Below is our policy, please review if you are ok and have any concern? Make sure to let the photographer know if you have any concern.

Refund:
A full deposit refund if natural disaster, raining, health issues (require some kind of proof), or have the deposit transfers to anyone. Also, a full refund if a photographer will not be able to make it due to some valid reasons or a photographer will recommend another photographer to cover the photo session.

Photos Rights:
Client has full rights on their photos or videos to do whatever they wish for personal use. If photos or videos are for commercial or advertisement used, please consult with the photographer.

Photos sharing:
Photos or videos are important parts of the photographer to show case the work to potential clients. If the photos are not allowed to share on the photographer profiles such as the photographer’s website, Instagram, Yelp, etc. Please let the photographer know, and we will not share any photo to the internet or print on any form of advertisements.

Editing:
General photo editing consists of color grading, exposure adjustments, contrast, white balance, light skin retouch, remove some small unwanted objects, minor body shape adjustments, etc. will be included in the flat fee. Small adjustment requests are free after receiving photos.

Any extreme editing requests that are out of the photographer control will be additional charge such as replacing objects, replacing skies, extreme body shape adjustments, replace people or objects, remove major acne, etc. will be $10 per photo. Please note, not everything can be editable. 

Raw photos are not included.

Remaining balance:
Remaining balance due after photo session has completed.

Sunrise, mid day, sunset, vs cloudy photo shoot:
Sunrise has softer light, not as vibrant color, even lighting, more bluest and sometimes beige color depending on the location. If you love soft lighting, not so vibrant, dreamy, moody etc. Sunrise is great!

Mid day has very bright and vibrant color. The sky is very blue and the water is crystal blue. However, the sun is quite intense which creates contrasty on the subject, meaning the highlight is bright and shadow dark. If you love vibrant blue sky and crystal blue water photos, this is a great time.

Sunset has golden lighting tone. Maui is known to have the best sunset. If you love flawless golden sunset tone. This is the best time.

Cloudy and overcast create soft lighting and less intense sunlight meaning it's less contrasty, a bit similar to sunrise. Cloudy with some sun light peaking through during sunrise or sunset has the best light.

Photo Color/Tone:
Please note that every person has their own preferences regarding the tone of the photos. We will edit as best as we could but if you need any adjustment, please advise the photographer to adjust to your liking. Please note, not all photos create equal. Every photo and every session are different from lighting, weather conditions of the day, timing, angles, skin color, etc.

Weather:
The weather in Maui is unpredictable. Each location has different weather conditions. It could be sunny at your location and raining at another location. We will work our best on what ever the nature gives us. Like mentioning above, you will get a full refund if raining or any natural disaster. Otherwise, we will continue to do our photo shoot or you could change the date if we have availability.

Wind:
Maui is one of the windiest island in Hawaii. Some beaches have less wind than others. We will recommend you the beaches that have less wind but it still depends on that day. Morning tends to be less windy than afternoon. If it's windy, we will pick certain angles to avoid wind flying over your face, we take many photos to get the best photos, and we will edit some hair if needed but not all hair can be edited.

Poses:
We create as many poses as possible and you are welcome to request your own poses. Poses consist of looking at the camera and smile, candid, walking, playing on the beach, silhouette, jumping, laughing, kneeling, hugging, kissing, holding hands, running, getting wet, etc. If you don't like certain poses, you are very welcome to let the photographer know as we are here to create the photos that you are desired and cherished.

Sample photos:
If you could do some research online to find the type of poses or tone of the photos you love and send them to the photographer so we have ideas of what you like, this would be very helpful.

Like or don't like:
Please let the photographer know what you like and don’t like so the photographer is aware to avoid such as belly, arms, no kissing, no silhouette, not getting wet or love candid style photos, love laughing and playing on the beach, love walking along the beach, include palm trees and lava rocks, etc.