Rick99
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- Jan 30, 2014
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- Downingtown, PA
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Hi Everyone, I have a unique situation that I need help with. Long story short, I have someone who I met that has a business that umbrellas different branches under it....Computer graphic design, Music Recording, Music Lessons, Voice Lessons and Photography. The Owners are a married couple in their early 30s and are musicians by heart who perform weekly and have worked on recording projects for big artists and the Disney Channel. Currently, the husband has connections with Modeling agencies due to his music background and such. The modeling agencies are sending him all of their clients to do their headshots. He is also getting recurring business from those same people to shoot family portraits and engagement pics , etc.... Ok with that said, he hates it ...LOL... He loves the business side but he is a musician at heart and wants to step out as Photographer so he can focus on recording music and he wants me to do the photgraphy part for him. He is looking at a 50/50 split with me using his place of business and lights. All I am doing is taking the pics, small post processing and the "picked" pictures are being sent out to a professional retoucher. So here's my question, it's too soon to jump in as a partner as I do not want that yet until I see how we do. He wants to 1099 me for all work. He doesn't care about the copyrights being shared as he wants to put them on his site and he said he wants me to be able to do the samething as well. It seems like a great opportunity but I want to make sure my liability is covered and we have a contract in place. Can anyone share with me a contract template? Is this considered a work for hire situation? Do I need to file anything in order to do this kind of work as I do not currently have a business license or anything as this has just been a hobby I have done for a longtime. Thanks for reading and all help is greatly appreciated!