Wedding Photography Contract
Booking Deposit
To confirm your wedding date for the Photographer requires a non refundable booking fee of £350. A date will not be considered to be held until receipt of said payment.
Balance payment
The remaining balance is due one month before the wedding ceremony.
Additional Expenses
Pre wedding/Engagement shoot: Extra cost will be incurred if the location is beyond 30 mile radius of OX26. Limited Saturday dates will be made available but during peak wedding season these will be rare. I will however strive to accommodate a particular date but I cannot always guarantee this. Sunday and mid-week dates will be readily available.
Wedding day: The Clients are responsible for all agreed accommodation cost and any travel costs incurred by the Photographer and the photographers assistant (if applicable) beyond a 80 mile radius of OX26 at a cost of 45p per mile.
Image and album design
While every attempt will be made to deliver your images within 8 weeks. During June-September (peak wedding season) this may take longer due to the natural backlog of editing.
Albums orders must be placed within 8 months of the wedding day. Additional cost are likely to be incurred after this time. Album design work will not be undertaken during June to September (peak wedding season). Lead-times for albums will be 8-10 weeks from the album being signed off by you, the Client and the Photographer.
Sustenance
A hot meal is required if the Photographer and photographer assistant (if applicable) is hired for 6 hours or more in length.
House rules
The photographer is limited by the guidelines of the ceremony official and, when applicable, the reception site management and the clients agree to accept the technical results of their imposition on the Photographer. Negotiation with the officials for moderation of guidelines are the clients responsibility but should be discussed with the photographer who can offer recommendations.
Creative license
If the Clients have any specific requests these must be agreed with the Photographer in advance of the wedding and the Photographer will strive to accommodate all reasonable requests in regards to poses used, locations used and group shots taken. The Photographer shall however be granted creative and artist licence in relation to poses photographed, the location used and group shots taken. Due to the vagaries of weather and willingness of subject, it may not be possible to capture all the photographs requested
Other persons are encouraged to take photographs at the wedding and the reception. However all “formal” or other shots set up by the Photographer will be used solely by the Photographer for short time before the client guests are allowed to take pictures of group poses. This is to ensure the Photographers are of a consistently high standard. The Photographer cannot be held responsible for unusable shots due to distractions from Client’s guests and other circumstances beyond the Photographers control.
If the Client requires posed shot of the couple, the photographer will require some time with the client away from the Client’s guest in order to produce more personal pictures. It is the Client's responsibility to inform their guest of this policy to ensure they abide by it
Ownership Rights and Usage
It is agreed that the Photographer retains ownership of full copyright of all photographs produced. The Photographer is granting a personal usage licence to the Clients for their lifetime. This licence includes permission to share the images with friends and family including printing and publishing the photographs on social networking media but does not allow the images to be sold for profit. The Photographer requests that the photographs are not altered or manipulated in any way.
Future Promotional Material
The Client agrees that the Photographer may use any photograph for his own purposes such as editorial, publicity, and advertising and may include publication on the Photographer’s website.
Cancellation
If Jonathan Bickle Photography has to cancel the contract for reasons beyond their control (death, injury, sickness etc.) their liability shall be limited to a full refund of all monies paid. However, every effort will be made to supply photographer/s of equal skill and similar style at no extra cost.
In the event the client wishes to cancel the contract after a period of 14 days from the date of signing this contract, as a compensation for the loss of income, the following charges apply as a percentage of the total fee due:
60 days before the event or less -100%
61 – 90 days before the event -75%
91 – 120 days before the event -50%
Force Majeure
In the unlikely event of total photographic failure, injury or sickness beyond the Photographer’s control, their liability shall be limited to a full refund of all monies paid. Causes deemed to be beyond reasonable control include death or serious injury of a close family member. Your statutory rights are not affected. Jonathan Bickle Photography has full Public Liability and Professional Indemnity Insurance.