Portrait Session

On Location Portrait Session Information Blue Sushine Photography.

The creative fee is $200 and covers the following:

~Up to two hours of coverage on your session date for immediate family members only. Extended family members may be added at an additional cost of $25 for each person after an initial group of 4.
~ $100 credit to be used towards your final order with Blue Sunshine Photography.
~ Post-session custom image preparation with attention to the best of the best images.
~ 25-30 images presented to you in a private online gallery.

In order to hold your session date, $100 of your creative fee must be received within seven days of submitting this agreement.

The contract is put into place so you know exactly what a session with me entails and to ensure that I am able to deliver on your expectations. Please read all information carefully.

SESSION

1) The first $100 of the creative fee (non-refundable) secures your session date and current prices. The $100 credit and pricing expire 1 weeks after the proofing gallery is posted. The gallery and cart are live for 1 week and you will be contacted before they are made live so that you may select a week that works well for your schedule. During this week you will make your portrait selection and may place your order online or during an optional in-person proofing/ordering session. An additional week of ordering time may be purchased for $75.

2) You are responsible for covering additional fees and costs related to location choice (admission fees, parking, etc.). Travel up to 30 miles from 76179 ( Fort Worth, Texas ) is included. Add an additional $25 for 30-60 miles and an additional $50 for 61-100 miles. Please add $1 for each mile over 100 miles.

3) Because it can be distracting (especially to small children) and prevents me from being able to do my job effectively, other cameras are not allowed at the photo session.

4) I would never want to photograph someone who wasn’t feeling 100%. If someone becomes ill, please call as soon as possible to reschedule. I maintain the right to reschedule if needed due to inclement weather, illness, emergency, etc. Requests for rescheduling or re-shoots are granted only at my discretion.

PROOFING & ORDERING

6) Processing of sessions are usually finished within 3 weeks after the session (but can be up to 4 weeks during the holiday season). I will post your proofs (at least 25) in a password protected gallery online 1 week prior to the optional in-person proofing/ordering session. This gallery will only be hosted for this week, so please be prepared to place your order in that time.

7) On your client website, there are tips to help you calibrate your monitor for effective viewing of your gallery. If the images appear too dark or too light on your screen, I recommend you give this a try.

Be sure to inspect your images very carefully in your gallery. Once images and products are ordered, all sales are final.

9) Creative privilege – there are times when an image needs a certain crop or a particular treatment. I will do my best to match your tastes, but I need to have the freedom to decide how to make an image look its absolute best.

10) I cannot begin design work or processing orders until payment is complete.

11) Please be prepared to place your order during the 1 week period when your gallery is posted or at the option in-person proofing/ordering session. This is strictly to maintain a speedy workflow and to help prevent backlogging for other clients.

12) If you have a request for a small change to an image, please let me know when you place your order. I can address minor changes at no cost (fix blemishes, tighter crop, etc.), but more involved requests are billed at $25/hr. I will let you know if there will be extra charges before work is begun. Once the requested changes are made, charges apply regardless if the final product is purchased.

HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL IMAGE CD

13) I will provide detailed printing instructions with your CD. Your images will be cropped and colored how I believe they will print the best. Some images (particularly those shot in low light) may have visible film grain when enlarged too much. This is normal, but may not be aesthetic. In addition, if you crop an image in too tightly, you will lose resolution and may cause it to be pixilated when enlarged. To ensure the best print quality, try to avoid altering your images before printing. If in doubt, just ask me. I am not responsible for printing errors or for quality of prints or products not printed directly by me.

DESIGN WORK

14) If you purchase items that require design work, I will consult you first to get your input on the images, colors, text, etc. for the design. Try to be as specific as possible. I will then create a design doing my best to incorporate your requests. You can make one round of small changes to that design (change a color, change text, change out a picture). Additional changes will be billed at $25/hr. Again, I will let you know if there are extra charges before work is begun. Once the requested changes are made, charges apply regardless if the final product is purchased.

15) Try to keep in mind that there is a great deal of time and planning that goes into layouts, so adding, deleting, or moving pictures around can be quite complicated and may affect several aspects of the overall design.

OTHER

16) Checks returned by the bank for any reason will be charged a $25.00 service charge and sessions/orders will be cancelled if they are not paid in full within three days of notification.

17) Blue Sunshine Photography retains copyrights on all images (even those purchased on CD) and reserves the right to use the images and/or reproductions for display, publication, or other purposes. Under no circumstances can a client use these images for profit, commercial endeavors, in competitions, or for professional display.

18) Please do not copy images you have not purchased. Copying or scanning images from your gallery, my website, the blog, or from other printed materials is considered stealing, regardless of the intent for use. Images from blogs and proof CD’s may be used for personal networking sites like Myspace or Facebook, but MUST include the border and/or stamp of my logo.

19) Credits and special offers are non-transferable and are not redeemable for cash.

21) A new session cannot take place until ordering is complete on a past session.

22) ALL SALES ARE FINAL.