Shoot day checklist for photographers and filmmakers
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For photographers and videographers who want other shooters, second shooters and assistants on their list.
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Replies when clients ask about AI
How to use this swipe file
Share this in photography forums and on LinkedIn. Shooters facing a new clause or question want wording to copy and will follow the person who wrote it.
What is inside
Your own position, in one paragraphBefore you answer anyone, write down what you will and will not do.
When a client asks if you use AIAnswer plainly and say what you do.
When a client wants your images for AIA clause that lets a client use your work to train AI tools is a new use, and it is fair to treat it as one.
When a client wants to change a picture with AIAsk what they plan to change. A small fix and a new scene are different jobs.
Wording for your termsIf you want your own terms to cover AI, short plain sentences are easier to agree than long ones.
A reply to a client who wants everythingWhere it will be used: List the channels, from your website to paid adverts.
Three title ideas for your own version
Replies when clients ask about AI
What to say about AI and your images
Copy and paste wording for AI questions
Where to promote it
Photography forumsfreelancer communitiesLinkedInInstagram carousels
Why give photographers wording to copy about AI?
The questions are new and many photographers have no reply ready. Wording they can copy saves time and makes you the person who made it easy.
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