SESSION POLICIES & INFO
Paula brings her love for photography and 27 years of experience as a photojournalist to each session to capture unique portraits that will be treasured for a lifetime.
She loves to create custom images and wants you and your child to feel at ease and to have fun while she does. Each photo session will be as unique as your family.
Paula will discuss more details about your photography session including timing, clothing and how to make the most out of your photography session upon booking.
*Sessions tend to book 4 weeks in advance and in the fall as much as 6 weeks in advance.
Please choose your desired session type and visit the gallery links above in menu for detailed information on session options & pricing.
For example if you are looking for a family session, click on Galleries and then Families, Newborns, Seniors, Children etc.
Once you have reviewed our rates you can view our Product and Package Pricing HERE.
Session Policies & Info
- Session fees are for the time of the photography session and are not applied to your order.
- There is a minimum portrait investment requirement for all portrait sessions except Digital Sessions.
- Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, checks and cash accepted for payment
- Rescheduling can occur one time due to illness, after that a $75 rescheduling fee will be added onto session fee.
Weather issues are of course out of our control and we will reschedule to the next mutual date as soon as possible without any fees. - No shows forfeit retainer. Please be respectful and plan your schedule in advance and notify Paula at least 48 hours in advance if you can not make your scheduled session appointment.
- Full payment is due upon placement of orders.
- No cameras or iPhones etc photos are allowed to be taken during the session, this causes distraction and the session to lose momentum.
- Paula reserves the right to stop a session due to cameras and photos being taken by anyone other than her during your photography session.
- Paula Swift Photography, Inc. maintains copyright of all images and does not allow scanning , copying or downloading of images, which is illegal.
- Digital files can be purchased for personal use only.
- A 6.25% Massachusetts sales tax is added to each order.
- Due to the custom nature of our photography services ALL SALES ARE FINAL.
Each session includes up to 1 hour of shooting time ( unless otherwise noted) and an unlimited amount of images/poses taken.
You will see 40-50 proofs from full sessions or 25 proofs from mini sessions to be presented in an online in a private gallery 14-17 days after your session.
EDITING…
*Each image is carefully color balanced and includes minor blemish removal.
**Any extensive editing requested like slimming of bodies will be an extra charge upon approval of request.
***We will not remove anyone that was part of your initial portrait session in your final images.
****Paula Swift Photography reserves the right to decline any edit requests that do not align with her professional photography.
There is a 14 day (2 week) order deadline after your proofs have been presented online.
Unordered sessions will be deleted from our system after 30 days. These means, if you do not order from your session with in 30 days we delete the whole session.
Paula Swift Photography offers an online ordering system where all portraits and products can be purchased or you can set-up a time to come in for a in studio order session with in your 14 ordering period.
Only Ordered images are kept on file for up to 1 year. After that time frame the images are archived but with no guarantee of retrieval.
*We do offer Gift Certificates starting at the minimum of a session fee and portrait minimum order. Please make sure the recipient likes our photography style as custom photography is not for everyone. Gift Certificates are NOT refundable*
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