Wedding Photography Contract

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Has anyone got a template for a contract they use?

I need to knock one together and a template would speed things up no end, I would be much obliged if someone could show me one that they use.

Thanks a million !
 
Would appreciate this as well, thanks for asking Mondo :)
 
Right, I found a few, and spent the last 2 hours editing to suit me

I didn't want to make it too long, sometimes less terms is better than more, even so, it came to 5 pages in Word. I will give it to my boss to have a gander first thou. :)

Contract

Wedding Date and Time:

The Client:

Bride’s Name:
Phone_________________Fax:_________________
Address:
e-mail:

Groom’s Name:
Phone:_________________Fax:_________________
Address:
e-mail:

Time Photography Session Starts:_________________ Ends:

Amount of Guests:

Wedding Chapel Location:

Wedding Official and Contact Number:

Wedding Reception Location:

Wedding Reception Manager and Contact Number:

Bride’s Dress-up Location:

Wedding theme (If any): please specify colour scheme / traditional / formal / informal / casual etc.


Photography fee agreed on: £ _________________ (plus applicable expenses as described in the contract). A deposit of 50% (£ ) is due when this agreement is signed, and the balance (£ _________________ ) is to be paid upon completion of the photographs.

Additional Expenses: THE CLIENT is responsible for all travel, accommodation, meal and transport costs UNLESS provided by the CLIENT.





This agreement is dated:


It is made between Raymond Lin of

xxxxx
xxxx
xxx
xxxxx

[BRIDE] of





(“the Client”).

And

[Groom] of








The purpose of this contract is to record the terms agreed for a photographic assignment (the “Assignment”), details of

The terms of this Agreement are

1. The Assignment

1.1 Event: the wedding of _________________ and

1.2 Media: colour and black and white photographs on an optical media.

1.3 Location:

1.4 Date:

1.5 Times of attendance: between _________________ and

1.6 Price for the Assignment: £_________________.

1.7 Deposit of £___________ payable upon signing of the contract.

1.9 The client agrees to advise Raymond Lin (hereupon referred to as RL) immediately, in writing, of any alterations in the details listed on the booking form including postponement or cancellation of the Wedding.

1.10 Last date for cancellation without penalty: One month before wedding date.

1.11 Damages for cancellation by the Client shall be half the contract price.

1.12 The client commissions RL as the sole photographer to perform professional photographic services as detailed.


2 Photographer’s obligations

2.1 RL agrees to devote his full time attention and ability for the duration of the Assignment.

2.2 Within the scope of the Assignment RL will record whatever events the Client reasonably requests.

2.3 This contract is personal to RL and may not be assigned.

2.4 Elements beyond RL’S control such as faulty material, equipment failure, damaged to media storage, loss of media in transit, civil disturbances and/or weather conditions (Act of God) which may inhibit or prevent RL from completing in whole or in part and RL shall not be liable for the completion performance of the assignment and it is agreed that the liability of RL shall be limited to a refund of any money paid under this agreement which shall be in full and final satisfaction of any damage or loss suffered by us.

3 Cancellation of agreement

3.1 This agreement may be cancelled without penalty by either party at any time within one month prior to the wedding date with the exception of the deposit.

3.2 This agreement may be cancelled without penalty by either party at any time upon providing proof of the happening of one of the following serious events:

3.2.1 Death or serious injury of illness of a close family member.

3.2.2 Injury to or illness of RL personally.

3.2.3 By mutual consent of both parties.

3.3 If RL cancels this agreement or fails in some other way to provide the services envisaged then the agreed damages specified in paragraph 1 shall be payable.

3.4 If the Client cancels this agreement or fails in some other way to facilitate the performance of this contract by RL, then the agreed damages specified in paragraph 1 shall be payable.

4 Insurance

RL undertakes to obtain insurance against liability for professional negligence and against circumstances which prevent him from fulfilling this contract.

5 Intellectual property

5.1 All intellectual Property Copyright of the images created by RL during work on the Assignment belongs to RL hereby agrees to execute any document necessary to give effect to this provision.

5.2 The Client may not use or reproduce material arising from the Assignment in any form or medium except with the consent of RL.

5.3 All intellectual Property created by RL during work on the Assignment belongs to RL.

5.4 The Client may not use or have access to any image in any medium in respect of which payment has not been made to RL.

6 Force majeure

6.1 Neither party shall be liable for any breach of its obligations resulting from causes beyond its reasonable control.

6.2 Causes deemed to be beyond reasonable control shall include:

6.2.1 Death or serious injury to of illness to the Client and/or to a close family member;

6.2.2 Death, injury to or illness of RL personally.

6.3 Each of the parties agrees to give notice immediately to the other upon becoming aware of an event of force majeure such notice to contain details of the circumstances giving rise to it.

7 Successors to the agreement

RL acknowledges that this agreement is personal to him and accordingly he shall not be entitled to assign the benefit of it.


8 Waiver

The failure by either party to enforce at any time or for any period any one or more of the terms or conditions of this Contract shall not be a waiver of them or of the right at any time subsequently to enforce all terms and conditions of this Contract.

9 Notices

Any notice to be served on either of the parties by the other shall be sent by first class post or pre paid recorded delivery or by facsimile and shall be deemed to have been received by the addressee within 72 hours of posting or 24 hours if sent by facsimile to the correct number.

10 Dispute Resolution

In the event of a dispute arising out of or in connection with this Contract and which has not been resolved following discussions and negotiations between a person or persons appointed or authorised by the Customer and the Writers then they undertake to attempt to settle the dispute by engaging in good faith with the other in a process of mediation before commencing arbitration or litigation.

11 Jurisdiction

This agreement shall be construed according to the laws of England and Wales.


Signed by _________________and _________________, the Client


……………………………………………. …………………………………………….


Signed by Raymond Lin, the Photographer:


…………………………………………….
 
I see nothing that explicitly states the clients' obligations. If you as the tog have obligations then the client has obligations too. I presume that you do not want a guest to assault you, either physically or verbally. You will want to have choice of vantage point for taking your images and thus a guest should give you precedence. And some more of a similar ilk. It's a two way street, you need to make sure that you are dealt with properly.
 
I see nothing that explicitly states the clients' obligations. If you as the tog have obligations then the client has obligations too. I presume that you do not want a guest to assault you, either physically or verbally. You will want to have choice of vantage point for taking your images and thus a guest should give you precedence. And some more of a similar ilk. It's a two way street, you need to make sure that you are dealt with properly.

I can assure you that you don't need a clause in the contract to prevent assault, guest or otherwise. Last time I checked, GBH is illegal.
 
I can assure you that you don't need a clause in the contract to prevent assault, guest or otherwise. Last time I checked, GBH is illegal.

I am sure that GBH is illegal. Are you responsible for preventing the assault or is the client? Someone has asked you to come and perform a service for them in a crowd of people who do not know you and who might be under the influence of alcohol, doesn't the client have an obligation to ensure safe working conditions for you?
 
that said

Something like this what you mean i think

“YOUR COMPANY NAME HERE” will not tolerate verbally or physically abusive behaviour, nor will it share its time or compete with guest photographers for the attention of the subjects. Unchecked guest conduct that interferes with photography may seriously affect the quality of the photographs taken and increase the number of times photos must be re-taken. If THE CLIENT is unable to control the conduct of their guests, resulting in an unacceptable degree of misconduct, or if the conduct of any of their guests damages the equipment of the photographer, it will result in the early or immediate departure of the photographer. THE CLIENT understands that in such an event, no refunds will be granted.
 
that said

Something like this what you mean i think

That seems to cover it nicely. Any guest does anything untoward to you, your equipment or your ability to complete the agreed assignment, you're out the door pronto.
 
wedding .. happy event .. photographer .. camera in somebodys pi**ed up face ... kick off .. it might as well be Man utd vrs Liverpool .

i did a wedding 2 weeks ago all was fine! the one a week before that , we were invited back to the night do , Now i don`t do the photography at a night do as a rule , but took my camera with me as the wedding was at 4 , so thought i would get them one or two more photo`s ,i was talking to the brides brother and taking photo`s when the other brother came along and said !

"who the fcuk are you" !:help: he`s the photographer was the answer . ....
he just went :shrug: and walked away . we left soon after , glad to say someone broke his nose later that night

the guests should take out a contract that says

(1) I will not get pi**ed and fcuk up the whole day

(2 ) I Understand someone i don`t know will point a camera at me

(3) i will not touch his expensive kit

(4) i will not keep getting in the way of the photographer , while saying how easy it is to take wedding photo`s with the kit i got of ebay for only £60

rog :lol:

Rog
 
Whoa, there. Where did these T&Cs come from?

There are serious issues with them and in parts they are repetitive, meaningless and in some cases both and worse.

I'm not prepared to go through them all. But here are some examples.

This agreement is dated:


It is made between Raymond Lin of

xxxxx
xxxx
xxx
xxxxx

[BRIDE] of





(“the Client”).

And

[Groom] of

This makes the bride your client and not the groom. And its inconsistent with the apparent definition of client earlier in the draft.

1.6 Price for the Assignment: £_________________.

1.7 Deposit of £___________ payable upon signing of the contract.

Price has already been quoted in the preamble

1.10 Last date for cancellation without penalty: One month before wedding date.

1.11 Damages for cancellation by the Client shall be half the contract price.

and

3.1 This agreement may be cancelled without penalty by either party at any time within one month prior to the wedding date with the exception of the deposit.

Inconsistent. "Within 1 month prior..." means she can cancel the day before and only forfeits the deposit. You mean: "the agreement can be cancelled up to 1 month ... and you only forfeit your deposit"

2.4 Elements beyond RL’S control such as faulty material, equipment failure, damaged to media storage, loss of media in transit, civil disturbances and/or weather conditions (Act of God) which may inhibit or prevent RL from completing in whole or in part and RL shall not be liable for the completion performance of the assignment and it is agreed that the liability of RL shall be limited to a refund of any money paid under this agreement which shall be in full and final satisfaction of any damage or loss suffered by us.

Likely to be held to be an exclusion clause and an unreasonable one at that (Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977).

Why should the bride be expected to be the effective insurer of the quality of your kit? That clause alone would persuade me to find a 'tog with proper insurance.

3.2 This agreement may be cancelled without penalty by either party at any time upon providing proof of the happening of one of the following serious events:

3.2.1 Death or serious injury of illness of a close family member.

No - I'm sorry, I'm not taking the risk that the death of your aunt the night before the wedding means I have no wedding photographer - as before - probably an unreasonable exclusion clause.



I haven't read the rest of it. I don't need to.

This contract won't do. If you need an enforceable contract for wedding photography, then do it properly and get proper advice.

Google is not a lawyer.

Sorry to be so blunt, but its no good thinking that this will help you, when it won't.

And there's no need for a term that says the guests won't assault you. That's implied as a matter of law anyway.
 
Weddings, funerals etc always seem to bring out the [S2]best[/S2]:shake: in people
 
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Google is not a lawyer.

Sorry to be so blunt, but its no good thinking that this will help you, when it won't.

Google isn't a lawyer, my boss(es) are however.:lol:

I know what you are saying, i didn't write 99% of that, simply took it from a wedding Tog's website and changed the names and took out some clauses (which are duplicate...guess there are more than i took out)

In reference to

Elements beyond RL’S control such as faulty material, equipment failure, damaged to media storage, loss of media in transit, civil disturbances and/or weather conditions (Act of God) which may inhibit or prevent RL from completing in whole or in part and RL shall not be liable for the completion performance of the assignment and it is agreed that the liability of RL shall be limited to a refund of any money paid under this agreement which shall be in full and final satisfaction of any damage or loss suffered by us.

In no way does it says or imply that the Client is responsible for my equipment, it merely states that should an Act of God happens the photographer will refund the money under the terms of this agreement, and that is the limit of it, therefore she can't come after More than the contract worth.

The term "reasonable" is not defined and i would think a death of a close family member - wife, child is a reasonable reason for cancellation. May be the term "close family member" needs to be addressed - ie immediate family member, but not the remove the entire clause.
 
"Photography fee agreed on: £ _________________ (plus applicable expenses as described in the contract). A deposit of 50% (£ ) is due when this agreement is signed, and the balance (£ _________________ ) is to be paid upon completion of the photographs."

This is not explicit enough - when do you actually receive the final 50% ? When you've edited them ? When they receive proofs ? All the final products ?

I would advise getting all the payment before the date of the wedding - money is likely to be in short supply after it.

Duncan
 
After speaking with someone i am safe to say that entire contact above is binned, starting a new one lol
 
After much research a few years ago (where I found about 15 others' contracts online!!!) I amended the standard contract from SWPP and made it a bit more suited to my way of working. It's just 2 sides long and covers it all - or so I'm told!!!

Keep it short & to the point otherwise people may think you're hiding something in the pages & pages of detail

DD
 
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