Taking pictures is your business. The business of taking pictures is ours. FARM39 STUDIO is one of a kind service designed specifically for professional photographers. Our mission is to help you concentrate on what you do best by becoming your business manager, representing you in all of your day to day business affairs. With years of experience inphotography business we liberate you creatively by allowing you to focus all of your energies into your art.
As a commercial photographer, you are a small business owner. Your responsibilities include many detailed and time consuming tasks that are unrelated to the art of taking picturs. These obligations include accurately estimating and billing jobs, paying vendors and sales tax, and managing payroll, worker's comp, and production insurance. Photographers may employ full time or part time bookkeepers to accomplish these responsabilities, however many affordable bookkeepers are simply not equipped to poperly service the tasks required.
Over the years we have seen many commercial photographers spend unnecessary money on penalties for incorrectly filed taxes, experience problems with cash flow and the financing of productions, and/or misunderstand the legalities of payroll vs. independent contractor status for their crews. We have heard from many art buyers that many photographers produce sloppy invoices, which are time consuming for them to review. Poorly billed jobs result in delayed payments and unprofessional collection attempts can also delay payments and sour relationships. Eliminating the many pitfalls of running a small business is FARM39 STUDIO's goal.
Because FARM39 STUDIO bills your jobs, we file the salex tax, pay the vendors, and facilitate collection. We have the ability to finance large productions and the insurance policy to cover them. We maintain accounts at all the major photography vendors in Los Angeles and New York and if we do not have an existing account with your preferred vendors, we will open one with them. We are able to recommend qualified assistants, stylists, casting companies, and producers and because we contract in volume with our vendors, we are given first-rate service and the best possible prices.
Our staff is experienced with a wide range of types of photography productions from automotive to fashion to still life and lifestyle. We have the resources to make your job easier and ensure that your clients are serviced in the most professional way. All that is left is for you to make great photographs!