Guides · Updated 2026-10-15

ChatGPT prompts for photographers (UK)

These prompts cover the writing a photographer does every week: price lists, booking terms, image licence wording, shoot prep, gallery delivery and review requests. Fill in the [brackets], paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and check the draft before you use it. AI tools can get rules wrong, so check anything legal yourself. We checked the rules below on 15 October 2026.

For general business messages, see ChatGPT prompts for small business admin.

Prices and bookings

1. Price list with honest "from" prices

Write a clear price list for my photography business: [packages, each with what's included: hours, number of edited images, gallery, prints], prices [£amounts], and any compulsory extras ([travel over X miles at £amount, VAT if registered]). Show each "from" price including every compulsory charge, and list optional extras separately. Plain English, British spelling, under 200 words.

Since 6 April 2025, it's illegal to show a headline price and add compulsory charges later ("drip pricing"). A "from" price is fine as long as it includes them. The CMA uses "photography services from £X" as an example (CMA: providing clear and accurate information about prices).

2. Booking terms, including the 14-day cancellation right

Write short booking terms for my photography sessions booked online, by phone or at the client's home. Include: the booking fee or deposit ([amount]); that clients can cancel within 14 days of booking; that if they ask me to do the shoot within those 14 days, they'll pay for what's been done if they then cancel; rescheduling ([notice and how often]); and cancellation after 14 days ([what's kept, linked to costs I can't recover]). Fair, plain English, British spelling, under 200 words.

For services booked online, by phone or away from your premises, the customer can usually cancel within 14 days of the contract (Consumer Contracts Regulations 2013, regulation 30). You must not start in that period unless they expressly ask you to. If they then cancel, they pay a proportionate amount for what you've supplied (regulation 36). Some services for a specific date, such as services related to leisure activities, are excluded from the cancellation right (regulation 28), so check how the rules apply to your bookings. A term requiring a disproportionately high payment on cancellation may be unfair (Consumer Rights Act 2015, Schedule 2, paragraph 5).

3. Image licence wording

Write a short, plain-English section for my terms on who owns the photos and what the client can do with them. Say I keep the copyright, and the client gets a licence to [print them, share them on social media with credit, use them on their business website], but not to [sell them, enter them in competitions, edit them heavily]. Add what happens if a business client wants wider use ([extra licence fee]). British spelling, under 150 words.

Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the author of a work is the first owner of the copyright, unless it's made by an employee in the course of employment, when the employer owns it, subject to any agreement (section 11). Spell out what the client can do in writing so there's no dispute later.

Shoots

4. Shoot prep email

Write a friendly prep email for a [family/headshot/product] shoot on [date] at [location] at [time]. Cover: what to wear ([tips I give]), what to bring, how long it takes, parking, what happens if it rains ([plan]), and how to reach me on the day ([placeholder]). British spelling, under 200 words.

5. Questionnaire for a wedding or event

Write a short questionnaire for wedding clients: timings for the day, venue addresses, key people and group shots, anything to avoid (such as family situations), the names of other suppliers, and accessibility needs. Friendly, numbered, British spelling.

6. Model or location release request

Write a short, plain-English request asking [person or venue] for permission to use photos from [shoot] in my portfolio, website and social media. Say what I'll use them for, that they can say no, and how they can withdraw permission later ([how]). British spelling, under 120 words. This is a request, not a legal release form.

Delivery and reviews

7. Gallery delivery message

Write a short message delivering [client name]'s online gallery: link ([placeholder]), password ([placeholder]), how long the gallery stays online ([weeks]), how to download, how to order prints ([link]), and a reminder of what the licence allows. Warm, British spelling, under 150 words.

8. Chase a late payment

Write a polite but firm reminder to [client name] that the balance of [£amount] for their [shoot] on [date] was due on [date]. Say how to pay ([bank details placeholder]), that I'll release the full gallery when it's paid [if that's in my terms], and ask them to pay by [date]. No threats, British spelling, under 120 words.

See how to chase a late payment for the next steps.

9. Ask for a Google review

Write a short message to [client name] thanking them for choosing me and asking if they'd leave an honest Google review here: [link]. Easy to say no, no discount or free prints in return, under 300 characters, British spelling.

Don't offer anything in return for reviews: see can Google detect fake reviews?

10. Portfolio blog post

Write a short blog post about a [type] shoot at [location, if the client agrees]: the brief, how we planned it, the light and setting, and 3 tips for anyone booking a similar shoot. No client names unless I give permission, British spelling, 250 to 350 words.

Before you use anything

• Check rules against the source, not the AI's version.
• Don't paste clients' names, addresses or photos into an AI tool if you don't need to.
• For booking, gallery and other tools, see AI tools for photographers.

FAQ

Who owns the copyright in photos I take for a client?

Under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the author is the first owner, unless it's an employee's work made in the course of employment. Set out what the client can do with the photos in your terms.

Can a client cancel a photography booking made online?

Usually, within 14 days of booking, though some services for a specific date are excluded. If they ask you to do the shoot within that time and then cancel, they pay a proportionate amount for what you've done.

Can I advertise "from £X" prices?

Yes, as long as the "from" price includes every compulsory charge, according to the CMA.