Frequently Asked Questions

Question - Payments, Deposits, Checks, Credit Cards, & Plans

    Deposits:

    In order to reserve your event date, a non-refundable deposit of $250 is required. This deposit amount is removed from your overall due amount. The remaining balance is due on or before the event in Cash or Cashiers Check.

    Credit Cards:

Credit Cards are only accepted through Paypal.com and a 3% fee will be added to the payment.

    Checks:

Checks must be sent 2 weeks prior to event to allow for bank clearance.

    Payment Plans:

Payment Plans are available upon request. The remaining balance will be divided up over the months prior to event to ensure zero balance before event.

Question - Delivery of Prints & Albums

    All event images are processed and uploaded to an online gallery within two (2) business days following the event. The Online gallery is used for clients family to order prints as well as viewing pleasure. The Online gallery is also used for the clients to choose their favorite photos for their albums and prints that come with their chosen photography package. Album Delivery time approx. 2-4 weeks following approval of layout.

Print Delivery time approx. 1-2 weeks following order.

Question - Unlimited Wedding Day Coverage

    Unlimited Wedding Day Coverage means that the photographer(s) and assistant will arrive 2 hours prior to the scheduled ceremony and will stay until the end of the reception. (12 hours max.)

Question - Additional Hours

   If you choose to ask the staff to stay longer than scheduled there will be an additional charge of $150/hour for each additional hour.

Question - Start and Stop Times:

   The  agreed hourly photo/video rate starts at the notated time on this contract. Literally the clock starts running at the time indicated.  Allowances are made for unusual or catastrophic weather, personal injury, or acts of G-d.  Tardiness is not considered an act of G-d. It is usually an act of man.  In most horrific events G-d has been right on time.

Question - Church, Reception, Catering Hall Rules:

    The photo/video is limited by the guidelines of ceremony official or reception site management. The Bride and

Groom agrees to accept the technical results of their imposition on the photo/videographer. Negotiation with the officials for moderation, changes, adjustments of certain guidelines is responsibility of the Bride and the Photographer Brian Delia - BDelia Photography is to be notified of any changes.

Question - Travel Fees

    BDelia Photography does not charge any fees for events within 50 miles of zip code 07110. We do charge for tolls and parking fees incurred throughout the event day. Weddings/Events beyond 50 miles of zip code 07110 will be charged at $ .50/mile (Subject to change - Gas Prices Pending)

Question - Liability Insurance

    BDelia Photography’s Staff & Equipment are all covered by a liability insurance. A copy of this insurance is available upon request and is usually requested by the banquet hall.

Question - Limits of Liability

    It is further understood that in the unlikely event that the photo/videographer is injured or becomes too ill to capture the event,  

• If the situation should occur and a suitable replacement is not found, responsibility and liability is limited to the return of all payments received for the event package.  

•  BDelia Photography  takes the utmost care and with respect to the delivered product.  However, if the disc/ CD/DVD-ROM / photographs have been lost, stolen, or destroyed for reasons beyond  BDelia Photography control, liability is limited to the return of all payments received for the event package. 

Question - Good Imagery

    In order to ensure that we get good pictures & video,  we sometimes go a little further during the formals since they are an essential part of the program.  We have to take extra step for what we deem necessary to achieve these goals and that requires the Brides cooperation.  

    We may use use different cameras, stands, poses and may do several shots of the same thing because of lighting situation: As in the case when a side or backlit stained glass window might have a lot of green in it and the brides dress being white suddenly looks green..That’s when the most common phrase in photography is used most often...”Just one more!”. The things that can cause a bad or imperfect pictures are;  Blinkers, distractions in the background ( lighting, two bridesmaids fighting, kids messing with the cake, ) which are not initially seen like waiters just pop in; hair, clothes or props in the way and equipment failures, camera, flash, fails to work as expected. At the last count there are 1,243,592 things that can unwillingly occur.  That’s why...”Just one more!”.

    This means you will probably get a few doubles in the CD-ROM and this goes in turn with the size of the wedding, amount in the bridal party and duration of the wedding.  Also we may choose to change equipment to produce a unique photo or artistry at the discretion of the photographer.

    We don’t hide our errors from the client. This has been a long time argument in the industry.  We overshoot so we may cull the errors due to flash, framing, and focusing  (the three F’s of the industry) thus mistakes are also seen and received. This occurrence, is simply due to the laws of of mechanical, human and situational errors that cannot be overcome. Usually 10 percent of most wedding shots are throw outs by an experienced shooter. In most cases 10% waste is considered good.