Babes! This is that page that might seem scary when booking however, every business has to have the rules page to ensure you and I understand business and client expectations. We s a business provide a timely service to our clients and you as the client agree to these timelines and our business hours.
If at any time you need any clarification in understanding anything below please feel free to ask. All businesses by law are required to provide you with a contract for services.
Operating call/text hours
Sunday-Friday 10am-6pm
Studio appointments are
Monday-Thursday by appointment only from 10am-230pm.
Our studio is natural light boudoir. We cannot hold your session past daylight hours.
Occasionally we will have availability for weekend appointments. These require an additional $175 fee for weekends as we are already working 5 days a week and we like days off too.
Girl math: This holds my time for you so I do not book clients over your session and never have time for you. This also means you are my only priority that day and if you do not show up I can't replace my day of work.
Your retainer is due within 48 hours of booking; final payment is due at the time of your session.
Calendaring fees are half of your session cost; they will be applied to final cost in studio. For Kitten Heels, full payment of the $150 is due as there are no other professional services added to this session.
Calendar Retainer fees are Non-refundable babes.
Once you have accessed our client page and intellectual property you can not request a refund.
You have up to 12 business days prior to your shoot date to reschedule your session time. Anything under is a forfeiture of your retainer of reserved time. We do make exceptions for emergencies.
Any session falling under that category and under the time frame will have up to 2 weeks to reschedule before the deposit is forfeited.
If you are under the two week period and have your hair and makeup reserved with us you will have to pay 50% of those services for the missed day.
Clients must book their own appointments online so they can read the small print and click "yes" to these terms. If for some reason we have to book it for you, you will receive the link to this page via text or email.
BEST FIT CLAUSE
We do reserve the right to deny or decline services if we do not feel we are a good fit for your needs. Nothing personal but we want to make sure we can provide the absolute best results and experience for you!
Prints: Once you receive your final images and pick your print selections, your prints will be shipped to our studio for you to pickup. We order prints in 2 times a month. You will be contacted to setup a pickup date when they arrive.
*Clients who receive a personal print release: You may, with this release print photos at other Labs for your *personal use. However, we cannot guarantee that when you do not use our professional lab that they will not crop or change the color of your photos as they are not trained print professionals.
**Retouching**
There are tiers to editing.
Unedited
We do not alter, color correct or change anything about the image. The raw file is delivered to the client as is.
Basic Editing
Basic retouching to fit the style of our photography to include color correction, cropping and a general skin soft option.
The general rule for included editing is not to change your weight, shape or size.
Full body acne, spider veins, body injury or bulging veins or sunburn is not included in basic retouching.
Full retouching
This would include body contouring (weight (5-30lbs), shape, body insecurities, removing tags and stickers from clothing, full vanity retouching (wrinkles, cellulite, acne, scars, sunburn, skin issues, tattoos, etc.... )
All full retouches are subject to approval by the client. As the client you can request an image re-edit at our cost the 1st time. Any additional editing, we will charge you $50.00 for a new edit to your image. All images are cropped to print at basic 8x10 sizing, anything other should be requested prior. If you ask after final edits are delivered, you will be required to purchase a new edit.
We retouch to the best of our ability but cannot change your eye color, hair color or skin color.
If you did not receive makeup services at our studio we will not edit your makeup.
We will be free to edit and enhance the photographs as we see fit (but we agree not to edit or modify any photograph in a derogatory or offensive manner).
Image rights and release
I release print, use, reproduction and royalty rights to my clients.
YOUR NUDES ARE YOUR NUDES. We do not watermark images
Photographer image ownership
If you are featured in a publication or netflix. Hey girl hey, kindly reference your photographer.
Use of your images
I will not without your express written approval by email, text, or letter use your images with your face or identifying marks for marketing, website or social promo.
We do use client images that are not identifiable or those who request we use their images or would love for us to put them on our website or socials.
If you are not comfortable with any part of you possibly being on our online presence even down to your toes, please inform us and we will oblige.
Studio Appointments
All studio times are set. If you are late, your session will not run past your scheduled end time if there is a client behind you.
All makeup, hair styling, and stylist assistance during your shoot is included in your shoot times.
If you are running late and we do not hear from you after 15 mins past your scheduled time we will assume you are a no show. At 30 mins past your session time, your session will be canceled and you forfeit your retainers.
10AM Appointments are hair and makeup only
You will be with your artist from 10-1130am
11:30am are all photography sessions with me (Nikki).
If you schedule a session with Hair and makeup or additional services they must be paid in advance as you cannot change your appointment type after booking (Pink pumps and travel bae)
If you book a Kitten Heels and later want to add hair and makeup I cannot guarantee artist availability that day or extended time availability that day and you may need a new date.
Holiday Schedules and Turn around times
Unedited files are received with 48 hours
Basic editing files are received within 2-3 weeks
Full Editing files are received within 3-6 weeks
Any printed items can take 1-2 additional weeks to be received at the studio. During the Holiday season books can take up to 3 weeks to come in.
During our busy season (April-June and Sept-Dec) image finals are returned 1-2 weeks additional. Time frames are extended due to bridal and holiday season. Our studio closes the 2nd Friday of December to the first Friday after January 1st. Sessions booked before 11/24 will have holiday returns GUARANTEED. Any appointments after will need to opt for a rush service for Holiday returns.
All Holiday returns will be received no later than 12/18
Any images/prints that fall on the following Holidays will incur an additional 1 week time frame of return due to the studio being closed to allow our staff vacation.
1. The week of Memorial Day
2. The week of the 4th of July
3. The week of Labor Day
4. The week of Thanksgiving
From Dec 15th to Jan 7th the studio is closed for appointments to ensure Holiday order delivery to clients and to change our sets for the New Year.
The studio operates a full-time schedule the remaining weeks of the year.
**By booking your shoot with a time/calendar/service retainer you agree to the terms set here in as a verbal binding contract.
At any time we reserve the right to change any part of this contract and/or services.
Makeup: There are four (4) independent makeup artist located at the studio. All fees are set by the independent artist and are paid separate unless noted in a special or combo advertised package (at which time each artist will have a combined agreement under the terms set forth on this page). Hair and makeup services are $150.00 at your session.
For hair that is past mid shoulder length artist reserve the right to asses a larger fee for hair styling. This will be consulted before starting at the studio.
Any and all contracts and releases are independently administered and liable through their company when purchasing their services.
The Services
1.1 We agree to provide photography services with reasonable skill and care to clients of twenty one (21) years of age and older with a Valid PA ID. Only booked clients may enter the studio as you are covered by our contractual services. Friends may drop you off to the studio and assist with your belongings but must leave for your session to start.
1.2 If you have any particular requirements or requests (e.g. specific types of photograph, props or locations) please let us know in advance of a booking. In some cases specific requests may require additional payment.
1.3 By booking a photo session with Nikki Riley Photography you confirm that you have considered Nikki's photographic style and wish to proceed on that basis. You will not be entitled to a refund if you are not satisfied with the style of the photographs. Our studio does not shoot dark, overly shadowed bdsm styled photography. We also do not provide services to men unless a couples session is booked.
1.4 During a photo session you agree to comply with all of our reasonable directions. Nikki Riley may bring an assistant to any photo session. If you or any individuals in your party become difficult, abusive, disruptive, or violent to any member of our staff, we reserve the right to cancel the session and have you leave without refund. If you are asked to leave the studio, you will no longer be able to book with our studio.
1.5 Cancellation of Contract: At any point during the curse of contract Nikki Riley Photography or any employee of Nikki Riley Photography may cancel your contract with written notice due to disagreement of terms, threats or inappropriate behavior towards staff. If your contract is cancelled, you are entitled to a full refund of the "cost paid" for your session only. Once a contract has been cancelled all images, digital or printed will be destroyed.
1.6 Are sales are Final. There are no refunds or changes to your order.
1.7 When the client accesses their gallery and downloads their images there are NO REFUNDS. You my request re-editing if you are not satisfied. You the client have received final product and all work has been completed per this contract. If you place a charge back on your payment after receiving your completed gallery we do reserve the right to pursue for original cost, court fees and double the amount paid in small claims court in Philadelphia. THIS IS THEFT and we will pursue our legal rights with all channels including police reports and court remedy.
1.8 All galleries are delivered via online cloud services versus a drive or CD. Galleries are accessible to download your final images for one (1) year. We do not keep any clients images past this time on our servers. If you do not download your session images within the time allotted you will have lost your images due to negligence on your part. Once your gallery has closed neither party has access and the link is automatically removed through site archival. Please download your images to a spare jump drive or cd to ensure you can continue to access them in the event of replacing or upgrading your computer.
Intellectual Property
1.1 We will retain all intellectual property rights (including copyright) in the photographs and other materials delivered to you. We will be free to edit and enhance the photographs as we see fit (but we agree not to edit or modify any photograph in a derogatory or offensive manner).
1.2 Upon payment of our fees in full you will be granted a license for personal and family use of the photographs. This license does not include any commercial use of the photographs for which an additional fee will be payable.
1.3 We will on occasion, WITH YOUR WRITTEN CONSENT, display the photographs we have taken for you in the client gallery section of our website or on the blog and we may use any of these photographs in our own marketing or publicity materials. From time to time we may also license photographs for commercial use. However we will inform you before displaying or licensing any photograph containing your face/likeness with nudity and if you object, we will not proceed with the display, publication or licensing or remove any offensive material. If you object you will need to inform us in writing.
1.4 We do retain the right to use images without your face/likeness and identifiable marks on our website and social platforms. You can request that we DO NOT use images at any given time. If we we do use a close up of just your body or lingerie we do remove identifiable items/birthmarks/tattoos.
1.5 Images are stored on a cloud server for instant file downloads. In the event of a breach of security, clients will be notified and we will take all good faith measures to remove images or protect the breach. We will provide proof of copyright to images in order to control the use of images on sites that crawl and index; google, bing, yahoo. In the event of a breach we are not held liable for images that may be hacked from cloud servers or breaches on part of the client.
1.6 You must not edit the images in any way.
1.7 If you fail to pay for your images or do not finish an installment the images become our property and we may use them on our website, social media and print marketing materials.
1.8 If failure to pay your balance at the studio does occur you will not be able to book any new appointments with us until your previous balance has been satisfied.
1.9 Our intellectual property extends to our pricing and package options as that is individual and created for our studio only.
Sharing our pricing materials provided only to clients online, via reviews, online forums and groups is prohibited and can be legally requested to be removed and is a violation of our IP.
Damages to Studio and Photography Equipment/Liability
1.1 Any items, props, or equipment damaged by your negligence will become payable immediately in studio. If you cannot afford the face value of the equipment minus 10%, your session photos will be held until paid in full.
1.2 We will not be liable to you for any property damage or financial loss or for any indirect or consequential loss or damage such as lost profit, lost opportunity, lost bargain, lost reputation or lost savings whether caused by our negligence, the negligence of our employees or agents or otherwise.
1.3 Our total liability will be limited to the amount of our charges. We will not be liable to any party other than the person who has made a booking.
1.4 In the event that all or substantially all of the photographs taken during a photo session are lost or destroyed by us then a replacement photo session will be arranged at no additional cost to you but you will not have a right to a refund.