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hi everyone my name is mark and i am a commercial and wedding photographer based in new england and today i'm going to be sharing five of the most important things that photographers and their clients should be looking for in wedding photography contracts let's hit it people want to look their best now in some ways i feel like i'm jumping out of the youtube gate with a topic that could be really boring for some people but i really do believe that understanding contracts is a first an important step to running a successful photography business and it's a subject that i'm still learning about even 10 years into this business i also feel like especially coming out of a year like 2020 where contracts and their clauses were so top of mind for so many photographers and their clients that makes now as good a time as any to share what i've learned about this subject and hopefully help some of you along the way i've really appreciated the way that industry peers have come together this year to share information on this topic especially because it's one that can often feel so personal i promise to keep this video as entertaining as possible it's going to be a lot of information so stick with me now of course i will start off by saying that i am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice but i hope it's a helpful piece of information as you take your own journey to getting legally sound i don't know but now that we've gotten that out of the way here are my top five things that wedding photographers and their clients should be looking for in wedding photography contracts tip number one make sure you separate yourself from your business now this first tip really relates more to the structure of your business whether you have a dba or an llc or maybe even an s corp and i feel like i could end up doing a video on all of those subjects separately so if that's something that interests you please let me know down in the comments below youtube see what i did there comment below engagement algorithm taken off but in any case it's very important that any contract you write is established between your clients and your business not yourself as an individual this can be a very easy to overlook step because so many photographers have businesses that are just first name last name photography myself included but it's a very important first step to get in front of any potential litigation that could ever come down the road ultimately what this means is that if anything goes wrong it's your business and its assets that carry the liability rather than you as an individual number two define what it costs to reserve your time now this has been an especially hot topic in 2020 and 2021 with so many clients canceling...