Birth Session:
- Up to 12 hours hospital coverage including pre-birth, birth, and post-birth images
- Siblings/immediate family members are included
- All images delivered in jpeg format on CD
- 20 images uploaded to an online gallery for sharing with relatives
- Additional hours can be added if necessary for $50/hr
Total fee: $600
C O N T R A C T
This Contract is between the Client, whose name and address is listed above, and Caitlin Anderson (Photographer).
RESERVATION:
This signed agreement and 50% as the inital payment is required to reserve the weeks surrounding your due date. This fee is non-refundable, except if Photographer is unable to fulfill their obligations of this contract, and due at time of booking. If the retainer is not submitted within 24 hours, this contract will be null/void and the session will be cancelled. The remaining portion of the session fee is due before 36 weeks gestation.
If the full session fee is not submitted by the time of the session, a 24 hour window will be granted for Client to submit the balance. No images will be edited prior to the balance being submitted. After such time, the images from the session are subject to being permanently deleted if balance is not paid.
IMAGES:
Images will be delivered within 6 weeks from the date of the session.
The content of the gallery is at the discretion of Caitlin Anderson. Caitlin will select the best images and edit them to her discretion. Any further editing or culling will be subject to an additional fee.
Please be aware of your artist's style and aesthetic before booking. A complete portfolio demonstrating this style and aesthetic can be viewed at www.blessedinheritance.weebly.com/gallery.html if you have not reviewed them already.
CANCELLATION:
No refund is given for services cancelled within 60 days of Client's due date. Services cancelled prior to 60 days will receive a refund of up to 50% of the full payment, excluding the initial deposit.
If Client cancels this agreement, the initial deposit shall be forfeited. In the event that the Client cancels services, Photographer shall consider this deposit as payment for the lost time.
COVERAGE:
Coverage begins at active labor and continues until one hour after the birth, up to a total of 12 hours. Any coverage after 12 hours, or more than one hour after birth is subject to additional fees. The photographer is on call 24 hours a day during the four weeks surrounding the Client's due date, two before and two after. The Client is responsible for contacting Photographer during early stages of labor, immediately when leaving for chosen place of birth, and again when doctor/midwife confirms active labor. Every reasonable effort will be made to ensure the Client's requests for photos are taken, but no specific photo can be guaranteed. Photographer will come to chosen place of birth and begin taking photographs at the time of Client's choosing.
Client is also responsible for updating Photographer on any changes to discussed Birth Plan, including but not limited to changes in birth location, requested induction, required cesearian section, or changes in the desired pictures.
UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES
If for any reason including but not limited to illness, emergency, weather, or other acts of God, Caitlin is unable to attend the birth, she will send a suitable back up photographer approved by her.
Faultless Circumstances: if, for any reason including not limited to hospital restrictions, emergencies, special circumstances, or patient recovery, photographers are prohibited, any fees and balances paid towards a birth session will be applied to a "Fresh 48" or Newborn session.
The Client is responsible for notifying the Photographer within the alloted timeframe. If Photographer misses the birth due to Client not contacting or not not contacting soon enough, any fees and balance paid will be applied to a "Fresh 48" or Newborn session.
COPYRIGHT
Blessed Inheritance Birth Services will retain the full copyright on all images (including digital files) and reserves the right to display, publish/etc. for any reason. Client is prohibited from further editing of images. Client is also prohibited from using photos in contests without written consent from Caitlin Anderson. Client may not, for any reason sell their images to any third party. Client will be granted printing rights in writing for the images and is allowed to download and use digital files for printing purposes with their chosen vendor.
By signing below, Client agrees to the terms listed above: