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Communicate with Your Accountant to Save Money

Aug 27, 2024

Let’s talk about your yearly tax appointment. Do you go into it nervous or unprepared? Maybe you bring in every paper and number possible because you don’t know what information your accountant or CPA actually needs. Then your meeting lasts forever because you have to sift through every paper to find the number they need, […]

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What Taxes Should You Charge Your Clients and What Taxes Do You Need to Pay?

Aug 20, 2024

Taxes. Does that word make you shudder?  For most photographers, it does. We have creative minds and numbers are often low on our list of exciting things to do for our business.  Did you know that there is more than just your annual taxes that you’re responsible for paying in a year? Did you also […]

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How to Easily See Where the Money is Going in Your Business 

Aug 14, 2024

I started my business with one financial principle — that I would grow my business without taking out any loans or going into debt.  Sure, I didn’t have the best camera starting out and I only shot with a 50mm at sessions, but I saved up and only spent the money to upgrade once I […]

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five senior girl spokesmodels in shades of sage green, white, black, and blue jeans by white brick wall in lancaster city

2025 Senior Spokesmodel Team Meet & Greet

Aug 7, 2024

And just like that, a new group of girls become my next senior spokesmodel team. Summer is such an exciting time for me. First, it is when I announce the new spokesmodel team. I love surprising each senior with the news. Their excitement NEVER gets old! The other exciting thing that happens is that we […]

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Automate Your Bookkeeping: Spend Minutes, Not Hours Taming Your Finances

Aug 7, 2024

Does this sound like you in March every year? Maybe even April if you really push it off?  You’re anxiously flipping through hundreds of papers and receipts trying to find a specific expense. Or maybe it’s trying to go through your drives, trying to remember exactly where you went every day for the past year. […]

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engaged couple holding their pup by stone columns at masonic village in elizabethtown pennsylvania

Masonic Village Engagement Session

Aug 1, 2024

I am beyond excited to share Jayme and Ryan’s amazing Masonic Village engagement session. We had such a fun time capturing their love and excitement. Plus, their adorable mini Bernadoodle, Grover, absolutely stole the show. Just wait until you see all this cuteness below. Seriously, he’s so cute and soft that all I wanted to […]

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Creating a Tax Prep Spreadsheet

Jul 31, 2024

When I first started my business, I often heard people say make sure you track your numbers for tax purposes. I would nod my head like I understood, but inside I was freaking out. I understood that I needed to track numbers, but what numbers do they need to be and do they need to […]

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engaged couple sitting in the grass smiling with trees behind them at lancaster county central park

Lancaster County Central Park Engagement Session

Jul 29, 2024

Ella and Evan’s Lancaster County Central Park engagement session was a delightful blend of love, laughter, and beautiful scenery. Capturing their relationship was an absolute joy, these two have such a fun and playful love! With the best handshakes! Ella and Evan started talking because Ella’s profile had a “Go Birds” shoutout, catching Evan’s eye […]

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15 Business Tax Category Breakdowns

Save Time When Working with Your Accountant

Jul 24, 2024

When I first started my photography business, taxes used to make me cringe. I would wait until the last minute to gather my numbers, and boy, did it cause lots of late nights sifting through receipts to find everything I needed to provide to my CPA.  Every spring, our dinner table would disappear for a […]

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15 Business Tax Category Breakdowns

A 2-Step Game Plan to Organize Your Tax Numbers

Jul 17, 2024

Tax season only happens once a year, so it can be really easy to spend a ton of time handling it all at once, and then forgetting about it until March or April comes back around the next year. To only worry about it when the deadline is approaching. But what if you could spend […]

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Based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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