Photographer guide.

1Accepting a job

• Offers go to the nearest three photographers; the first to accept is booked. Each offer shows the service, area, date, time and your pay.
• Only accept if you are sure you can make it, have the right gear and are comfortable with the subject. A cancelled job hurts the client and your rating.
• Your pay is the amount shown when you accepted. The full address and client contact appear after you accept.
• If something changes and you truly cannot make it, tell the booking team immediately at info@bookyourshots.com so we can reassign the job.

2Before the shoot

• Read the brief in your dashboard: shot list, must-haves, deadline and any reference photos.
• The client gets a "Meet your photographer" email with your photo, so keep your profile photo current and friendly.
• Questions for the client go through the messages on the job page, so everyone's phone and email stay private.
• The day before you get a reminder. Check the address, parking and travel time.
• Gear checklist: charged batteries, empty cards, a backup body or lens where possible, and lighting suited to the job (for example a light for headshots and products).

3On the day

• Arrive 10 minutes early and tap "I'm here" in your dashboard.
• Introduce yourself as the Book Your Shots photographer.
• Dress neat and simple — dark or neutral clothes, no other studio's logo.
• Be warm and guide people: most clients are not used to the camera. For families and kids, keep it relaxed and playful.
• Respect the home, venue or business: ask before moving furniture or products, and put things back.
• Stick to the booked time. Extra time happens only if the client asks and the booking team approves it (billed in 30-minute steps).
• Running late? Message the client on the job page right away, and write to info@bookyourshots.com.

• No business cards, own prices or personal social handles — do not promote your own business to our clients.
• No photos of the client on your personal phone.

4Shooting standards

5Editing & upload

• Upload within 24 hours after the shoot ends and submit for review. Your dashboard shows a countdown; late uploads are flagged to quality review.
• Photos: your best selection, color-corrected, exposure and white balance fixed, horizons straight, light retouching. No heavy filters or trendy presets.
• Export: full-resolution JPEG, sRGB. No watermarks.
• Video: edited or raw footage, as you chose when you applied. Raw means straight off the camera; our editors edit it.
• Quality review checks your upload and may ask for a fix before the files go to the client.

6Privacy & the photos

• Do not post or share photos or videos from Book Your Shots jobs anywhere — not on your website, portfolio, Instagram, TikTok or any other platform — unless the booking team gives you written permission for that specific file.
• For a 🔒 Private booking, no one (including us) shows the work anywhere.
• Keep client names, addresses, phone numbers and files private. Delete your copies once we confirm delivery.
• Do not contact or work with a Book Your Shots client directly outside Book Your Shots.

7Pay & ratings

• How your pay is worked out: 60% of the shoot (session hours and shoot extras), plus 100% of any travel fee and 100% of tips. The offer always shows your exact pay before you accept.
• Video editing is done by our in-house editors. If we ask you to edit a video, that editing is paid on top and is included in the pay shown on the offer.
• Send your W-9 to info@bookyourshots.com before your first paid job. You are an independent contractor and handle your own taxes; we issue a 1099 where required.
• Set up payouts once in your dashboard (Earnings → Get paid). Stripe, our payment partner, asks for your bank and tax details; we never see them.
• Paid weekly for jobs delivered to the client the week before (Sunday to Saturday). A job delivered on a Sunday is paid in the following week's payout. You get a "Payment sent" email each time.
• Clients rate every delivered shoot. Top-rated photographers get more offers; low ratings, missed jobs or breaking these rules can pause or close an account.