05/12/2022
The first thing I do with my clients is I sit down with them and fill out a contract that discusses and outlines project details. My contract discusses in depth, Goals, Promise to pay/Promise to reach goals to the best of my ability, and more. One of the sections that requires an extra signature is the part that asks about pictures and videos for before and after shots of the work I had done. No matter what the reason is I respect the fact that someone may not want their life out there on social media where anyone can see.
There are even some cases where I tell clients to go ahead and circle deny before they get to that part, because the project isn't something that should be risked. For example: I had a client the other day I had spent three hours sorting through boxes and piles of paperwork and made piles based off document, as soon the major piles were I I made more piles.
What does this look like? First round the major piles consisted of Bank statements, Bills, Work documents, Insurance, and State Documents. Then I organized those separate piles, the bank pile was separated by bank, Insurance was divided into medical, vision and dental, etc. The third step was to organize those extra piles in order by month/year. Once we had our piles divided, the next and final step was to put the paperwork into a binder/ filing cabinet. I don't look in depth at what the paper work is talking about, but I look at the header, and I chat with my clients as I work, asking them questions about what I'm looking at and what to look for, so I know what category something will go in.
It is important to me that my clients know that their privacy is one of my top priorities. Right before I post pictures that permission was granted for, I make sure I edit out anything that will give away who the client is. I blur photos and Unless there's written consent I will make sure the clients aren't in any photos or videos. There as been a couple situations where I'm doing a timelaps and my client(s) are helping me organize, I make sure they know a video is recording and if they say they don't care I make sure a note is written and signed on the contract.
