Terms and Conditions

There must always be a parent or quardian of any children present, at photoshoots.

You may not take your own photos during a session. Doing so can distract your child(ren) and make it impossible for the professional you have paid (me), to capture their portraits. Failure to comply may result in the immediate termination of your session.

Session fee payment is due in full at the date requested during the enquiry process. Without this, the session date and time are not confirmed.

You have a legal right to cancel a photoshoot session ("cooling off period) within 14 days from booking, provided the photoshoot has not already happened. 

After the 14-day cooling off period, if you wish to cancel, with more than 14 days to go to your photoshoot,then you are also entitled to a full refund.  

Within 14 days of your session date, any refund is at my sole discretion. Refunds are not available for lateness / unreasonable cancellations.

Lateness may result in the session either be cancelled (rescheduled sessions will be charged as a new session), or time being added and charged for; at my sole discretion.

If you wish to reschedule a session, please let me know as soon as possible. I offer one reschedule free of charge (at a mutually convenient date and time, provided the reschedule has been requested with at least 48 hours' notice of the session).

Subsequent reschedules are charged at 50% of the session fee.

Rescheduled photoshoots may not be cancelled.

Please back up your digital images in more than one location. 

I do archive purchased images and aim to keep them for a minimum of 1 year after your session, but this is not a guarantee nor part of the service being purchased. 

If you require files to be retrieved from back up there is a $30 administration fee.

Purchased digital files are supplied only as jpegs, without watermark, in most instances as the highest resolution files available. 

Unedited files or other file formats are not supplied.

Copyright of the images remains with the photographer under section 11 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 

Digital images are provided with the right for you to re-print at your leisure for personal consumption. Printed artworks cannot be reproduced, 

Editing, re-cropping or other manipulation of the files is not permitted.

Photographs are not to be sent to another photographer for editing or reproduction purposes and used under their own business name.

If you are using your photos on instagram, Facebook or another social media platform, you must have the name Hoofsbeat in focus displayed on use of photography with a tag or mention. 

Due to the nature of the subjects of the photographs we take during your photoshoot, we cannot guarantee any particular

outcomes or guarantee the fulfilment of any specific requests for the photoshoot.

However, we will conduct the photoshoot using professional skill and care.

If we are prevented or delayed from carrying out the photoshoot or by an event outside our control (including weather conditions, fault or failure of equipment, software, hardware ), then we will contact you as soon as possible to let you know and we will take steps to minimise the effect of the delay.

If you choose, at your own discretion, to ride your hose without the proper head, riding or foot gear, you do so at your own risk.

The photographer accepts no responsibility for injury to yourself or damage caused to horse, rider, property or any individual before, during or after the photo shoot.

Thank-you for choosing Hoofbeats in focus to capture the magic of you and your horse/s,

 I look forward to meeting you and your horses.