1. Session Fees

Client agrees to pay photographer a deposit of $50 at the time of booking to secure their appointment date and time. This is a non-refundable retainer fee that goes toward your session and comes off your package balance. Additional prints or digital images may be available for purchase. *Deposit not needed if baby is already born or booking within 2 weeks of due date.

2. Timeline

* Deposit due in 7 days of booking to confirm your session

* Sneak Peak - 1-3 images will be displayed on Tanya Stokes Photography facebook page and/or blog within 1 week of session.

* Your personal viewing gallery will be available for viewing in your password protected gallery within 2-3 weeks following your session. The gallery will contain approx. 12-25 retouched images from your session. The photographer will handpick these images. The photographer reserves the right to edit and release only those deemed creditable as professional in quality and within the photographers artistic standards. The gallery will be available for 14 days.

* No editing will be done until payment is received in full.

* Your order will be ready within 1 week of receiving your image selection.

3. Rescheduling

If an illness or situation prevents a photo session from taking place, client may reschedule their session. Photographer reserves the right to reschedule due to illness, weather, equipment malfunction, or other circumstances beyond their control.

4. 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. Should you have a problem with your images please notify the photographer following viewing of your online gallery. Once digital images have been received by the client no refunds or reshoots will be issued. The photographer does not keep any photo in archive the client did not buy.

 

5. Payment

All payments are due in full unless payment arrangements have been made. Orders will not commence editing until payment in full is received. If client has arranged a payment plan, order will be placed after the final payment has been received.

6. Damage

Photographer is not responsible for the damage of portraits after delivery to client. Client assumes all responsibility for the safety of all portraits upon receipt.

7. Client Cooperation

Should any client including siblings fail to cooperate with posing then those shots will be ceased for the safety of your newborn child. I will make numerous attempts to get the shot but if it's not working and your older child is distressed or not cooperating we move on and try again later if time allows.

8. Model Release

I hereby give to Tanya Stokes Photography the absolute and irrevocable right and permission with respect to the photographs that he/she has taken of myself and/or my minor child in which he/she may be included with others:

a) To copyright the same in the photographer’s name or any other name that he/she may select;

b) To use, re-use, publish and re-publish the same in whole or in part, separately or in conjunction with other photographs, in any medium now or hereafter known, and for any purpose whatsoever, including (but not by way of limitation) illustration, promotion, advertising and trade, and;

9. Liability

Photographer is not responsible for any injuries inflicted upon any participating parties. Client(s) will be responsible for their children and for themselves and release photographer from any claims against their person or their business.

10. Copyright & Penalty

Tanya Stokes Photography retains all copyrights to all images created during client’s session. A print release comes 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, selling or altering of your images without the photographer’s permission.

11. Session Requests

*Please do not bring any children not being photographed to the session. It is recommended that you make arrangements for siblings that are having photos to leave with dad or a relative following their photos and return towards the end of the session.

* Due to the nature of newborn sessions, it is a requirement that the studio be heated to ensure your baby is comfortable. I require that all doors and windows to remain closed during the session. You are more than welcome to go out for some fresh air.