Photography Release Agreement

This Release is between the Client and Photographer for the photographic session .
The Client authorizes the Photographer, and/or any assignees and licensees, to use and to create images, and any reproduction of them in any form in any media whatsoever, for promotional materials, online marketing, and other areas of marketability. The Client further authorizes the distribution of photographs to potential clients of the Photographer for demonstration purposes, and authorizes the inclusion of such images in a Photographer portfolio. The Client agrees and understands that the photos will be taken digitally.
The Client further acknowledges that the Client will not be compensated, either now or at any time in the future, for any use of the photographs. The Client acknowledges and agrees that the Photographer shall have the exclusive, perpetual, and irrevocable right to take, use, re-use, publish, and republish photographic materials which contain the Client’s image.
The Client hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Photographer may modify, change, or alter such images without restriction.
The Client hereby acknowledges and agrees that the photographs created by the Photographer shall become and remain the exclusive property of the Photographer, and that the Client retains no rights to said photographs unless specified particularly in this Release.
The Client, also hereby waives all rights and claims and releases the Photographer from any claim or cause of action, whether now known or unknown, relating to the sale, display, assignment, license, and use, of any kind whatsoever, of the photos. The Client hereby covenants and agrees that the Client shall not bring any action or proceeding or maintain a complaint against the Photographer in any court of law, state or local, or before any administrative body, related in any way whatsoever, to the use of the photographs.
The Client also consents to the use of the Client’s own name or any fictitious name, which may be chosen in connection with the aforesaid photographs. The Client hereby releases any and all claims whatsoever in connection with the use of the Client’s photographs and name and the reproduction thereof as aforesaid. The Client hereby waives any right that the Client may have to inspect and/or approve the photographs or any advertising copy that may be used in connection therewith or the use to which it may be applied.