TERMS and conditions

IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE OR PURCHASING PRODUCT AND/OR SERVICES!

Please read these Terms of Use (“Terms”) carefully. The following is a legal agreement between you (“user”) and Chrissy René Studios (defined below), which governs your use of Products (defined below) obtained by purchase through this website at www.chrissyrenestudios.com, or any related domains or subdomains (the “Site”). In these Terms, use of the words “you”, and “your” refer to each individual user who may interact with this site, and “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Chrissy René Studios, doing business as Chrissy René Studios. “Products” referred to by these Terms include but are not limited to: contract forms, templates, communications, workshops, and any other documents provided for paid purchase or for which you supply personal information in exchange, including free downloaded material or other information available through the Site, obtained from Chrissy René Studios. All such Products are the intellectual property of and are owned by Chrissy René Studios.

By purchasing any Product or services, you agree to be bound by these Terms, without any other conditions or declarations. If at any time you do not agree with these Terms or find them otherwise unacceptable, please discontinue use of chrissyrenestudios.com immediately. Understand that by using the Site, any Products, services or applications for which you tender payment or otherwise obtain through the Site, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and are otherwise legally able to enter into a valid contract.

WHAT WE DO

Chrissy René Studios is a resource through which you may obtain Portrait Photography.

Chrissy René Studios permits you to control management of your personal information and invites you to read the complete statement of its current Privacy Policy available here PRIVACY POLICY which is incorporated herein by reference. Chrissy René Studios will only collect and otherwise access information you voluntarily provide via email or through other direct contact initiated by you. Chrissy René Studios will not sell or otherwise distribute this information any other individual or entity, except its duly authorized agents, contractors, and other third parties that assist it in its business operations. Chrissy René Studios is the sole manager of such information collected on the Site. Chrissy René Studios will use such information to respond to you as necessary. You grant Chrissy René Studios a worldwide, royalty-free, nonexclusive license to use, distribute, reproduce, modify, publish and translate this personal information solely as necessary to fulfill your request(s) or to enable your use of a particular Product or service, such as for shipping of Products.

AFFILIATE LINKS

Links on the Site may be affiliate links controlled by parties other than Chrissy René Studios to help support the maintenance of the Site. Chrissy René Studios does not assume responsibility for or endorse any contents, products, services or use of any of these affiliate Site and makes no guarantees as to the quality or content of the same. You acknowledge that you bear all associated risks regarding access to and use of affiliate links and release Chrissy René Studios from any loss or damage incurred from dealing with such affiliate.

STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

Stock photography may be used on the Chrissy René Studios Site – all images are being used under license through the company providing the stock images.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENSE

Chrissy René Studios owns all intellectual property rights in (a) all text, logo, images, headers, trademarks, service marks, design elements, and all other protected elements on the Site (except those licensed from others); (b) any Products and portions therefore; (c) all things otherwise provided to you as a part of Chrissy René Studios services, and; (d) any other intellectual property rights afforded to Chrissy René Studios, either through state or federal registration or as otherwise available at common law (“Intellectual Property”). Except as stated below, Chrissy René Studios does not grant you any rights to any Intellectual Property contained within the Products or as may be available to you generally through the Site.

You agree not to make unauthorized use of or otherwise infringe upon Chrissy René Studios’ Intellectual Property in anyway, and understand that it is your responsibility to ensure you refrain from doing so. Chrissy René Studios will take whatever legal action is necessary to protect its Intellectual Property in the event of such infringement and asks that you carefully manage your use of the Products, and any other downloaded materials or services to ensure compliance with these Terms.

So long as you comply with this Terms of Use, Chrissy René Studios grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download, view, copy and print the digital prints, wall portraits, folio box, graphic design/marketing templates you purchase solely for your personal use with respect to your photography clients or similar business use, and which is not to include any reproduction, copying, or any other use of the

Products or free downloadable material for resale or distribution (“Permitted Use”), provided that you:

(1) abide by all copyright protections afforded to the Products, both as formally registered

with the U.S. Copyright Office and as otherwise provided by law;

(2) abide by all trademark protections afforded to the Products, both as formally registered with the U.S.

Patent and Trademark Office, a state trademark authority, or as otherwise provided by common law;

(3) do not use the Products or otherwise offer them on any other website, through a networked computer environment,

or otherwise offer them for distribution or sale or in any manner inconsistent with Permitted Use as provided by these Terms; and

(4) do not modify the Products in any way beyond edits and completions necessary to complete template forms and other Products consistent with Permitted Use provided by these Terms. Such permission to modify Products consistent with

Permitted Use in no way expands the limited license provided herein, nor does grant you intellectual property

ownership in, or provide a general right to modification of, the Products.

Please remember that it is your responsibility to download the Product immediately and securely back up all purchases. Chrissy René Studios is not liable for any loss or damage to Products that occur after download or any customer’s inadvertent or mistaken download of a Product or free download such customer did not intend to purchase or download, and Chrissy René Studios will not reimburse you for such downloads. Chrissy René Studios will, at your request, apply a one-time only $25 re-download fee if you request a new download link after a prior purchase, having otherwise misplaced the download link originally supplied by Chrissy René Studios.

CONTACT

By using the Site and entering personal information, you give Chrissy René Studios permission to contact you via email, telephone, and by any other method for which you include contact information to provide you with information regarding specials, new Products and services or changes to the terms of the privacy policy, this includes automatic enrollment into Chrissy René Studios’ newsletter. Should you prefer not to be contacted by e-mail, please let Chrissy René Studios know by emailing us at Hello@ChrissyReneStudios.com and we will kindly refrain from doing so.

RETURN/REFUND POLICY

You acknowledge that all Products, services, retainers, pre-payments, payment plans, deposits, and materials are non-refundable and not returnable, under any circumstances. All sales are final.

SESSION AGREEMENT & TERMS AND CONDITIONS

(1.) All sessions and services will take place at Chrissy René Studios located at 704 David Curry Dr., Round Rock, TX 78664 unless otherwise stipulated and agreed upon.

(2.) The client understands and agrees that they are retaining services from Chrissy René Studios. The retainer is non-refundable and holds the Client’s date and time. The Photographer will not advertise that date and time as available nor will the Photographer book that date and time for any other entity.

(3.) Reschedules: The Client may have one (1) reschedule if they cannot make their scheduled date and time. The Client understands and agrees that they must give a 7 day advanced notice of session rescheduling or must pay a $150 reschedule fee.

(4.) Cancellations: A Client may cancel their session at anytime. Cancellations forfeit the retainer fee paid to book their session. The Client agrees and understands that due to the nature of photography last minute cancellations can cause detrimental harm to a business and wages of employees therefore last minute cancellations, any cancellation of a session 7 days prior to session date will result in a $250 cancellation fee.

(5.) Reschedule by Photographer: Chrissy René Studios will only reschedule a session if the Photographer is not able to perform the session due to an act of God, a catastrophic event, inclement weather in the opinion of the photographer, equipment malfunction and/or failure. In the event that the Photographer must reschedule the Client will be contacted promptly and the session will be rescheduled for a time that is of mutual benefit of the Photographer and the Client and client will receive a $25o voucher towards product purchase.

(6.) Cancellation by Photographer: If the Photographer is unable to reschedule or conduct the session, the Client will be refunded the full amount paid.

(7.) Failure/Malfunction of Equipment: The Client understands and agrees that due to the nature pf photographic equipment there can be failures and malfunctions. If there is failure or malfunction of any device; camera, lighting, data drives and processors, that prohibit the ability of the Photographer to conduct the shoot or photographic data is lost due to malfunction or failure, the Photographer will offer the Client a reshoot along with a $250 voucher towards product purchase. The Client understands and agrees to hold the Photographer harmless from equipment failure beyond the control of the photographer.

(8.) Client is under no obligation to purchase images, but understands that packages start at $699. If the client elects to do a payment plan, the Client understands and agrees that no product will be released to the Client until payment is made in full.

Copyrights: All images are copyright by photographer, Christine René DePauw. It is illegal and unlawful to scan, copy, or reproduce Chrissy René DePauw’s work, in any manner or medium. This includes taking screenshots, saving from web, blog, social media, etc…. As an artist, Chrissy DePauw wishes to have complete control over the final look of her photographic works of art and will protect copyrighted images. Copyright protection includes protection from altering original works of art by cropping, editing, applying filters, scanning, screenshooting, and any other altering actions that distort and devalue image quality thus harming photographer’s creative works and reputation.

NO WARRANTIES

PRODUCTS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS”. Chrissy René Studios OFFERS NO WARRANTY, EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED, REGARDING ANY FORMS OR TEMPLATES, THE ACCURACY OF ANY INFORMATION, OR ANY RIGHTS OR LICENSES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. OBTAINING MATERIALS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SITE IS DONE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Chrissy René Studios MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SITE, PRODUCTS OR MATERIALS WILL BE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE IN ALL INSTANCES.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, Chrissy René Studios SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR ANY GENERAL, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES, COSTS OR LOSSES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE, MATERIALS OR PRODUCTS, INCLUDING ATTORNEY’S FEES AND RELATED EXPENSES OF LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION.

EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED AS LAW, TO THE EXTENT THERE IS LIABILITY FOUND AS TO Chrissy René Studios, SUCH RECOVERY IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR MATERIALS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES.

GOVERNING LAW; VENUE

These Terms shall be construed in accordance with, and governed in all respects by, the laws of the State of Texas. Any dispute between the parties concerning this Agreement shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and/or federal courts for Round Rock, TX in Williamson County, TX. Chrissy René Studios reserves the right to change or modify these Terms at any time without notice to You. Again, it is your responsibility to review these Terms prior to use and periodically throughout your use of Chrissy René Studios’ Products, Materials and Services.

Any questions regarding the above Terms may be directed to:

Hello@ChrissyReneStudios.com

Or mail to:

Chrissy René Studios

704 David Curry Dr.

Round Rock, TX 78664

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