Terms & Conditions
Gemma Gray Photography Terms & Conditions for Photography Sessions.
1. The Photoshoot
We will use all reasonable endeavours to hold the Photography Session on the date and time agreed, subject to our cancellation, rescheduling and refund policy set out in section 7 below.
Due to the nature of the subjects of the photographs we take during your Photography Session (“Photographs”), we cannot guarantee any particular outcomes or guarantee the fulfilment of any specific requests for the session. However, we will conduct the session using professional skill and care.
In any event, we will endeavour to accommodate any reasonable requests from you regarding the artistic direction of the session, but the Photographer retains absolute discretion as to the nature of the Photographs.
A parent or guardian must be present at all times if we are photographing children. You must not take any photographs during the session without first obtaining permission from the Photographer.
2. Ordering products
Following your Photography Session, we will make available a selection of proofs of the Photographs from your Photography Session (“Your Gallery”). We may present Your Gallery to you either in person or an online gallery. In either case, we aim to have Your Gallery ready within 14 days of the Photography Session, but during busy periods this timeframe may be extended.
The number of Photographs in Your Proofs Gallery will vary from session to session. We will take into consideration your specific requests as regards the contents of Your Gallery, but we retain absolute discretion regarding:
· which Photographs we include in Your Gallery (it is acknowledged that not all Photographs taken during the Photography Session will be included)
· the application of any digital editing to any Photographs.
· requests you make for specific corrections to images, or re-editing of images, may attract additional costs. We also accommodate specialist or bespoke requests for retouching of Photographs at additional cost. We may need to refer certain retouching services to our third party partners. We will advise you of the costs upon request. Please note that we do not provide raw images.
· if we offer an online gallery option, you may be invited to order from Your Gallery through an online gallery after your presentation
Viewing Your Proofs From an Online Gallery
· Your Gallery will be presented as an online gallery comprising low resolution web-sized watermarked files. We will advise you by email when Your Gallery is ready for you to view.
· Your Proofs Gallery will be available for 72 hours from the date of the email. Unless otherwise agreed by the Photographer, you must make your selection of Photographs and Products within this availability period.
· We reserve the right (at our option) to charge a fee for extending the availability of Your Gallery, or to delete Your Gallery and all Photographs if you do not place an order and pay the part of the fee due at the time of placing the order during that time.
· Your Gallery is subject to password-protection. Only you may access Your Gallery. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any password we provide and you may not disclose your password to any other person. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur through use of your password by a third party.
· You acknowledge that: (i) your access to and use of Your Gallery may be suspended during any unanticipated or unscheduled downtime or unavailability of any portion or all of our website, including as a result of power outages, system failures or other interruptions; and (ii) we are entitled, without any liability to you, to suspend access to any portion or all of Your Gallery and/or our website at any time (a) for scheduled downtime to permit us to conduct maintenance or make modifications to Your Gallery or our website; (b) in the event of a denial of service attack or other attack on our website and/or our servers or other event that we determine, in our sole discretion, creates a risk to you or to any of our other users; or (c) if it is necessary or prudent to do so for legal or regulatory reasons (collectively, “Service Interruptions”). Where practicable, we will endeavour to post updates on our website regarding any Service Interruption and resumption of service following any such suspension, but we are not liable for the manner in which we may do so or if we fail to do so and we shall have no liability whatsoever for any damage, liabilities, losses (including any loss of data or profits) or any other consequences that you may incur as a result of any Service Interruption.
3. Prices
Where the shoot date is no more than 12 months after the date of signing, all photographic services undertaken on that date are supplied at the prices ruling on the date of signing. The main reprint order, that is the remainder of the package booked, if placed within no more than six months of the contracted date is also supplied at the prices ruling on the date of signing. All additional reprint orders, including the main reprint order, if placed after six months of the contracted date, and small reprint orders placed at any time, are supplied at the prices ruling at that time.
4. Artwork Products
If you order an Artwork Product, a proofed layout of the Artwork Product, together with any options available to you, will be submitted to you for approval before the Artwork Product is printed. You may request reasonable changes as part of the approval process, but some changes may be subject to additional charges. We will advise you if additional charges apply. We will not submit any Artwork Product for printing unless and until the proofed layout has been approved by you and you have confirmed your options (where available). You will be liable for any costs associated with any changes requested after you have approved the proofed layout.
5. Delivery
We will let you know when you place your order when to expect to receive the Photographs, Digital files or Artwork Products (as applicable). Lead times from receipt of your order and payment typically start at two weeks for digital images (without retouching) and up to two months for some Artwork Products. Any delay in payment of fees payable to us will affect the delivery period. If your order includes digital images, these will be delivered on media storage to the email address specified at the time of booking. Artwork Products will be delivered to the address specified at the time of booking. Risk in the Package and Artwork Products will pass to you upon delivery.
6. Archiving
Your Photographs may be destroyed or archived at our discretion after the expiration of the applicable ordering period referred to in these Terms and Conditions. Subject to receipt of an order for Photographs, Digital Files or Artwork Products and payment of the Package Fee, we will archive your Photographs for a period of 12 months. We are happy to archive your Photographs beyond this period, subject to payment of the storage fee we specify.
Any orders placed once your Photographs have been archived may incur a retrieval fee, in addition to the cost of the order.
At your request and subject to payment of any fees we may charge, we may agree to reinstate a Your Gallery that has been archived, or extend the viewing period for a Gallery that is still active. We are unable to reinstate a Gallery that has been destroyed.
7. Cancellation, RESCHEDULING and refund policy
Cancellation
Legal right of cooling off. You have 14 days after the day we accept your booking to cancel the Photography Session; this is called the cooling off period. However, once we have completed the Photography Session you cannot change your mind, even if the cooling off period is still running. If the cooling off period is still running and you decide to cancel after we have started the Photography Session, you must pay us for the services provided up until the time you tell us that you have changed your mind. We will refund you the Total Session Fee by the method you used for payment within 14 days, less the cost of any photography services already provided up to the time of cancellation (including any Supplemental Session Fees). We offer additional cancellation rights that apply once the cooling off period has expired. These are set out below.
Additional Cancellation Rights. In addition to your legal rights referred to above, you are entitled to a full refund of the Session Fee if you cancel your Photography Session no later than 14 days prior to the Photography Session Date. Except in exceptional circumstances and in our sole discretion, we are unable to refund the Session Fee if you cancel after this date, but you may request that the Photography Session Date is rescheduled. Any Supplemental Session Fees paid or payable to a third party are only refundable to you following cancellation of the Photography Session if we are ourselves able to obtain a refund from the third party.
If you wish to cancel the Photography Session, please contact us using the phone or email details specified on the website www.gemmagrayphotography.com.
We may cancel your Photography Session for any reason prior to the Photography Session Date. We will then provide a full refund of the Total Session Fee, unless we agree a rescheduled Photography Session Date with you.
We may terminate your Photography Session on the Photography Session Date if we consider there are extenuating circumstances, for example, inappropriate behaviour or a Model is ill. We are not required to reschedule the Photography Session or refund any of the Total Session Fee to you in these circumstances.
Defective Items and Returns
We are under a legal duty to supply Photographs, Digtial Files and Artwork Products that are in conformity with these Terms and Conditions. You should check your delivered products and advise us in writing of any defects or errors as soon as possible. Nothing in these terms will affect your legal rights.
Order Cancellation
Your Photographs, Digital Files and Artwork Products are personalised for you so you do not have any right to cancel your order and we are unable to refund or offer an exchange if you change your mind. This doesn’t affect your statutory rights.
8. Fees and payment
You must pay the Total Session Fees in accordance with the terms of payment specified. If any payment is due prior to the date of the Photography Session, full payment must be received in order to confirm your booking. The Total Session Fees are only refundable in accordance with our Cancellation, Rescheduling and Refund Policy set out in section 7 above.
The fee that you pay for your Products will depend on which Photographs, Digital Files or Artwork Products you select. Prices for all of our Products are set out in our full Price List, which is available on request. Our prices are guaranteed for a period of 90 days from the Photography Session Date and after that our prices are subject to change on notice.
You must pay the Fee applicable to the Products you order in accordance with the terms of payment. No part of your order will be delivered unless and until we receive payment in full of all amounts due.
Unless otherwise stated, all fees that are quoted to you by us are inclusive of VAT, if applicable.
9. Liability
We maintain professional indemnity insurance and whilst we make every effort to ensure that your Photography Session is a safe and enjoyable experience and that you receive Photographs and Products you will cherish, occasionally things go wrong. This section outlines our liability to you in those circumstances.
Our aggregate liability to you due to, under and/or arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty or otherwise, will not exceed the Total Session Fees and Product Fees actually paid by you to us in relation to the Photography Session and your order. We will not be liable to you for:
your loss of profit, loss of anticipated savings, loss of revenue or earnings, or loss of business (in each case, whether direct or indirect); or any indirect or consequential loss.
Nothing in these Terms and Conditions will in any way exclude or limit our liability to you for:
death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; and/or
any other matter for which it would be illegal to exclude or attempt to exclude our liability.
Unless the Photographer enters into these Terms and Conditions in his or her personal capacity or as a sole trader, the Photographer is not a party to these Terms and Conditions and has no liability to you in connection with the Photography Session or the Photographs pursuant to these Terms and Conditions.
Except as set forth in this section 9, to the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, implied or express.
10. Intellectual property rights
We will be the first owner of any copyright in the Photographs, under section 11 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as the author of the artistic works that are the Photographs. No right, title or interest in the Photographs or any copyright therein is granted to you, except as expressly set out in these Terms and Conditions.
If you purchase Products, you will own the Product, that being the medium on which a Photograph is printed, once you have paid for it in full. Copying, scanning or other reproduction of a Product is an infringement of our rights and is strictly prohibited.
If you purchase digital images, you are entitled to create Products using the digital image for your own personal use and you will own the medium on which the digital image is printed. In all cases, your ownership of the Product is subject to our ownership of the copyright and other intellectual property rights embodied in the Photographs.
Without our prior consent, you undertake not to (a) use any Product or digital images that are provided to you for any commercial purpose, or (b) crop, resize, edit, manipulate or otherwise alter any Product or digital image provided to you. We may apply anti-copying measures to all Products that are provided to you in any Package and to any digital images that are displayed on our website or in Your Gallery. You agree not to try to circumvent any such measures.
11. Privacy
We may use your Photographs to promote and advertise our business, including:
· in our printed publications, presentations, promotional materials (including leaflets, brochures, stickers, bookmarks, posters, fact sheets, calendars);
· on our website and other digital advertising of our services; and
· in social media forums such as Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook.
If you would like to read full details of our privacy policy due please visit here.
12. Miscellaneous
Entire agreement: These Terms and Conditions contains the entire agreement between you and us with respect to their subject matter.
Confidentiality: Each party will keep confidential and not disclose to any third party or use (except as contemplated by these Terms and Conditions), any non-public information obtained from the other party that is marked or otherwise designated confidential (“Confidential Information”); provided, however, that neither party shall be prohibited from disclosing or using Confidential Information that: (i) is publicly available or becomes publicly available through no act or omission of the receiving party, (ii) is or has been disclosed to such party by a third party who is not under an obligation of confidentiality with respect thereto, (iii) is or has been independently developed by such party, without use or reference to the other party’s confidential information, or (iv) must be used or disclosed under court order or applicable law, provided such use or disclosure is to the minimum extent required by such court order or applicable law. You also agree not to disclose the terms of these Terms and Conditions to any third party.
Events Outside Our Control: If we are prevented or delayed from carrying out the Photography Session or supplying your Products by an event outside our control (including acts or god, fault or failure of equipment, software, hardware, networks or infrastructure or failure by third parties), then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay. Provided we do this we will not be liable for failure or delays caused by the event, but if there is a risk of substantial delay you may contact us to end the contract and receive a refund for any goods or services you have paid for but not received.
Governing law and jurisdiction: These Terms and Conditions, and any dispute or claim arising out of or in connection with them or the Photography Session (“Dispute”), whether of a contractual or non-contractual nature, will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Scotland. You and we irrevocably agree that the courts of Scotland will have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any Dispute.
13. Heath & Safety
The client is responsible for the children’s safety during the Photography Session. The client must, therefore, ensure that a responsible adult other than Gemma Gray is present at all times supervising the children.