BOOKING PAYMENT & CANCELLATION POLICY: For all sessions, a non-refundable retainer of 33% of the total cost of the session is required to book and hold the date for your session and serves as a cancellation fee. The remaining balance is due on the session date or date given by Dare Photography. A payment plan can be discussed per request. The booking deposit MUST be paid paid by the given due date. If the booking retainer has not been received by the due date, the date will re-open at Dare Photography's discretion. It is the client's sole responsibility to abide by the terms of this contract, therefore Dare Photography is not responsible for telling the client the date has been re-opened to the public and has the right to book another client fro the date.
PAYMENT: The retainer must be paid by the due date via money order, certified check, PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, Credit/Debit or cash. If agreed to by Dare Photography for client to pay by check, checks must first clear by the given due date prior to booking a session date. Any uncleared checks will have have an additional charge of $35 to cover bank fees plus whatever balance is due must be paid in cash, money order or card payment immediately.
CANCELLATION POLICY: The retainer fee paid at the time of booking also acts as a cancellation fee. The fee can be credited towards a future session if the client reschedules the appointment by calling 72 hours prior to the date of session and re-booking at an agreeable date and time. If Dare Photography cannot perform this contract due to fire or other casualty, strike, act of God, or other cause beyond control of the parties, or due to photographer's illness or emergency, then Darian LeBlanc shall return the deposit retainer to the client but shall have no further liability with respect to the contract. This limitation on liability shall also apply in the event that photographic materials are damaged in processing, lost in the mail, or otherwise lost or damaged without fault on the part of the photographer. In the event Dare Photography fails to perform for any other reason, Dare photography shall not be liable for any amount in excess of all monies paid.
TIME: Please be on time. Client agrees and understands that the start time agreed upon is the time the session begins. If clients are late for any reason, this time is deducted from their session (client loses this time). If clients are more than 20 minutes late, Dare Photography has the right to leave and the booking retainer will not be refunded or moved to another date. If the client wants to reschedule after the photographer has left, they must pay an additional booking retainer fee. If Dare Photography is late for any reason, the time she is late will be added to the session. If clients decide to leave after 20 minutes, Dare Photography will either refund the booking retainer or move the date without an additional booking retainer being necessary. There will be an additional charge of $50 per 15 minutes that the session runs over if clients wish to continue photographing. Each additional hour will be subject to package fee's listed on this website.
COPYRIGHT: Please make sure to credit "Dare Photography" when posting images online (social media, blogs, etc). If you submit any images to magazines, websites, etc., the photos must have my logo present and must be credited to "Dare Photography". Failure to do so is a copyright infringement. If you do not have a logo copy of the photo you are submitting, please ask for one. You are especially not to submit altered files to any of the above. Manipulating or distorting images given to you in any way is strictly prohibited.
PHOTO MANIPULATION: Upon receipt of your photos, you are not permitted to filter, alter or manipulate the completed files in any way. Doing such is not a true representation of my art. If you choose to further edit your photos, please do not put them on social media nor tag Darian LeBlanc or Dare Photography.
WEATHER: (for outdoor sessions)- Weather plays a big role in good pictures. Clear skies are highly suggested. Too many clouds can make photos look highly contrasted or foggy. Photographer will leave this discretion to the client to either move forward with photographing or rescheduling. If rescheduling due to weather, the booking deposit will move to the new date. If it rains, Dare Photography reserves the right to cancel the session. If client decides to move forward to photographing on a cloudy day against Dare Photography's judgement and does not like the outcome of the photos, client may not collect the booking deposit and Dare Photography has no obligation to repeat the session. A new session fee and retainer must be collected.
TURNAROUND TIME: 2-3 weeks (1-2 months during busy months) so please make sure you book in plenty of advanced notice if you are having pictures made for special circumstances! Rush orders can be placed with a turn around of one week or less for an additional $75.
GIVEAWAYS: If you are scheduling a mini session that you have won, I will give you dates/times for the session. If you are unable to meet during the dates/times I have given, you may forfeit your session. If you do not show up for your scheduled session, Dare Photography reserves the right to refuse the services won. Please note, no compensation is paid to Dare Photography for any donated sessions. Donated sessions are given in lieu of monetary donations in order to raise funds for certain causes. You will have 3 months to reserve your session. After this time, please understand the sessions will not be honored. Please also bring your certificate that you won to the shoot to be signed and honored. I cannot honor a shoot without this. Thank you for your understanding.
NOTE* - Photographer typically works around natural lighting. Outdoor shoots are typically scheduled one hour before sunset or within an hour after sunrise. Indoor shoots are typically done in the morning when lighting is the softest. Please be mindful of this when booking a session.