Invoice template
Photographer invoice template
A worked example photography invoice: coverage, editing, and licensing line items, clear terms. Download or send live.
This is a free photographer invoice template: a worked example invoice you can download as a PDF, Excel, or Word file, or open as a live invoice and send in about 30 seconds. The example below is filled in with realistic line items, amounts, and payment terms for photographer work. The sender block is left blank ("Your business name") because that is the part you fill in with your own details.
Your business name
Your street address
Your city, Your country
SAMPLE-001
Issued Aug 25, 2026
Due Sep 09, 2026
Bill To
Evergreen Events Co
510 Birch Street Seattle, WA 98101 United States
PO Number
PO-3074
Currency
USD
| Description | Qty | Price | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Event photography coverage, half day | 1 | $1,400.00 | $1,400.00 |
| Photo editing and retouching, per image | 40 | $15.00 | $600.00 |
| Online gallery delivery and print licensing | 1 | $350.00 | $350.00 |
Net 15. Image licensing transfers on full payment. Galleries stay live for 90 days from delivery.
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What this template includes
The fields every photographer invoice realistically needs, laid out the way an accounts payable team expects to read it:
- •Your business details: name, address, and tax ID. Blank in the template, ready for you to fill in.
- •Client and billing entity, with a clear Bill To block.
- •Invoice number, issue date, and due date, plus a PO number field for clients whose AP process needs one.
- •Line items with quantity and rate. The Excel version totals them for you with built-in formulas.
- •Payment terms, including space for late-fee wording so the due date is enforceable.
Three ways to use this template
Download the PDF
A print-ready, send-ready invoice. Best when you want a fixed document to fill in and email.
Download the Excel file
A fully editable spreadsheet. The Amount and total cells use formulas, so the math stays correct as you edit.
Use it as a live invoice
Open it in JupiterInvoice pre-filled with this example. Send it as a link your client can open, add a PO number to, and approve.
What a valid invoice must contain
The UK government publishes the clearest public checklist of what an invoice must include, and it matches what an accounts-payable team anywhere expects to see. Every invoice should carry:
- •A unique invoice number that identifies it in sequence.
- •Your business name, address, and contact details.
- •The customer's name and address.
- •A clear description of what you are charging for.
- •The supply date, when the goods or service were provided.
- •The invoice date.
- •The amount charged for each line.
- •The VAT amount, if applicable.
- •The total amount owed.
Sole traders must also show their own name and an address where legal documents can be served; a limited company must show its full registered name. If you and your customer are both VAT registered, you must issue a VAT invoice, which adds your VAT number and a per-rate VAT breakdown. In the US there is no federally mandated invoice format, but the IRS treats invoices as the records that support your gross receipts, so the same fields matter for your own books and any audit.
Sources: GOV.UK, what invoices must include; IRS, recordkeeping for small business. Verified 2026-08-13 by the JupiterInvoice team.
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Last updated August 23, 2026
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