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EP 75: Congratulations college graduates, it is your time to shine!  The road ahead promises many great adventures and obstacles that will both challenge and inspire you as you begin your autonomous lifestyle.  One such adventure is the ability to manage your financial goals such as paying down student loan debts, investing for retirement, and living within your means.  In this episode, I talk about a few financial targets as you begin your post-college career.

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EP 74: One of the common traps I find freelancers fall into is they price themselves without taking into account the intellectual property they inherently possess.  In my opinion, this makes us laborers, not creatives, and it is up to us, not only to fight for these rights upfront but to include that value in our pricing.  

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EP 73:  I'm not sure if there is an easy way to reconcile the conundrum of prioritizing both creativity and income.  If you ask 100 creatives, you may get 100 different answers.  Either way, it is a struggle for most creatives as they want to maintain artistic integrity but also make money.  In this episode, I talk about my own struggles in finding harmony between the two highly important ideals.  

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EP 72:  The longer I've freelanced, the more common I've seen this occurrence among industry colleagues.   Their clients, my clients, your clients, have seemingly run into a snag, and payment for your services, low and behold, is going to be put on indefinite pause.  In this episode, I talk about these scenarios that so many freelancers find themselves facing.  

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EP 71:  After working exclusively with DSLRs for the past decade, I've finally accommodated mirrorless camera bodies in my workflow.  Even though I may be late to the game on this, I'm providing my first impressions on the features I like and don't like in this new system.  

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EP 70:  Facing 8.5% inflation rates is no easy pill to swallow.  Regardless of how we got here, we have our own choices to make to combat these stealth taxes as best as we can.  In this episode, I'll talk about a few proactive measures that can at least put us in a better mental head space as freelancers and entrepreneurs.  

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EP 69:  We constantly fill out forms that require a Tax ID, whether it's for business, for banking, or for taxes.  The question is whether or not there is a better and safer alternative to putting our social security number out there in the world so frequently.  In this episode, I'll talk about the benefits of setting up an Employer Identification Number (EIN) for your business. 

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/apply-for-an-employer-identification-number-ein-online

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EP 68: We are continuing our investigation on quarterly estimated payments for 1099 creatives, and in this episode, we break down simple ways to calculate what you owe in taxes, and how to pay.

https://www.irs.gov/payments

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EP 67:  Freelancing and full-time employment vary in a number of different ways, and one of the most important differences to note is how you manage your taxes.  While employees have taxes withheld, freelancers do not.  In this episode, I talk about what quarterly estimates are, who they are for, and when to pay them. 

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estimated-taxes
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1040es.pdf

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EP 66: The debate between prime lenses and zoom lenses can be both sensible and fickle at the same time.  Each photographer has his/her own vision, and not every scenario calls for a universal standard.  But it does seem as though each niche has its tendencies, and in this episode, I break down some reasons why wedding photographers prefer the benefits of the prime lenses over zooms.  

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