Real estate photography terms of use

Photo Licensing Agreement

Corey Boyles Photography ( PHOTOGRAPHER ) retains the copyright for all digital images created in the course of doing business and all images on this website. The commissioning real estate broker/agent or unlicensed person who is booking ( CLIENT ) is granted a license to use property images, for which they have paid, for the promotion of that property in any media while CLIENT manages the listing. License expires once property has Sold, Expired or is Withdrawn. Images must not be edited/altered by anyone other than PHOTOGRAPHER with the exception of minor cropping and/or resizing only.

Rental Licensing Terms

If images are being used for rental purposes, they cannot be used for sale purposes unless another license has been purchased. The service package will be based on each individual unit, not the entire building size. If licensed use is for short term rentals such as Airbnb, VRBO, Furnish Finders, and/or other listing platforms that allow furnished rental marketing; the package purchased must be the short term rental package instead of Top Producer listing package. The short term rental package includes rights to market to find occupants more than once per year, whereas Top Producer is for 1 year lease minimum occupants.

CLIENT may NOT give, license or sell images to anyone. This includes the property owner, other broker/agent/Realtors, builder, architect, stager or any other vendor. Disregarding these terms will result in copyright infringement/violation ( Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, 17 U.S.C. §512(c) ) and may result in legal action. PHOTOGRAPHER recognizes that CLIENT does not control how images are shared by NWMLS and syndicated to other property listing sites (Zillow, Trulia, et al.) and CLIENT is not liable for such use beyond license expiration.

PHOTOGRAPHER may re-license real estate images for commercial use by developers, builders, designers, vendors, or other parties. This will be executed with a separate agreement between PHOTOGRAPHER and licensee.

* Licensing terms for custom photography projects with other commercial clients are tailored according to the project estimate and can be found in that document as well as on final invoices.

Payments & Delivery

Payment for real estate imaging services is due on the day of service.

If other arrangements are requested they must be made in writing at least 48-hours before scheduled time of service.

When full payment is collected at time of service, PHOTOGRAPHER agrees to deliver final images digitally within 24-hours of photoshoot start time. For other payment arrangements, PHOTOGRAPHER agrees to deliver final images digitally within 24-hours of receipt of full payment. If the invoice is not paid within 7 days of the shoot, there will be an administrative fee of $150 added to the invoice. If the invoice is not paid within 10 days, PHOTOGRAPHER may issue a mechanics lien against the house, with an additional 10% of total invoice added to the invoice, monthly, until paid. In the case of legal dispute whereby CLIENT does not pay, CLIENT shall pay all court costs and PHOTOGRAPHER attorney fees.

Cancellations & Weather

Cancellations must be made at least 24-hours before scheduled photoshoot start time. Real Estate Photoshoots cancelled with less than 24-hours notice will be subject to a cancellation fee of 50% of the original invoice amount.

Weather-related cancellations are subject to the terms above. Some weather conditions can adversely effect exterior home photo quality or prevent safe drone flight. In the event of unfavorable weather, the interior photos will be photographed as planned. Alternate arrangements will be made for exterior or aerial re-shoot and additional fees may apply unless full cancellation is made at least 24-hours in advance. When weather is dry but blue skies are not present PHOTOGRAPHER will provide ONE blue sky replacement on the primary exterior home photo at no additional charge. Photographer may decide to move forward with the shoot in spite of weather conditions.

Property Condition

CLIENT will ensure that the listing is clean and ready for photography at time of service. PHOTOGRAPHER is not responsible for cleaning, dusting, changing lightbulbs or moving of furniture but may adjust window coverings, move small items or turn on/off lights as necessary. CLIENT shall ensure that there are no hazards to the photographer's safety and that pets are confined out of view. PHOTOGRAPHER will not retouch images to disguise known defects and/or physical structures such as wall/floor blemishes, driveway cracks, power lines, etc. unless agreed to, and applicable editing fees are applied.

Additional Terms

-Travel fees are waived when property address is within St. Louis City and St. Louis County. For locations outside of these areas, travel fees will be calculated at the time of photoshoot booking. There is a standard of $30 outside of these areas, and could be higher. If you are unsure of booking due to the travel fee, please contact us prior to booking.

Final images are backed up by Corey Boyles Photography and are available to be re-delivered until 90-days from date of delivery. Photos may no longer be available beyond that time frame. It is recommended that Client makes a local backup of the images to use for the duration of the listing. Once Client’s contract with the homeowner has ended (property is sold or picked up by another agent), the license expires so Client should delete their backup at that time.

Have more questions? Please contact us at 573-819-4687