Terms

BOOKING - A booking deposit fee as agreed is required to secure any booking. We only commit to one booking at any particular time, and will reject any other request for such date and time once your booking is confirmed. The booking fee is therefore not refundable in the event of cancellation by you unless we can obtain a replacement booking. The booking fee is deductable from the final balance of fees owing.

BALANCE DUE - The balance of fees owing for the agreed package is due for full payment 4 weeks prior to the wedding. All professional fees quoted within this agreement are guaranteed and not subject to change. In the event of cancellation after the balance is paid, we will only consider any refund if we can secure an alternative booking. Any uncleared cheque payments will be treated as failure to make payments by the due date. Failure to pay an outstanding balance will release Carlton Photography from any further commitment or contract.

NOTE, Cancellation: We reserve and will have contracted the agreed event date and time booked, exclusively, and often a considerable time in advance of the wedding date, and we will reject any other enquiry subsequently received for such date. Cancellation fees of 50% of the balance owing will be due under this contract if the event is cancelled up to 6 months from the agreed date, 75% is payable between 6 months and 3 months of agreed date. The final balance will remain due and payable if the event is cancelled less than 3 months of the agreed date, all unless we can obtain a comparable replacement booking. We will agree to a change of date for the event provided we have sufficient notice and our availability is confirmed.

ADDITIONAL PRINTS - Payment for any additional prints, enlargements, framed prints etc is due at time of ordering and subject to the prices ruling at time of order.

SHORT NOTICE BOOKINGS - Bookings made within 4 weeks of the wedding date are to be paid in full at time of booking.

SPECIAL FEATURES - Any special features arranged in addition to the basic photographic package chosen will be detailed and priced separately on the booking form or confirmed in writing and subject to the same payment terms.

COPYRIGHT - Carlton Photography retain the copyright on all images taken and the original image files , negatives or transparencies and any proof photographs remain their sole property (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988). The right is reserved to use any photograph for exhibition or advertising purposes or for competitions or publication in newspapers, magazines, internet or books, and by this agreement, release is given to use any images for such purposes without further notice.

PROOF IMAGES
Photographic proofs and binders or proof slide shows on disk belong to Carlton Photography and are given without cost for the purposes of selection. They may be retained without charge and do not form part of this contract.

PHOTOGRAPHIC SCHEDULES - The requested schedule and numbers of photographs is to be taken as a guide only and will be governed by cooperation of guests, the suitability of venues, and prevailing weather conditions. The Photographer's discretion is final in this respect and no particular pose or image can be guaranteed by virtue of the foregoing, although we will make reasonable efforts to meet requirements. In the event of the loss of the photographic record of your wedding through circumstances outwith our control and from whatever cause, Carlton Photography and its employees are by this agreement released from any and all liability and distress caused by whatever means. In such unlikely event, our voluntary gesture shall be limited to the return of all fees paid. All print and album sizes quoted are nominal.

ALBUM / PRINT PRODUCTION - We will aim to produce your completed order in the shortest possible time. At peak times, we may require 6-8 weeks from receipt of your confirmed selection of images. Special album orders or non standard requirements may add to this timescale. We will keep you informed of any undue delays outwith our control.
Special adaptations outwith our standard packages may incur extra charges which will be advised in advance of production. Manufacturers do change ranges from time to time. In the event that a particular album folder becomes unavailable, we will agree a replacement with you prior to production.

We contract to provide photographic services and cannot be held to account for the changes made from time to time by various material suppliers. All album styles quoted in our brochures and web site are illustrative only and may not be precisely available as shown when we come to subsequently order for your album production. In this event we will always endeavour to find a similar replacement with your agreement.

COLOUR REPRODUCTION - Due to the manufacturing of certain materials and dye colours and the way in which the human eye perceives such colours, it may not be possible to exactly reproduce in digital capture, these precise tones. Colour balance in albums and prints are generally optimised for flesh tones.

UNFORSEEN CIRCUMSTANCES - If, in extreme circumstances such as illness, or other factors totally outwith our control, the principals of the business are unable to attend , we reserve the right to provide an alternative party to photograph the event. The performance of any contract is subject to alteration or cancellation if events outwith our control prevail. In this event our liability will be limited to the return of all fees paid.