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The Photography Studio SOP Starter Kit

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Everything you need to get how your photography studio runs out of your head and into SOPs your team can use without asking you.

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When every inquiry, session plan and gallery delivery depends on you remembering the details, your busy season becomes the season you can't step away. This kit gives you a simple way to write down how your photography studio already works, starting with the policies that shape how your team operates and the SOPs they open when they need to complete a specific task, so you stop being the person everyone messages to ask how something gets done.

What's inside

  • A five-minute tutorial that shows you where to start
  • Five starter policies with photography studio examples to write from
  • A Google Docs SOP template with a finished example
  • The Photography Studio SOP Vault, sorted into what to write first, next and as you grow
  • An AI SOP builder for Claude and ChatGPT that turns a screen recording transcript into a first draft

The SOPs to write first

These are the processes most photography studios lean on every week, which makes them the ones that pull you in most often.

  • Session Inquiry and Date Hold
  • Pre-Session Questionnaire
  • Shot List and Session Plan
  • Day-Of Session Workflow
  • Card Backup and Ingest
  • Gallery Delivery

Who this is for

Photography studio founders with a small team who have already hired help but still find every question coming back to them, and who want their team to run the work without waiting on a reply.

Questions people ask

Is the Photography Studio SOP Starter Kit free?

Yes. Enter your name and email and the kit lands in your inbox.

What is an SOP for a photography studio?

An SOP (standard operating procedure) is a one-page document that shows your team how to complete one specific task, like session inquiry and date hold, the same way every time without asking you.

Which SOPs should a photography studio write first?

Start with the tasks that pull you in most often. For most photography studios that means session inquiry and date hold, pre-session questionnaire and shot list and session plan.

Do I need a paid AI tool to use the SOP builder?

No. The kit includes a Claude skill and a ChatGPT setup for paid plans, plus a prompt that works on free plans of Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini.

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