Terms and conditions
Rates and Payments
RATES
Rates are charged by hourly, half day and full day. Our hourly rate is £65.00 per hour and £500.00 for a full day.
Our single working day is from 9.00am through to 5.00pm with a one hour break. Work required outside of these times will be charged accordingly as overtime rates.
Our image turnaround is within a 2 week period from the shoot date. However if the client requires images in less time, in this instance TWorld Studio reserve the right to add an addition priority fee.
For every hour we shoot we charge an hour for basic editing. Special editing is charged as extra.
CANCELLATION & POSTPONEMENT
A booking is considered firm as from the date of confirmation and accordingly TWorld Studio will, at their discretion, charge a fee for cancellation or postponement.
EXPENSES
Where extra expenses or time are incurred by TWorld Studio as a result of alterations to the original brief by the Agency or the Advertiser, or otherwise at their request, the Agency shall give approval to and be liable to pay such extra expenses or fees at TWorld Studio normal rate to TWorld Studio in addition to the expenses shown overleaf as having been agreed or estimated.
Images within the UK or worldwide a license of use may be required. License of use is for a 12 month period unless negotiated.
When assignments are outside a 10 mile radius of our studio with in the UK or overseas then travel expenses may be added.
PAYMENT
Payment by the Agency will be expected for the commissioned work within 30 days of the issue of the relevant invoice. If the invoice is not paid, in full, within 30 days TWorld Studio reserves the right to charge interest at the rate prescribed by the Late Payment of Commercial Debt (Interest) Act 1998 from the date payment was due until the date payment is made.
IMAGES
It is the Agency responsibility to notify TWorld Studio of any special file sizes. EG Jpeg, Tiff, CMKY
We supply images either by memory stick or via "we transfer".
It is the Agency and Advertisers responsibility for the safe storage and archiving of photographs produced. TWorld studio will not be held responsible for photographs once the client is in possession of the photographs. TWorld Studio reserve the right to an admin fee should we have to re-supply images.
COPYRIGHT
The entire copyright in the Photographs is retained by TWorld Studio at all times throughout the world.
OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS
Title to all Photographs remains the property of TWorld Studio.
PRODUCTS AND CLIENT COLLECTIONS
It is the Agency and Advertisers responsibility to remove any products and goods from TWorld Studio premises within 30 days of the invoice date at which point such goods will be disposed of at TWorld Studio discretion.
DEFINITIONS
For the purpose of this agreement "the Agency" and "the Advertiser" shall where the context so admits include their respective assignees, sub-licensees and successors in title. In cases where TWorld Studio client is a direct client (i.e. with no agency or intermediary), all references in this agreement to both "the Agency" and "the Advertiser" shall be interpreted as references to TWorld Studio's client. "Photographs" means all photographic material furnished by TWorld Studio, whether transparencies, negatives, prints or any other type of physical or electronic material.
USE
The Licence to Use comes into effect from the date of payment of the relevant invoice(s). No use may be made of the Photographs before payment in full of the relevant invoice(s) without TWorld Studio’s express permission. Any permission which may be given for prior use will automatically be revoked if full payment is not made by the due date or if the Agency is put into receivership or liquidation. The Licence only applies to the advertiser and product as stated on the front of the form and its benefit shall not be assigned to any third party without TWorld Studio's permission. Accordingly, even where any form of 'all media' Licence is granted, TWorld Studio's permission must be obtained before any use of the Photographs for other purposes eg use in relation to another product or sub-licensing through a photo library. Permission to use the Photographs for purposes outside the terms of the Licence will normally be granted upon payment of a further fee, which must be mutually agreed (and paid in full) before such further use. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, all further Licences in respect of the Photographs will be subject to these terms and conditions.
EXCLUSIVITY
The Agency and Advertiser will be authorised to publish the Photographs to the exclusion of all other persons including TWorld Studio. However, TWorld Studio retains the right in all cases to use the Photographs in any manner at any time and in any part of the world for the purposes of advertising or otherwise promoting work. After the exclusivity period indicated in the Licence to Use TWorld Studio shall be entitled to use the Photographs for any purposes.
FORCE MAJEURE
Tworld Studio Commercial Photographers shall/will not be liable to the client for any delay in in services, financial loss or failure to perform any of its obligations under these terms and conditions which is due to any cause beyond its control and which is unknown to, and cannot reasonably be anticipated by Tworld Studio Commercial Photographers including without limitation fire, floor or catastrophe, plague, acts of God, insurrection, workforce action, war or riots, (an “Event of Force Majeure”) and Tworld Studio Commercial Photographers’s obligations under these terms and conditions shall be suspended for so long as the Event of Force Majeure continues and to the extent that it is so delayed.
CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY
TWorld Studio will keep confidential and will not disclose to any third parties or make use of material or information communicated to him/her in confidence for the purposes of the photography, save as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Photographer to carry out his/her obligations in relation to the commission.
APPLICABLE LAW
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of England & Wales.
VARIATION
These Terms and Conditions shall not be varied except by agreement in writing.