Lychee Photo
FAQs
Unedited photos: due to copyright, unedited photos/raw files of the photos are not for sale for personal use. This is a standard rule for photography industry in USA. But if you want the photos for commercial use, you can contact me for details.
Special editing fee: I believe customers who decide to work with me like my photos and editing style. I treat all my works equally and have the same procedures for editing. I usually try to capture a good photo during the session to avoid crazy editing. But if any customer want special editing for their photo, the special editing fee will be charged by the actual editing time and they will be sent out to retouch company for retouching.
Travel fee: a travel fee will be added to the invoice if the shooting location(s) is more than 10 miles from 08648 (single-trip). Traffic, parking, and tolls will also be considered. To Manhattan, the travel fee is about $130-150. To Philly, the travel fee is about $70-80. Other non-city locations will be invoiced $0.61 each mileage + $15/hour driving.
Tickets or permit fee of the shooting location, if there is any: usually this is for gardens or farms. The fee is usually around $150-250 per hour according to my knowledge. Wedding photos in public parks usually require a small amount of permit fee as well.
Tips are welcome but not necessary.
A retainer is required for booking any session.
If due to any unexpected issues that you need to change your shooting date, please let me know at least two days before the session.
If there is a bad weather for an outdoor session, the session will be rescheduled to a later date. But if you can only shoot on weekends, it will be hard to reschedule it to a recent date.
Light is the most important factor in photography. So all the sessions are booked in consideration of the best quality of lights, no matter it’s outdoor or indoor.
All outdoor sessions are scheduled 1-2 hours before sunset (or 1 hour before sunrise if it’s necessary) for the best quality of lights. However, the weather can be cloudy (which makes the whole day good for shooting) so there is no sunset at all.
Indoor sessions will be scheduled during the daytime. If it’s at your home, you will be asked to observe the change of natural lights at home and find the best time for shooting. Even though I always bring flash, I prefer to use natural light.
A preview of color-edited photos will be delivered to you within 4 days after your session. You’ll select your fully-retouched photos from the preview. Usually you will receive the fully-retouched photos within 5-10 days after you made your selection. But during peak seasons (spring, early summer, and fall), the time is usually increased to 2-4 weeks. If you wish to rush your gallery (within 24 hour delivery), rush fee is $100.
All bookings are through the online booking site. You can select date and time, sign the contract, and pay the retainer via a debit or credit card on the booking site. The remaining balance needs to be paid off on the day of the session.
Except for debit and credit cards (via booking site), Zelle, Venmo, cash, or Alipay are all accepted.