QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE…
Frequently Asked Questions
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We always send a couple of sneak peeks within the first week after our time together. Then for adventure sessions full galleries will be delivered between 10 - 14 working weeks. For Elopements, full galleries will be ready within 12 - 16 working weeks. If we have any personal time off planned during your timeline this will be outlined in an updated timeline when we send over your sneak peeks.
Our timeframes are slightly higher than the average photographer as we travel a lot for work and we hand edit each photo with care. Our Videos are delicately pieced together. All of this is in order to tell your story as honestly, authentically and artistically as possible - this takes time but it’ll be worth the wait!
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As we’re based on the Isle of Skye we don’t charge any travel or accommodation fees for Skye based sessions.
Bookings for anywhere off Skye would require a travel, accommodation & dog sitter fee along with VAT.
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Any permits or permissions must be obtained by you. We will not shoot anywhere that has had a permit denied. We will not trespass & we will not break the law.
If a location requires a permit this is your responsibility and we cannot be held liable if you are denied access. We would recommend sticking to locations that do not require a permit which fortunately most of Skye does not require any special permissions.
Any fees incurred anywhere in order to carry out the plan for the day will be your responsibility to cover.
It is your responsibility to reach out to any establishments you may want to visit during our time together to obtain their permission for photographs, this includes but not limited to: Pubs, boat trips, restaurants, coffee shops, any private land.
Likewise, we will not be stepping over ropes into roped off areas - a lot of the hot spots on Skye are now behind ropes (the Quiraing main trail, fairy glen & Old man of Storr) though you may see many photographers preach that they follow the leave no trace principles and yet they shoot in these locations doesn’t make it okay. We know lots of beautiful places on Skye that we can freely go to whilst maintaining a respect for the land.
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Yes! Our gallery host Pic-Time has a beautiful integrated shop where you can purchase your album and any prints!
The Fine Art Albums are really beautiful and we would highly recommend purchasing one of these.
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Nathan will hop on an initial call with you to chat about your plans and answer any questions you may have. We’ll then send you a contract and booking form for you to have a look over.
We take a 50% non-refundable booking fee upon booking and this goes towards all the work we put into your session before it happens - including emails, location scouting, equipment investment, reserving your day and so much more. We then take the remaining 50% 1 month before the session date.
We also offer payment plans - just chat to us about what would work for you and we can make arrangements that are more suited to you!
YOUR DATE IS NOT RESERVED UNTIL THE BOOKING FORM & CONTRACT ARE SIGNED & BOOKING FEE IS PAID.
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There’s a high chance it will rain if your session is taking place in Scotland. So we’ll just embrace it - photos in the rain are always our favourites and it just adds to the adventure!
High winds are where the weather can be dangerous this is why for Elopements we don’t take bookings on the days either side of your elopement so we can have that flexibility to switch up timings if needed. Your elopement vendors should not be leaving their home in when wind gusts are forecast to get up to 70mph+ as insurance and liability is likely no longer covered.
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We don’t specify a number as we don’t view your story as a check box of images. Instead we send each and every image we find truly adds to the story of your day.
To give a rough idea it usually works out at roughly 50 images per hour we’re together.
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No, we treat your photographs & video like valuable art. We would never want to give you something that isn’t the finished product.
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No, we work super hard to bring your day back to life through your video and each artistic and creative decision made throughout the process is in order to truly encapsulate how it felt. We don’t want you to view your video as a project that can be edited but instead as a core memory. Think back to super 8 films and 35mm film.
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No, we’re unable to include your own music choice in your video as legally we must properly licence music. We licence all our music through Musicbed - you are welcome to have a look through their available songs if you wish but we would advise against it as we wouldn’t want you knowing the music to take away from the impact of watching your video and re-living the day! Finding the perfect song / songs for your video is a huge part of our creative process so we just ask you trust us in that!
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If for some reason or another your plans were to change 3 months or more out from the event, we will obviously do everything we can to help you out. We take a 25% rescheduling fee in addition to the total cost and a new date must be agreed upon based on our availability. If you were wanting to cancel with more than three months out - this would incur a 35% cancellation fee on-top of the 50% non-refundable booking fee.
If you were in need of rescheduling in under 3 months until the event date the same 25% additional rescheduling fee would be due for a new date. If you were to cancel all together the full amount would be due upon cancellation.
We are only able to honour one rescheduled date under these conditions, if you were to wish to cancel or reschedule again this would come at a cost of the full booking & a new date would come at 100% of the current pricing.
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I’m so sorry you had to ask! Of course, we are here to love and welcome all! We have created a safe space and want all to feel welcome and loved by us - no matter who you love, how you love, how you dress, how you identify - you are so so welcome here!
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First and foremost - SUITABLE FOOTWEAR is a must. The Scottish Highland is not for heels & dress shoes, consider instead some nice hiking boots, wellies, blundstones, Dr Martens or any sort of boot with a good grip and ideally some level of waterproofness.
For Adventure sessions we’d always recommend wearing something you first and foremost feel incandescently yourselves in.
In terms of matching up outfits with each other and general guidance we’d recommend looking at what the colours of the area are like and sticking to more neutral / complimentary tones. For example browns, blacks, greens & creams always look good pretty much all year round. Creams look especially good in the winter months where the ground is orange and brown (always worth having a backup of a darker colour incase its snowed) and then in summer blues or creams often look beautiful with greenery.
If you’re unsure please feel free to chat to us and we can send over some examples.
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No. And we would heavily advise you to be cautious of these when looking for vendors to work with.
Because of VAT planning services will need to have this cost accounted for which likely means you’re paying a lot more to the planner than paying the vendor directly. Secondly if they’re not VAT registered an all inclusive planning service will likely be what pushes them over the VAT limit and that’s when couples in the past have been scammed by planners.
We also feel it is fundamental YOU build these relationships with the people YOU want to work with on your day — whilst we will help with planning and send over lots of recommendations it is so important you work with a celebrant you feel a connection with or a florist who you vibe with and know they’ll bring your floral visions to life etc!
So please just take this as a note to proceed with caution!
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We fully appreciate we are priced at the higher end of the market. HOWEVER, we are still making less than minimum wage. We know the numbers look big at face value and we know that can come across unjustified when the wider market rate is significantly less.
Those charging significantly less will likely not be paying taxes, not be paying VAT, they may be a hobbyist and not actually making a penny from photography, they may have other sources of income, they may rely on AI or outsourcing for all other elements of the job aside from physically shooting or they may be simply overworking and undercharging.
There is a huge lack of education in the photography world in regards for how photographers should be charging for their work and unfortunately that often leads to photographers just guessing a rate / just undercutting themselves based on someone else’s rate. This means for those of us that know the rate we should be charging prices us so high above the market rate it can come across unjustifiably high.
We are incredibly passionate about actually getting to know those we work with and really dedicate time to giving you the best experience possible. We will not be shooting back to back elopements and most certainly not be shooting 5+ elopements per week.
This isn’t just a job - it’s an art and we can only create art when we’re refreshed and intentional with our time that’s why we only take a maximum of 20 Elopements Per Year.
We wanted to share this in the interest of being transparent as we do know these numbers are high and you deserve to know where your money is going. For us what we actually make from any payment that comes in is 20% - almost 50% goes towards Taxes & VAT and then the remaining 30% goes into the general running costs of the business.