Session Fees Client agrees to pay photographer a non-refundable retainer at the time of booking which equals 50% of the total session cost to secure their appointment date and time. This is a non-refundable retainer fee that goes toward your session. The balance is due at or before the time of the session. The session fee covers the time of the photographer, retouching and creative editing of images, as determined by the photographer, and images (amount depending on session) to be stored through PicDrop. Additional editing is available at additional expense to be determined by photographer. Additional prints or digital images may be available for purchase.
Location Costs & Fees If there are any costs/fees associated with the location the client has chosen for their session, you, the client, will be responsible for those fees. The photographer will not guarantee or arrange payment on any location. Tracel fee applies outisde of 30 minutes of the photographer's home in Swindon. Any location outside of these limits will be subject to an additional charge of £0.45/mile as part of the agreement.
Rescheduling If an illness or situation prevents a photo session from taking place, client may reschedule their session one time at least 24 hours prior to their shoot without penalty. Should client fail to give 24 hours notice, or decide to completely cancel the shoot, this session fee is forfeited and will not be refunded. Photographer reserves the right to reschedule due to illness, weather, equipment malfunction, or other circumstances beyond their control.
Re-shoots / Refunds Re-shoots are determined at the discretion of the photographer. Re-shoots and refunds will not be given for poor choices of clothing, make-up, hair or weather related issues, or by not following the recommendations of the photographer.
Storage and Archive One (1) month after the purchase of their images, the Clients Files will be removed from the sharing website and a fee will be charged to re-upload the images should the client not have stored or lost them. After six (6) months, all images will be purged from photographer’s hard-drive, except as needed for promotional purposes, to be determined by photographer at photographer’s sole discretion. Photographer is not responsible for loss or damage to the digital files due to circumstances beyond photographer’s control.
Payment All payments are due in full unless payment arrangements have been made. Orders will not be processed until payment in full is received. If client has arranged a payment plan, order will be placed after the final payment has been received.
Liability Photographer is not responsible for any injuries inflicted upon any participating parties when reasonable precautions have been made. Client(s) will be responsible for their children and for themselves and release photographer from any claims against their person or their business.
Copyright & Penalty L'ahmore Photography retains all copyrights to all images created during client’s session. A print release will be included with digital files to print portraits for personal use up to designated size listed on print release. The print release does not allow publication of your portraits (i.e. entering in contests), selling or altering of your images without the photographer’s written permission. It is illegal to copy, scan, download, print, share, alter, or otherwise steal any image created by L'ahmore Photography during client’s photo session. This applies to "sneak peek" images, images posted in an online proofing gallery, blog, Facebook, or hard copy images. If client steals images via any method listed above, or any other method, client will be invoiced for the cost of EACH digital image client has stolen, at photographer’s current price per digital file.
Note from photographer: I work very hard to create images that reflect you and your family, while keeping in line with my artistic vision and creativity. I know you will want to share them and include a sneak-peek for that very reason. However, I ask that you simply link back to my blog/website/facebook page instead of right-clicking, saving, and sharing the image via your own page. I hope that you will respect not only my hard work, but the time, money, and dedication that I have put into training and equipment to capture these images for you. Please do not steal them!
Session Requests *No cameras/camcorders/any type of recording device (this includes cell phone cameras) are allowed during the session unless prior arrangement has been made between client and photographer, including a written agreement. The photographer will not continue if there are other cameras or video taping during the session.
*Session starts at the agreed upon time and often the Photographer will have sessions back to back so if you are late arriving then your session will be cut short to finish on time and no reimbursement will be given.
*Please do not bring any people not being photographed to the session without prior permission.
*Due to Covid-19 Restrictions please bring your own props unless otherwise discussed with the photographer. If you or anyone in the family have any covid symptoms please Contact L'ahmore Photography before your session.