Terms and Conditions

Retainers

By booking with us, the client(s) agrees to pay a $100 retainer at the time of booking to secure their appointment date and time ( organized group sessions are $80/ person in the image). This is a non-refundable retainer, however, this fee goes toward your session order. Your total balance is not due until after the images have been selected at your photo viewing. If you’d like to pay more than the $100 retainer a.k.a prepayments, or downpayment, you are welcome to do so as well. The session fee covers my time, tools/ equipment used to produce images, talent, and experience to attain professionally rendered artwork. The fees also include retouching and creative editing of images to my personal taste as an artist as well as critical fundamental elements that are abreast of industry-standard in the given genre.

Viewing sessions

Viewing sessions are held in our studio space which allows our clients to view images in high definition on a large display. This experience creates opportunities to explore creative options for artwork to be printed as well as creative direction on how the images will be processed. Please note, we do not offer online selections at this time, so the final selection must be made during your sessions. In the event you're leaving the island of Okinawa, we will make special location arrangements to ensure you're able to view your images in person. 

Location Costs & Fees

If there are any costs/fees associated with the location the client has chosen for their session, you, the client, will be responsible for those fees. Incurred fees will be added to the total balance of your order. Additional locations will cost a minimum of $50 for up to 25KM or per hour of travel time on the island. Locations over 50KM one way will be $100.00.

Rescheduling

If an illness or situation prevents a photo session from taking place, the client may reschedule their session at least 24 hours prior to their shoot without penalty. Should the client fail to give 24 hours' notice, or decide to completely cancel the shoot, this session fee is forfeited and will not be refunded. Any conditions beyond the aforementioned situation warrant a date change, you have up to 1 week to reschedule a shoot without penalty. Should the client fail to meet the cutoff period, the session fee is forfeited.

Michael Anthony Photography reserves the right to reschedule due to illness, weather, equipment malfunction, or other circumstances beyond their control.

Re-shoots / Refunds

Re-shoots are determined at my discretion, which in most cases may be due to equipment failure, data loss, or poor shooting conditions that inhibited the ability to attain the intended outlook of the base images.

Re-shoots and refunds will not be given for poor choices of clothing, make-up, hair, or weather-related issues, or for not following the recommendations of the photographer.

Archiving images

We do our best to archive images as long as possible, however, due to unknown events that may occur with electronic devices, such as data corruption, loss of data, fire or water damage, theft, catastrophic failure of equipment, etc., we do not guarantee images will be available after the delivery of your shoot.

Payment

All payments are due in full unless payment arrangements have been made. Payments submitted with be an affirmation of the terms and agreement. Orders will not be delivered until payment in full is received. If the client has arranged a payment plan, the order will be placed after the final payment has been received. Payments can be made in cash, ACH debit, or through Paypal—All fees are to be paid by the client.

Damage

We are not responsible for the damage of portraits after delivery to the client, including damage caused during transit by US mail, however, if mailed items sent by us are damaged, please inform us as soon as possible so that we can submit a claim to have the items replaced. It is the onus of the client to maintain any given physical or digital copies of artwork sold by Michael Anthony Photography. 
The client assumes all responsibility for the safety of all portraits upon receipt.

Model Release

I hereby give to Michael Anthony Photography the absolute and irrevocable right and permission with respect to the photographs that he has taken of myself and/or my minor child 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 stock imagery that may be used for under commercial use guidelines.

I hereby release and discharge the photographer from all and any claims and demands ensuing from or in connection with the use of the photographs, including any and all claims for libel and invasion of privacy.

Liability

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

Copyright & Penalty

Michael Anthony Photography retains all copyrights to all images created during the client’s session. Social media-sized images included with your order are for social media sharing and private archiving purposes only and may not be printed without a release which can be purchased at an additional rate with a purchase minimum.

The print release does not allow publication of your portraits (i.e. entering contests), selling, or altering of your images without the photographer’s written permission. It is illegal to copy, scan, download, print, share, alter, or otherwise steal any image created by Michael Anthony Photography during the client’s photo session—i.e. BTS shots, or screenshots of images on a computer screen, etc. This applies to "sneak peek" images, blogs, Facebook, or hard copy images. If an individual steals images via any method listed above, or any other method, the client will be invoiced for the cost of EACH digital image client has acquired without permission, at the current price per digital file.

I work extremely hard to produce images that meet my artistic style, so I asked that you refrain from sharing images that have not been approved to be shared.

During your session

*No cameras/camcorders/any type of recording device (this includes cell phone cameras) are allowed during the session unless a prior arrangement has been made between the client and myself, including a written agreement. We reserve the right to halt the shoot and will not continue if there are other cameras or videotaping during the session without permission.

*Please avoid eating or drinking food that may leave stains or particles on the garment or skin as it can be difficult to make corrections to them in post-processing and may lead to additional costs if extensive retouching is needed.

* The session will be at the agreed-upon time. If you’re running late, please communicate that to me as early as possible. It is strongly encouraged that the client arrives 15-30 minutes prior to the start of the session. This allows for any last-minute feeding, changing, and relaxing before the session begins and mitigates having to rush to catch time-sensitive moments under ideal conditions.

*Please do not bring any people or children not being photographed to the session unless they’re there to assist.