Lights Camera Lawsuit Pre-sale Starts Tomorrow!

I’m nearly pee-my-pants excited because the pre-sale for my first online course, Lights Camera Lawsuit: The Legal Side of Professional Photography starts tomorrow! I’ve been working on this for well-over a year, and it’s so close to finally coming to market. I’ve spent the last week promoting the bejezus out of this, and I’m so… [Continue Reading]

Having a Photography Business is Two Jobs in One

Being an entrepreneur is two full-time jobs in one: performing your craft and running a business. So Many Hats, So Little Time As a photographer, you have so much to do – photo shoots, edit images, maintain your web presence, promote your business, and garner new clients. Plus, you have to answer emails and phone… [Continue Reading]

How to Respond When a Client Violates Your Photography Contract

Even when you do everything right as a photographer – signed contract, quality work, deliver the final images on-time, etc., you’ll still have to deal with clients who don’t comply with the contract terms such as being late with payment or alter the images (e.g. cropping them or applying filters) before posting them online. In… [Continue Reading]

Manage Photography Client Expectations with Effective Contracts

One of the problems I’ve heard about from a number of photographers is clients not understanding what the photographer will and will not do for them. A way to manage client expectations is to clearly document them in your contract. Clearly State What the Client is Getting and When When your prospective client reads your… [Continue Reading]

What if Model Dies Without Signing a Model Release

A photographer recently asked if they could use images if there was no model release signed when the images were taken, and the model has since passed away. Does a persons’ right of publicity survive death? Anyone who knows me knows the answer to every legal question starts with, “It depends.” Right of Publicity is… [Continue Reading]

CCPA: Worst-Case Scenarios

The new California Consumer Privacy Act went into effect on January 1, 2020. I’ve received a handful of emails and seen some updates from businesses informing me that their privacy policies have changed, but not as many as I expected. I hope the businesses who are required to comply with this law know the risk… [Continue Reading]

Who We Are

Sunset in AZ by Miguel Folch

Carter Law Firm is the umbrella company for my professional speaking and writing activities. My goals are to give people the legal foundation and educational tools they need to run with their ideas and to empower people to pursue their crazy … [Read More]

Speaking Engagements

You’ve read my blog posts and you’ve seen my YouTube videos, now you can hire me to speak at your event or organization. I am available to speak at conferences, continuing legal education events (CLEs), trainings, webinars, podcasts, radio shows, TV … [Read More]

Books

I have been a passionate blogger since 2009. After contributing to several books, I decided to become an author myself. My books expand on many of the topics that have appeared on my blog posts over the years and breaks down legal concepts so … [Read more]

Featured Posts

Why Don’t Lawyers Have Empathy?

One of my entrepreneurial friends recently asked me this question. He works with lawyers in various aspects of his life. He previously asked me, “Why are you the only lawyer I like?” His most recent question made me ponder if and how empathy plays a role in the practice of law. We Do Have Empathy […]

Crazy Contract Clauses

I love contracts. I know this makes me a big legal dork, but I love writing them and reviewing them. A contract is the documentation of how a relationship is going to work and as long as the provisions aren’t illegal, you can put in whatever you want. There’s a lot of room for creativity, […]

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