Trade Portrait Sessions - a portrait session between myself and a person in the modeling/acting/art industry. These sessions are a trade of service between myself and the person/s in the aforementioned fields ONLY and it is at my discretion on who will be accepted for trade sessions which are limited to a select amount per month.

How to schedule a trade session - 

If there is availability for a session, then it is generally required that the person/s booking the session attend a consultation/fitting at least 4 weeks in advance prior to session. This allows for accurate fit of clothing and any accessories required. It will be discussed between myself and the person/s during the consultation of a suitable date, time and location for the portrait session. Some exceptions will be made if someone cannot attend a consultation due to distance but they will be required to supply information such as height, clothing size, shoe size and accurate measurements.

Trade sessions include 10 fully edited images that WILL be watermarked and one vintage themed short video for social media purposes. All person/s will be tagged on social media if images/video are posted unless otherwise discussed beforehand. Images from sessions will be available for the person/s to download full size on the Riley Street Vintage Photography website within 14 business days of session. Vintage video will be available to view on Instagram within an hour of session ending.

All trade sessions will require the person/s to complete and sign a model release form. NO EXCEPTIONS. Un-watermarked images will only be available and released for a fee owing to the photographer. Not all images from a session will be available, only the ten edited, watermarked images will be released.

Riley Street Vintage Photography requests that all person/s scheduled for trade sessions arrive to consultations and sessions in a timely and prompt manner. Excessive and frequent lateness will not be tolerated and any no-shows will not be re-scheduled. If cancellation is required, please give 48 hours notice. Failure to do so will result in no future rescheduling. If weather hinders the on location sessions, it will be at the judgement of RSVP on whether to re schedule and 48 hours notice will be given.

When attending a trade session, for better quality images, please have nails neat clean and groomed and please do not chew gum during sessions. RSVP will instruct on the appropriate foundation garments that will be suitable according to the outfit selection for sessions. If RSVP is supplying jewelry and shoes, these items will be sanitized prior to session. If a session is scheduled with swimwear or dance garments, RSVP will supply suitable hygiene products that MUST be worn with garments of this nature.

While RSVP does allow for person/s to bring a guest to on location sessions, it is a request that for consultations that the person/s attend on their own as the clothing collection is housed in a private residence - RSVP is happy to supply character references upon request. Please ensure your guest at on location sessions do not interrupt the session in any way and cell phone use during sessions is strongly discouraged. Any cell phone photos taken by a guest DURING session will result in session being stopped and cancelled. It is distracting to the photographer so please if asking your guest to take cell photos, to do so before or after session.

Many of the garments in the RSVP collection are old and fragile so please handle with care when trying on/wearing. While I am happy to supply these items for the wearer during RSVP trade sessions, we do not loan out items from the collection at any time or for use with other photographers. A majority of the collection is not for sale so please do not inquire about purchasing.

The goal for trade portrait sessions is for both RSVP and the person/s scheduled to enjoy the process and collaborate together to create some wonderful photographs. Please attend your session with a positive and joyful manner. Any disrespectful behavior to RSVP or any other person/s involved in the session such as stylists/make up artists/hair stylists, will not be tolerated and the session will be cut short and cancelled. Egos are not welcome.

Thank you for reading and please know that RSVP will strive to create a fun and memorable portrait session for you.

Samantha Hughes - Photographer.

Riley Street Vintage Photography

937 477 2192.