Portraits and Events

Please be sure to fill out all areas as best you can. After each statement, please INITIAL signing your agreement. As always, please contact me with any questions! coco@cocomckown.com 858-354-9743

Your Name

First Last

Phone

Email

Mailing Address

Street Address Address Line 2 City State ZIP Code

What family members will be at this session? (Names and ages for children please)

Any specific requests? Have you seen any images on my site or in other places that you would LOVE to have of your family or yourself? Do you have any specific ideas that you would like to try to create? Please remember that I would love to use these ideas for inspiration, but I also want to respect other photographers by not copying them exactly, and therefore, violating copyright, in addition to keeping with my own style and creative process.

Client has no rights under this agreement until all sitting fee/retainers are paid in full. Session fee is due prior to session unless other arrangements have been made by photographer. All sessions and products are subject to sales tax of 8%. Client will be charged 100% fee and expenses for any re-shoot required by Client. Approximately 5 days after your session you will be presented a gallery of the very best images from your session(s). You will be able to download your images then. (INITIAL BELOW)

All Images and rights therein, including copyright, remain the sole and exclusive property of Coco McKown Photography. Unless otherwise provided herein, any grant of rights from Photographer to Client is limited to the private, personal use of photographic material purchased by Client. All photographs are released to the client for non-resale use. No commercial reuse of the images is permitted without express written permission by Coco McKown Photography. Unless negotiated in a separate instrument, Images from this session may be used as advertising, display, or any purpose thought proper by Photographer without additional compensation to Client. “Coco McKown Photography” recommends www.mpix.com for high quality consumer level prints. Client hereby expressly consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Courts under the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended. (INITIAL BELOW)

Cancellations must be made 2- weeks in advance of your session date. All cancellations made within 2- weeks forfeits your retainer. (INITIAL BELOW)

If Photographer cannot perform this Agreement in whole or in part due to a fire or other casualty, acts of God or nature or terror, or other cause beyond the control of the parties or due to Photographer's illness or injury, then Coco McKown Photography will return all fees to the Client(s) but shall have no further liability with respect to this Agreement. This limitation on liability shall also apply in the event that photographic materials are damaged in processing, lost through camera malfunction, lost in the mail, or otherwise lost or damaged without fault on the part of Photographer. (INITIAL BELOW)

The client(s) agree(s) to positive cooperation and communication for the best possible result within the definition of this agreement. Coco McKown Photography. Photography is not responsible for key individuals’ failure to be present or to cooperate during photography sessions, or for missed images due to details not revealed to Coco McKown Photography Photography. No Guaranteed Results- Photographer will make a good faith effort to achieve Client’s desired results. However, young children are inherently more challenging to photograph and may experience behavioral or attention-related problems during the session. Client acknowledges that Photographer cannot and will not guarantee any particular results. If Client’s child does not or cannot cooperate during the session, Client is still responsible for full payment under this Agreement due to time allotted for the session. Please note Coco McKown has vast experience photographing children and will make all efforts to create cooperative experience with the young clients. (INITIAL BELOW)

Model Release: I, the undersigned, do hereby consent and agree that Coco McKown has the right to take photographs, videotape, or digital recordings of me/my children/my family members and to use these in any and all media, now or hereafter known. I further consent that my name and identity may be revealed therein or by descriptive text or commentary. I do hereby release to Coco McKown all rights to exhibit this work in print and electronic form publicly or privately. I waive any rights, claims, or interest I may have to control the use of my identity or likeness in whatever media used, unless previously agreed upon with the photographer. I understand that there will be no financial or other remuneration for recording me, either for initial or subsequent transmission or playback. I understand that Coco McKown is not responsible for any expense or liability incurred as a result of my participation in this recording, including medical expenses due to any sickness or injury incurred as a result. Moreover, I am the parent or guardian of the minor child named below and I have the legal authority to execute this release on behalf of the child. In consideration of the child’s engagement as a model and for other valuable consideration received Photographer and Photographer’s heirs, legal representatives, and assigns the irrevocable, perpetual, and unrestricted right to take and use photographs of the child named below taken by the Photographer in all forms, media and manners, in conjunction with the child’s or a fictitious name, for advertising, trade, promotion, exhibition, or any other lawful purposes. (INITIAL BELOW)

The purchase of the original files releases Coco McKown Photography from any liability due to loss or damage of the images, and also releases Coco McKown Photography from any obligation to maintain copies of any digital file, image, or photograph. Purchase of digital files will include the right for the Client to print, copy, and share photographs online. Purchase of digital files does not authorize the Client to edit the photographs in any way, except cropping in preparation to print, and does not release ownership of the photographs to the purchaser. The Client is not permitted to sell or submit digital files to contests of any kind. Coco McKown Photography recommends www.mpix.com for high quality consumer-level prints. When uploading photographs online, the Client is asked to link to the Photographer’s website, www.cocomckown.com. This release shall be binding upon me and my heirs, legal representatives, and assigns. (INITIAL BELOW)

If you would like to be the first to know when your sneak peek is live on social media make sure to leave your account name (Facebook and Instagram) below. Models full name will never be used on social media.

By signing this agreement, Client witnesses an understanding of the above agreement and accepts all of the terms listed therein. (TYPE FULL NAME, THEN SIGN BELOW))

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Portraits and Events

Portraits and Events Form