Photographers Editing and Proofreading Services

A couple books a wedding photographer eleven months ahead. They believe they are buying the photographs. What they are actually buying is a day's shooting, a selection made by somebody else, a number of edited images they have not agreed, delivery at a date nobody has stated, and a licence whose terms nobody has read — and every one of those becomes a question the week after the wedding.

We edit what photographers produce — shoot agreements and their deliverables, usage rights and licence explanations for clients, timescale and delivery documentation, selection, editing and retouching scope, album, print and product documentation, wedding day timeline and coverage documentation, cancellation, postponement and illness terms, model and property release documentation, commercial licensing and its terms, and portfolio, social media and client image use permissions. Our editors work on the agreement that says what the client will actually receive.

The deliverables statement is where a photography business either satisfies a client or negotiates after the event, and its failure is a package name. A client who bought "the full day package" cannot tell how many images they get, in what form, or when. We write these so the deliverables are stated as countable things with a date — how many edited images at minimum, at what resolution, delivered how, by which date, and whether unedited files are included at all; so the selection is explained as the photographer's professional judgement with what that means, since a client expecting every frame does not know that a thousand exposures produce eighty photographs and that this is the work rather than a restriction; so the editing scope is stated with what is and is not included, covering colour and exposure work, and the difference between that and retouching a person; so the licence is explained in plain terms — what the client may do, whether printing, social use and giving files to family are permitted, and what the photographer retains — as this is the most misunderstood part of the transaction and the source of most bad feeling; so the photographer's own use of the images is stated with an opt-out, given that a couple who did not expect to be on a website feel exposed; so the timeline for the day is agreed as a document with the moments that must be covered; and so the illness and postponement position is stated honestly, including what happens if the photographer cannot attend. Agreements written this way produce clients who recommend you.

Everything you send is treated in confidence, including agreements, client correspondence and unpublished images. We are editors rather than photographers or copyright advisers, and we offer no view on licensing, rights or deliverables. What we can do is make the agreement say what the client will actually receive.