70 - How to Legally Run Your Photography Business with Paige Griffith
All Angles Photography Podcast
Release Date: 05/16/2025
91 - Why Bookings Feel Harder in 2026 (And the 3 Fixes That Work)
All Angles Photography Podcast
What you actually need in 2026? A complete system — one that creates consistency whether the economy shifts, trends change, or your confidence wavers on any given day. That's exactly what we're building toward with the Client Connection System™. In this episode, you're getting the audio version of my Booked + Valued workshop (And if you want to see the full video version and see on-screen references, you can ), where I walk you through the three specific strategies that are actually booking photographers in today's market. Here's what you'll walk away with: How to dissolve...
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90 - Book It Student Wins: $9K in 3 Days, $40K by Feb, $69K in 3 Months, + More
All Angles Photography Podcast
You're working hard – really hard – but something still isn't clicking. The inquiries aren't consistent, the bookings feel unpredictable, and you're starting to wonder if it's your market, your pricing, or just you. What if I told you it's none of those things? In this episode of All Angles Photography Podcast, I'm sharing what changes when wedding photographers build the right business foundation – and I'm letting the results speak for themselves. Since I started tracking Book It student wins in 2025, photographers inside the program have collectively submitted $3.7 million in tracked...
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89 - Pricing Conversations: The Reason You're Not Booking at Your Prices
All Angles Photography Podcast
If bookings have felt slower lately and you've started wondering if your pricing is too high — this episode is your permission slip to stop second-guessing yourself. The truth is, your price is almost never the real problem. What's actually getting in the way is that your dream clients aren't feeling your value before they ever reach out. And that's a completely fixable thing. In this first episode of my new Pricing Conversations series, I'm breaking down the three specific places where value gets communicated in your photography business before a couple even hits send on your contact form...
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88 - Laurel's Book It Review: From 3 Weddings Per YEAR To A 20K PROFIT Month
All Angles Photography Podcast
You don't need a perfect season, a wide open schedule, or everything figured out to build a photography business that actually works. What you need are the right foundations — and this episode is proof of exactly that. I'm sitting down with Laurel, one of my past Book It students, to walk through her full transformation story: from shooting two to three weddings and struggling with Instagram strategy and the booking process, to booking her highest wedding package at $7,500, bringing in over $16K cash while paused from the program, and hitting $20,000 in profit in January 2026 alone. If...
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87 - Why Your Inquiry Process Is Costing You Bookings (And How To Fix It)
All Angles Photography Podcast
If you're getting ghosted after sending pricing, wondering why inquiries aren't converting, or feeling like potential clients are choosing cheaper photographers — the problem might not be your pricing or your portfolio. Most wedding photographers think sales begins when an inquiry hits their inbox, but the truth is, your sales process started long before that first email. Your brand positioning, your online presence, your messaging, your values, how you make people feel — all of it is doing the selling (or not) before a couple ever fills out your contact form. In this episode, I'm...
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86 - All Angles Takes a Break
All Angles Photography Podcast
What if slowing down was actually the smartest business move you could make right now? I know it sounds counterintuitive—especially in an industry that glorifies the hustle and constantly showing up. But here's what I've learned after over five years of building, scaling, and sustaining a successful photography business: not everything is glass. Some things are rubber, and they can bounce for a bit while you get ahead, refine, and create space for what really matters. All Angles Photography Podcast is taking a short break, and I'm coming back on February 13th with new episodes. This isn't...
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85 - Jess's Scale It Review: Outsourcing, Systems, + an Associate Team
All Angles Photography Podcast
What if your photography business could keep booking clients, serving couples beautifully, and generating revenue—even when you're going through the hardest season of your life? Most photographers think scaling means raising prices or shooting more weddings. But true scaling means building a business that runs without you, whether you're on vacation, navigating a personal crisis, or simply choosing to step back for a season. In this episode, I'm sitting down with Jess, one of my Scale It graduates who transformed her thriving-but-exhausting photography business into a sustainable model with...
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84 - Maddy's Scale It Review: Associate Weddings Profiting 4k+ and Cutting Her Weddings in Half
All Angles Photography Podcast
You don't need to shoot every wedding to scale your income — and my student Maddy is living proof. If you've been grinding through wedding season after wedding season, trading every weekend for income and wearing burnout like a badge of honor, this episode will show you exactly how to build an associate photography team that frees up your time while increasing your profit. Maddy joined my Scale It mentorship program in January 2025 after finishing her first full wedding season feeling completely overwhelmed. She had big goals but zero idea how to tackle them without spending her entire...
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83 - Nicole's Scale It Review: Highest Revenue Year Through Outsourcing, Email Marketing, and Albums
All Angles Photography Podcast
You're working 70-hour weeks, manually tracking every client, taking days to respond to inquiries—and while your business looks successful on paper, you're completely drowning behind the scenes. What if I told you that your highest revenue year could also be your most sustainable one? That scaling your photography business isn't about working more, but about building systems, email funnels, and strategic outsourcing that actually give you your life back? In this episode, I'm sitting down with my Scale It graduate Nicole, a wedding and elopement photographer who transformed her business from...
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82 - Annika's Scale It Review: Five-Figure Months in Motherhood
All Angles Photography Podcast
You know that feeling when you're sitting on the couch during your baby's contact nap, desperately trying to balance your laptop while answering client emails—all while wishing you could just soak up this precious moment? If you're nodding along thinking "that's literally me," then you need to hear Annika's story. She went from survival mode as a new mom photographer to celebrating back-to-back five-figure months, one of them while on vacation without her laptop. This isn't about working harder or hustling more—it's about implementing the right systems so your photography business can run...
info_outlineEver wonder if that free contract template you're using is actually protecting your photography business? Or if calling your upfront payment a "deposit" instead of a "retainer" could cost you thousands if a client cancels? The legal side of your photography business might not be as exciting as new gear or stylized shoots, but it's the foundation that protects everything you're building. I sat down with Paige Griffith from The Legal Paige (who's both a lawyer AND a photographer!) to demystify what it really takes to run your photography business legally. Whether you're just starting out or you've been shooting for years, Paige breaks down exactly what you need to know about contracts, business insurance, and when it's time to form an LLC - all in plain English that actually makes sense.
In this episode of All Angles Photography Podcast, you will learn:
- The "triangle of protection" every photographer needs and why your contract should be your first line of defense (even before forming an LLC!)
- Why saying "deposit" instead of "retainer" could leave you legally obligated to refund a client's payment if they cancel
- The compelling case for flat-fee retainers vs. percentage-based retainers for wedding photographers (this perspective shift alone could save you from difficult client conversations)
- Exactly when you need a privacy policy on your website and the simple rule for whether you can add inquiry contacts to your email list
- When it's time to form an LLC and how to do it yourself without paying a lawyer or accountant
SHOW NOTES: https://clairehunt.co/blog/how-to-legally-run-your-photography-business-with-paige-griffith/
RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE:
- The Legal Paige website: www.thelegalpaige.com
- The Legal Paige Instagram: @thelegalpaige
- The Legal Paige Facebook Group (TLP Community): tlpfacebook.com
- Legally Legit Podcast
- The Legal Paige Contract Shop 40% off sale: May 19-22, 2025
- Use my personal discount code for The Legal Paige contracts for an additional discount - CLAIRE10 (works year-round!)
- Claire's recommended contracts: At the end of the show notes
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