Payment

50% payment/deposit is required to reserve your appointment, and the balance due at the session. For simplicity, you may prepay in full for your session (plus 6% tax) at time of scheduling.

Online Gallery

If included, images will be posted to gallery within 3 business days of the session/event date, where they will remain available for 7 days then removed. For additional $50, online gallery can be posted again for 7 more days then removed. After client receives final images, images will be deleted. We do not archive client images.

Image Retouching

Standard Image Retouching

Our portrait sessions include additional image processing for the photos you select. This includes enhancement of the skin, removal of blemishes, softening wrinkles, removal of fly away hairs, and other minor enhancements in photoshop to make you look your best. It does not include major alterations such as removal of body parts, changing hair style, changing background color etc. All major photo alterations or work above and beyond the standard retouching is considered Premium Retouching and will be an extra charge on a case by case basis or billed at $100 hr.

Premium Image Retouching

After carefully reviewing your images, there will be some that are very dear to your heart, and deserving of special attention. Perhaps you will use them on Social Media or your website, or maybe even have these images
professionally printed and decorate your home and office with them. You may even want them printed very large as wall art. For these extra special images, Mark uses his keen artistic eye and professional portrait painting background, combined this with his extensive Photoshop and computer software skills, to create a beautiful digital work
of art.

Mark carefully examines each image, and determines  what is necessary to create a beautiful digital image. For portraits, this typically includes complexion enhancement, smoothing of the skin, pimple removal, minimizing wrinkles and bags under the eyes,  all done in a tasteful, artistic manner so you look your best. Any distracting elements in the image may be removed or minimized. Lighting and contrast adjustments may be applied to certain areas of the image.

Backgrounds may be enhanced, softened and given a painterly feel. All elements are considered and may be tweaked to create a gorgeous digital art image worthy to hang in prominent place on the wall of your favorite room! All major photo alterations or work above and beyond the standard retouching is considered Premium Retouching and will be an extra charge on a case by case basis or billed at $100 hr.

Session Scheduling

One session reschedule is without penalty provided that CLIENT notifies us via e-mail at least 72 hours prior to the session. If client fails to notify us within that time, a $75 re-scheduling fee must be paid.

Cancellation

In the event of a cancelation, a credit, less a $100 fee, will be credited toward a future job with Client.

Late Arrival

If CLIENT is late to the scheduled start time, or unprepared for the session, time will not be extended or rescheduled. Refunds are not available for sessions cut short or entirely missed due to CLIENT’S late arrival.  A $75 late fee will be charged to all clients arriving past our 15 minute grace period.

Do You Match Backgrounds, Lighting or Poses?

No. We are happy to try and do something similar, but we don’t MATCH backgrounds, poses or lighting. Even if we try and exactly reproduce a previous photo session, backgrounds, poses and lighting will vary from image to image. Each image is art in it’s own right, and the pose, lighting and backgrounds will always vary slightly from one image to the next.  Backgrounds can be exactly MATCHED but usually require additional photoshop work at a rate of $100 per hour. 1 hour will usually be enough.

Makeup

Many ladies love to have their makeup done by a professional in preparation for their photo session. They tell us that the professional makeup artist touch helps them relax and enjoy the photo session more. They say it’s a real confidence booster to look so good during the session. We highly recommend ‘Makeup By Patti’ and encourage you to speak directly to her for details. Patti can be reached at 240-482-9547 | [email protected], Facebook