Photography Contract

You are entering into a contract with Matt Pendleton Photography LLC. Please review the terms below and complete the online form. For the form below, CLIENT refers to you.

Copyright

Matt Pendleton Photography LLC, and its assigns, owns full copyright privileges to any photos, images, or video produced during any photo session regardless if the client pays or does not pay for services. These copyright privileges are perpetual and cannot be revoked at any time. Matt Pendleton Photography LLC reserves the right to license any photos or videos produced during a session. For licensing of private sessions, Matt Pendleton Photography LLC will notify Client via written notice at least 72 hours prior to licensing. 

The client agrees that they give up the right to any copyright on any photos, videos, or imagery produced during any session.

The client will receive a license that matches the client's needs for photos from the shoot. If a license is needed that is not part of the standard offering, client must notify Matt Pendleton Photography LLC prior to shooting.

Responsibilities of Client

  • Client must be 18 years of age or older to work with Matt Pendleton Photography LLC

  • Client must bring proper ID to all sessions

  • Client agrees to show up no later than 10 minutes prior to the scheduled and agreed upon session start time

  • Client agrees that the session photography time will start at the scheduled and agreed upon session start time

  • Client will notify Matt Pendleton Photography LLC at least 72 hours in advance for any cancellation or rescheduling

  • Client will bring payment in the form of electronic transfer (eg. Venmo/Zelle), check or cash to the session

  • Client will pay any fees associated with overdraft or cancellation of checks or other payment, if used for payment

  • Client will notify Matt Pendleton Photography LLC, at least 24 hours prior, if they will bring additional persons to a session

  • Client will only publicly post photos with watermark on social media and attribute all photos posted on social media to Matt Pendleton Photography for all posts in perpetuity. For head shots, photos will be provided without a watermark and client can post without watermark.

  • Client agrees to discuss use of photos by any commercial entity prior to transmission and use with at least 48 hours response time.

  • Client agrees to accurately fill out all contact information below

Responsibilities of Matt Pendleton Photography LLC

  • Matt Pendleton Photography LLC will be ready to shoot for any session on-time

  • Matt Pendleton Photography LLC may bring an assistant to any session

  • Matt Pendleton Photography LLC may record "behind-the-scenes" photos or video during any session

  • Matt Pendleton Photography LLC will deliver photos to client based on terms listed in "Delivery of Photos"

  • Matt Pendleton Photography LLC will not share any client contact information with any third-party

  • Matt Pendleton Photography LLC will determine what equipment is needed for any session

Delivery of Photos

Matt Pendleton Photography LLC will provide photos electronically via a packaged download link. This link will be emailed to the client no earlier than 7 business days following a session. In some cases, photo delivery time is longer. All services list a photo delivery time, please refer to service page for exact timing. If a different delivery time is needed, client must make Matt Pendleton Photography LLC aware prior to shooting. A written document or email is required to changes to delivery time.

Matt Pendleton Photography LLC will only provide photos that it deems high-quality and are post-processed or edited. All negatives or RAW photos will remain property of Matt Pendleton Photography LLC and will not be distributed to the client at any time. Unedited images are not able to be provided to Client at any time.

The Client will receive high resolution photos with and without a watermark. In the cases where services are provided free of charge or in "trade-for-time" manner, only high resolution photos with a watermark will be provided.

Agreement

By completing and submitting the form, you are agreeing to the terms of this photography service contract.