Deposit
The non refundable and non transferable retainer fee is due in full to reserve the session spot. If you must reschedule, please kindly try to do so with 48 hours notice prior to your session. This fee does not include digital files and/or products. All products will be purhcased separately at an in studio viewing and ordering session. Only one reschedule is permitted for this deposit.
All inclusive rates
All sessions are all inclusive and include the session and some gallery files (depending on the pacakge you choose) You must determine which session type you would like before our session date (ex: full or mini session). Balances are due one week prior to our session together for both full and mini sessions. Files will NOT be edited until full payment is received.
The Session
The use of cameras (Smart phones, still, and video) other than the my own is prohibited during your session.
The Final Gallery
Your gallery will be available for viewing approximately 3 weeks after your session. You will then be given the password to an online slideshow gallery available for 3 days to view at your leisure; please do feel free to share the password with friends and family during this time. We will also schedule an in-studio ordering appointment to take place in the following week or so.
** Please be prepared to finalize design decisions, place final orders and make any final payments in full at this scheduled ordering appointment. Out of town clients will have an online viewing gallery for a total of 5 consecutive days in lieu of a in-studio ordering appointment. Final order, design and payments will be required within this 5 day period. Please have both buying parties available at this ordering session.
In the unlikely event you are unsatisfied with your final gallery images, you are eligible for a full refund of any money paid, less the retainer fee of $100. In this situation all session images would then be purged and no order will be placed.
Original RAW files will not be sold or given to any client. Printing rights to digital files will be given to www.mpix.com ONLY. Re-shoots are determined at the discretion of the photographer. They will not be given for poor choices of clothing, make-up, hair or weather related issues, not smiling with santa /mini sessions or by not following the recommendations of the photographer.
Final Products
Your order will be ready for pick up approximately 4-6 weeks after your ordering appointment. Ordered images are archived for 6 months while unordered images are purged six weeks after your ordering appointment. Due to the nature of custom photography, all sales are final. I do, of course, guarantee that the portraits you receive meet the highest standards in every respect. Unordered images are purged 60 days after your session. 8.00% Will county sales tax will be added onto product orders. Products include all tangible items exchanged between merchant and client.
Liability
Photographer or Elle Baker Photography, Inc. is not responsible for any injuries inflicted upon any participating parties. Clients will be responsible for their children and for themselves and release photographer form any claims against their person or their business including Elle Baker Photography, Inc., the photography studio at 12544 W. 159th Street Homer Glen IL 60491, or any outdoor location where the photo shoot takes place.
Liabilty for live animal shoots
If in the case there are live animals at the session there is always a potential for bites, scratches, allergic reactions, etc. If for any reason parties involved do not respect the animal, the photographer and/or pet owner can remove the animal from the session at any point and a refund will not be given. Injury in any way inflicted upon participating parties is not the responsibilty of Elle Baker Photography and/or the pet owner. If any injury occurs to the animal by your party, you will be responsible for all veterinarian bills. An additonal signed release of liabilty waiver will be required for any shoot including a live animal.
Copyright
All images taken during commissioned portrait sessions are the property of, and copyrighted by myself, Laurie Baker with Elle Baker Photography, Inc. and are protected by the Federal Copyright Law. It is unlawful to reproduce my work in any manner (copy, crop, modify, scan, etc). Please respect me and my livelihood and art by adhering to the copyright laws. As an artist I wish to have control over the final look of my client’s images. Scanned or poorly reproduced images are both illegal and a degradation of the original image.
Model Release
I would love to include my favorite images from your session in my portfolio and if time/schedule permits, to be featured on my blog and social media posts. This allows me to keep my portfolio current; allowing an honest look at my recent art for future clients, peers and my photography students. Sharing is a wonderful and very important part of my art which allows me to continue to provide the very best I can for my clients. On occasion third parties such as magazines, blog writers, designers, etc. will ask to use images from our session. By commissioning my services and through this model release you grant myself, Laurie Baker with Elle Baker Photography, and third parties (I grant permission to), permission to use images from your session(s) in our portfolios, marketing materials, ads, social media, display, online publications, etc. As a courtesy to my lovely clients, I will always contact you if any images from your session(s) are selected for any purpose other than my blog/website and printed portfolio.