Shoot The Breeze

If you are struggling to make a living from commercial photography, this episode is for you. This week we take a close look into the commercial photographers' invoice and discuss production costs, professional and creative fees, and the complexities of licensing and usage charges. You will learn how to create a detailed invoice, set your professional fee "day rate", and calculate appropriate licensing charges for your images. We also touch on how to write your own image licenses. Major thanks to Jeff Sedlik for his many writings on the subject of licensing photographs. Equally major thanks to Peter House, a professional photographer based in Canada, who published a series of articles on photography finances through Fstoppers (thanks to them too!) a few years ago. In those papers he addressed many of the financial issues discussed in this podcast. You can find the original articles here. We also announce the birth of a new family member - the Allan Walls Photography YouTube channel - which can be found right h