POLICIES

DEPOSIT: A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to book your session.

BALANCE DUE: Your balance is due at the end of your session. We accept cash, debit and credit cards.

RESCHEDULING: We offer one complimentary reschedule per session provided you give us 72 hours notice. Rescheduled sessions must be completed within 60 days of your original date. Rescheduling with less than 72 hours notice is considered a cancellation and your deposit is forfeited. If you must reschedule a second time, your original deposit will be forfeited.

RESCHEDULING (WEATHER): If conditions prevent us from shooting outside, we’ll move to our studio. If in-studio doesn’t fit our creative direction, we’ll reschedule. Location and weather-related rescheduling are at the discretion of the photographer.

LATE ARRIVALS & NO-SHOWS: If you arrive late, we shoot less. If you arrive more than 30 minutes late, we consider it a no-show, your session is cancelled and your deposit is forfeited. If you don’t show up, your session is cancelled and you forfeit your deposit.

RESHOOTS & REFUNDS: We do not offer reshoots, revisions or refunds other than for technical failures or malfunctions that prevent us from delivering the agreed upon number of technically proficient images in clear focus.

YOUR IMAGES: Proofs (i.e., unedited, unretouched images) will be sent via online gallery 10-14 days after your session balance is paid. They will be available for 90 days from your shooting date. Once you’ve made your selections and paid for any extra images or services, you’ll receive your retouched, high resolution images within 10-14 days. Proofs are not included with your package but may be purchased an add-on with certain usage restrictions.

IMAGE ARCHIVING: While we do retain an extensive archive of the photos we’ve taken (both RAW and finished) we can’t guarantee your images will remain on file once you’ve downloaded them. So, please, protect your investment by backing up your images to at least one external hard drive and/or cloud service.

WHAT YOU’RE PURCHASING: You’re purchasing our experience, our expertise and a license to use your images for an agreed upon length time and in a specific manner, typically for professional use. We retain ownership of and reserve all copyrights on our images in perpetuity.

DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL USE: Your images may be used on comp cards, hard copy headshots, your website, social media, casting network profiles, agency profile pages, show programs, hard copy marketing materials and your employer’s website and social media (if applicable). Your images may NOT be used in any venue where you’re being directly compensated in any way for the publication of our copyrighted images.

CREATIVE AESTHETICS: Michael has a definite style of shooting that is clearly reflected in his online portfolio and our promotional material. If you’re looking for something different, it’s probably best to work with a different photographer.

RETOUCHING: The following retouching is included in your package: lens correction, color correction, exposure balancing, removal of stray hairs from the skin, removal of non-permanent marks on the skin (such as mild acne) and our proprietary enhancement of your eyes and skin tone. Additional retouching beyond these items will incur an additional fee. We WILL NOT alter, enhance or otherwise distort your body or face in any way, so please don't ask.

MAKEUP: If you choose to have hair and makeup service, we highly recommend you hire a qualified hair and makeup artist with experience doing makeup for photography. You can find a list of people we recommend here. If you do it yourself, please do your research as you’re 100% responsible for the results.

FOR PARENTS OF YOUTH CLIENTS: We require a parent or guardian to be present for all shoots with kids under 18 years old.

SOCIAL MEDIA: You’re welcome to post your FINAL images to social media. Please don’t screenshot and post your proofs ‘cuz it looks bad.

STANDARD MODEL RELEASE: When you work with us, you automatically grant us the right to use and publish all photographs, pictures, portraits or images captured in any and all forms of media (known and in the future) and in all manners including composite images or distorted representations, including those generated by artificial intelligence, for the purposes of publicity, illustration, commercial art, advertising, publishing (in both hard and soft formats) and any lawful uses as we may determine. By agreeing to these terms you acknowledge you have the right to do so and indemnify us of any litigation arising out of such use.

SOME MORE LEGALESE ABOUT INDEMNIFICATION AND LIABILITY: If we can't shoot your session due to fire or casualty, strike, act of God or other cause beyond our control or due to photographer’s illness or emergency, we'll return your deposit without any further liability. This limitation of liability also applies in the event photographic materials are damaged in processing, lost through camera or media malfunction, lost in the mail or otherwise lost or damaged without fault on our part. All talent and guardians release Michael Verity Photography and all affiliated persons and all location owners of any liability, injury or damage that may happen during the photo shoot.

EMAIL NEWSLETTER: When you book a session, we automatically add you to our email newsletter list. If you’d rather not get the goods, just hit ‘unsubscribe’ or let us know. We won’t take it personally.

Updated: December 26, 2023