Photographer Business Command Center

Run your whole photography business from one Google Sheet: clients, jobs, payments, pricing, expenses and reports.

  • Every client, job & payment in one place
  • Know your numbers: pricing, profit & taxes
  • See what needs your attention today
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Photographer Business Command Center in Google Sheets on a laptop, shown with sample data

What's inside

  • Start HereYour welcome page: a 5-step setup checklist, a map of how the tabs fit together, a guide to every tab with clickable links, and the color legend.
  • DashboardToday at a glance: revenue, booked pipeline, balances and profit; open inquiries, upcoming shoots and anything overdue; four action lists and three charts.
  • JobsEvery job from first inquiry to paid. Pick a package and the price fills in; deposit, balance, payment status, gallery due date, delivery status and job profit all calculate.
  • ClientsEveryone you work with, with their contact details, lead source, number of jobs, booked revenue, paid to date, balance owed and last/next shoot.
  • PaymentsEvery deposit, balance, tip and refund. Each payment updates its job's Paid to Date, Balance and Payment Status.
  • Delivery BoardYour editing queue: galleries to start, in progress and delivered in the last 30 days, sorted by what's due first, with your on-time rate and average turnaround.
  • Session PlannerA printable shoot plan for any job: the job card (client, date, location), then the timeline, shot list, gear and to-dos.
  • InvoiceA printable quote, invoice or receipt for any job, built from its package, add-ons, discount and payments, with the balance due.
  • ReportsYour year in numbers: profit and loss by month, expenses by category, quarterly tax set-aside, revenue by session type, lead sources and top agents.
  • PricingYour cost of doing business: what you need to earn per year, your hourly floor and minimum price per session, and a package builder that flags any package priced below your floor.
  • ExpensesBusiness purchases by category, with business-use %, an optional job link (it counts toward that job's costs) and receipt links.
  • MileageBusiness drives and your mileage deduction, using the rate in Settings.
  • Plan ItemsShot lists, timelines, gear and to-dos for each job, plus reusable templates by session type (Wedding, Family, Listing Photos and Newborn to start).
  • SettingsSet up once: your business info, invoice details, tax %, mileage rate, gallery turnaround, deposit %, balance-due rule, follow-up days, business mode, and every dropdown list.

A closer look

Your business at a glance: The Dashboard shows today's numbers, what needs attention and three charts. (Command Center, sample data)
Every job, inquiry to paid: Stage colors, package pricing and dates on one row per job. (Command Center, sample data)
Price for profit: Know your hourly floor and check every package against it. (Command Center, sample data)
Profit & loss, done for you: Reports adds up income, expenses, mileage and a tax set-aside by month. (Command Center, sample data)
Quotes, invoices & receipts: Pick a job and print a clean one-page document. (Command Center, sample data)

Screenshots show the Sample copy with made-up data.

Get set up in minutes

  1. Open your copy's Start Here tab.
  2. Settings: your business info, mode, gallery turnaround and deposit %.
  3. Pricing: your costs and take-home goal, then your packages.
  4. Plan Items: tweak the shot-list templates.
  5. Add your first client on Clients, then their first job on Jobs.
  6. Bookmark the Dashboard: it's your home page every day.

Good to know

  • Google Sheets: you need a free Google account. This isn't an Excel file.
  • Works in any browser on a computer, tablet or phone. Setup is easiest on a computer.
  • Nothing to install: no add-ons, no scripts.
  • You get a ready-to-use copy plus a Sample copy filled with example data, and a step-by-step PDF guide.
How Command Center fits together
Comparison: Command Center and the Command Center

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