOP website are many forms available to download, these include terms and conditions, model release forms for both adult and children and location permission forms.

Common Forms:

License to Use (contract of permission given to use images)
Media Use - Where they can use them
Territory - Where in the world they can use them
Period of Use - How long for
Exclusivity - How long until I can sell the photographs to others
Right to a credit - My names gets published with the photographs

Terms and Conditions 
Definitions - of photographs and clients
Copyright - remains mine, always
Exclusivity - sole theirs for a limited amount of time
Client Confidentiality - information about them wont be published
Indemnity - my insurance part (goes wrong, I'll pay)
Payment - I can sue if the client doesnt pay
Expenses
Rejection - no right to reject on style 
Liability - your business fails, it's not my fault

Model Release
(If working on a commercial shoot these forms are requirements)
Where the images are going
Fees
How long the images will be used for

Property Release
For locations

Insurance
For myself / Photography Gear / Assistants / Theft

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