SABRINA MARIE STUDIO – TERMS OF SERVICE
Last Updated: March 1, 2026
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a legally binding agreement between you (“you,” “Client,” “user,” or “customer”) and Sabrina Marie Studio, a business based in Irvine, California (“Sabrina Marie Studio,” “Studio,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).
By accessing or using our website, booking a session, purchasing a product, joining our email list, submitting a form, or otherwise interacting with our services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms.
If you do not agree with these Terms, you must not use this website or purchase any services or products from us.
1. WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THIS COVERS
1.1 Parties.
These Terms govern your use of the Sabrina Marie Studio website, any related pages, and any online services, booking forms, stores, or digital platforms we operate (collectively, the “Site”), as well as your purchase of our services and digital products through the Site.
1.2 Services and Products.
We provide:
Branding and portrait photography sessions and related creative services;
Team shoots and custom photography services;
Branding audits, strategy calls, consulting, and educational services;
Digital products, including but not limited to guides, templates, presets, educational resources, courses, and downloads;
Other offerings described on the Site from time to time (collectively, the “Services” and “Products”).
1.3 Separate Services Agreement.
If you book a photography session, team shoot, branding audit, strategy call, or other custom service, you may be required to sign a separate Photography Services Agreement or similar written Services Agreement. That agreement controls the specific details of your booked service, including but not limited to session scope, fees, retainers, scheduling, emergency rescheduling, rescheduling fees, 60-day completion rules, no-refund policies, safety, usage rights, licensing, image delivery terms, and other service-specific protections.
These Terms apply in addition to, and do not replace, any signed Services Agreement. If there is a direct conflict, the signed Services Agreement for that project will control.
2. ELIGIBILITY AND ACCOUNT USE
2.1 Eligibility.
You must be at least eighteen (18) years old and have legal capacity to enter a binding contract to use the Site, book services, or purchase Products.
2.2 Account Responsibility.
If you create an account on our Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity under your account. You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use.
3. BOOKINGS, SERVICES, AND SCOPE
3.1 Online Booking.
When you book a session or service through the Site, your booking is an offer to purchase Services. We reserve the right to accept or reject any booking at our sole discretion.
3.2 Photography Services Agreement.
All photography services and custom services are governed by the Sabrina Marie Studio Photography Services Agreement or other written Services Agreement signed at the time of booking. That agreement will include details about:
Session fees and retainers;
Scheduling, emergency rescheduling, rescheduling fees, and 60-day completion rules;
No-refund policies;
Usage rights and licensing;
Non-disparagement and other key protections.
Your use of the Site to book a session confirms that you agree to sign and be bound by that Services Agreement.
3.3 No Guarantee You Will Work Directly With Sabrina.
“Photographer” as used on the Site and in our contracts refers to Sabrina Marie Studio and any associate or team photographer, contractor, assistant, or team member engaged by the Studio. We may use associate photographers, assistants, or other team members to perform Services. While Sabrina often shoots personally, we do not guarantee that Sabrina will be the individual photographer or service provider for your session unless explicitly promised in writing.
3.4 Emergency Rescheduling Policy.
Unless otherwise stated in a signed Services Agreement, Client may reschedule one time only due to a genuine emergency, subject to Sabrina Marie Studio’s written approval and current availability. Any approved reschedule will incur a rescheduling fee of four hundred ninety-seven dollars ($497), which must be paid before a new date will be confirmed. All rescheduled services must be rebooked and completed within sixty (60) calendar days of the original session date. If Client does not reschedule and complete the service within that sixty (60) day period, or requests an additional reschedule, the service will be deemed canceled by Client, all amounts previously paid will be forfeited, and Sabrina Marie Studio will have no further obligation to perform the Services.
4. DIGITAL PRODUCTS, COURSES, AND DOWNLOADS
4.1 Definition of Digital Products.
“Digital Products” include, without limitation:
Downloadable guides, e-books, and checklists;
Caption banks, content prompts, and marketing templates;
Brand, website, or social media templates;
Courses, trainings, workshops, pre-recorded videos;
Any other digital offering described on the Site.
4.2 License to You (Digital Products).
When you purchase a Digital Product, you are purchasing a limited license to use it, not ownership of the underlying intellectual property. Subject to full payment, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to:
Use the product for your own business or personal brand;
Make reasonable edits for your own use, including adding your text, colors, and logo;
Print or save copies for your internal use.
You may not:
Resell, redistribute, give away, or share the Product files with others;
Use the Product, or a modified version of it, to create a competing template shop, course, or digital product;
Claim the Product as your own original work;
Upload or share the raw file in any shared marketplace, membership, or template club.
4.3 No Legal, Financial, Medical, or Professional Advice.
Digital Products, emails, blog posts, strategy content, educational materials, and any other information provided by Sabrina Marie Studio are for general education, inspiration, and creative guidance only. We are not acting as your lawyer, accountant, doctor, therapist, financial advisor, tax advisor, or other licensed professional. Nothing on the Site or in our Products or Services should be taken as legal, medical, financial, tax, or other regulated professional advice. You are responsible for consulting appropriate professionals before relying on any information for your specific situation.
5. PAYMENTS, NO REFUNDS, AND CHARGEBACKS
5.1 Payment Authorization.
By providing a payment method, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to use that method and that all information provided is current and accurate. You authorize us and our payment processor to charge the full purchase amount, plus any applicable taxes or fees.
5.2 All Sales Final – No Refunds.
Unless we clearly state otherwise in writing for a specific offer, all payments are non-refundable, including payments for:
Photography retainers, session fees, and add-ons;
Team shoots and custom services;
Branding audits, strategy calls, consulting, and advisory services;
Digital Products, downloads, templates, courses, and educational materials;
Payment plans and partial payments;
Services or Products you choose not to use, complete, or schedule.
Once access to a Digital Product is delivered, or a service is booked, started, or reserved, there are no refunds, credits, or cancellations unless expressly stated otherwise in writing.
5.3 Payment Plans.
If a payment plan is offered and you choose it:
You agree to complete all payments on schedule;
Missing or late payments may result in late fees, suspension of access, or delayed delivery;
Failure to complete your payment plan does not cancel your payment obligation;
Any unpaid amount may be sent to collections or pursued through lawful recovery methods.
5.4 No Chargebacks.
You agree not to initiate a chargeback or payment dispute with your bank or card issuer for any amounts properly charged under these Terms or any signed Services Agreement.
If you do initiate a chargeback or dispute:
We may immediately revoke your access to all Products, galleries, and Services;
We may submit these Terms, any signed agreement, invoices, communications, and proof of purchase or performance to dispute the chargeback;
We reserve the right to pursue any remedies available, including recovery of the original amount, chargeback fees, collections costs, and attorney’s fees where permitted by law.
6. PROMOTIONS, DISCOUNTS, AND PRICING
6.1 Promotions and Special Offers.
From time to time, we may offer promotions, discounts, bonuses, early-bird pricing, or special codes. All promotions:
Are offered at our sole discretion;
May be targeted to specific clients, lists, or groups;
May change or end at any time without notice.
6.2 No Retroactive Discounts.
Promotions and discounts do not apply retroactively to prior purchases unless we explicitly state otherwise in writing.
6.3 Pricing Changes.
We reserve the right to change our pricing at any time. Price changes will not affect orders already accepted and paid according to the terms in effect at the time of purchase.
7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND IMAGE RIGHTS
7.1 Ownership.
All content on the Site and all Products and Services provided by Sabrina Marie Studio, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, videos, course materials, templates, downloads, branding, and design elements, are owned by or licensed to Sabrina Marie Studio and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws.
7.2 No Unauthorized Use.
You may not copy, reproduce, republish, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, sell, or exploit any Site content, Product, or Service material without our prior written permission, except as expressly allowed under these Terms or a signed Services Agreement.
7.3 Ownership of Session Images.
Unless you have purchased a separate Exclusive Rights Buyout in a signed addendum and paid the associated fee, Sabrina Marie Studio retains all copyrights and ownership in the images created during a session, as further described in your signed Services Agreement.
7.4 Client License to Use Images.
The license granted to you for any session images is described in your signed Services Agreement. Unless otherwise stated there, after full payment you generally receive a non-exclusive license to use your images to promote your own brand or business. You may not sell, transfer, sublicense, or grant ownership or ongoing licensing rights in those images to any third party without our written consent.
7.5 Editing, Filters, and Templates.
Unless your signed Services Agreement says otherwise, you may crop, resize, and overlay text, logos, and brand colors, and you may use your images inside your own templates or marketing materials. If you apply heavy or extreme edits that significantly change the look or feel of the image, including intense color shifts, AI edits, or heavy retouching, we may require public credit language such as:
“Photo by Sabrina Marie Studio; edited by [Your Brand Name].”
You agree not to edit images in a way that is hateful, harassing, vulgar, discriminatory, misleading, degrading, defamatory, or reasonably likely to reflect poorly on our work or reputation.
7.6 Press, PR, Magazines, and Blogs.
If you submit images from your session to press, magazines, blogs, or any PR outlet:
You may do so only for editorial features about you or your business;
You must request visible credit such as “Photo by Sabrina Marie Studio” wherever credits are listed;
You may not transfer, sign over, or license our copyright or ongoing rights to any publication;
Any extended or commercial use by a third party beyond editorial coverage of you requires our prior written consent and may require a separate license fee.
8. USER CONTENT, TESTIMONIALS, AND REVIEWS
8.1 User Submissions.
If you share testimonials, comments, DMs, emails, reviews, photos, videos, or tag us in posts, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, display, and share that content, including your name, handle, likeness, and business name if visible, in our marketing, on the Site, or in promotional materials, unless you explicitly tell us in writing not to.
8.2 Non-Confidential Communications.
General feedback, comments, and messages sent through the Site are not confidential and may be viewed by team members and contractors working with us. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal data.
8.3 Non-Disparagement.
Honest reviews and direct feedback are welcome. However, you agree not to make or encourage any knowingly false, misleading, or defamatory statements, online or offline, about Sabrina Marie Studio, our team, or our business practices. If we reasonably believe false or defamatory statements are being made that harm our reputation, we reserve the right to pursue appropriate legal remedies.
9. PROHIBITED USES
You agree not to use the Site or any Services:
For any unlawful purpose;
To harass, abuse, defame, stalk, threaten, or otherwise harm others;
To upload or transmit any virus, malware, or malicious code;
To scrape, crawl, or data-mine the Site without our consent;
To reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble any part of the Site;
To infringe upon or violate our intellectual property rights or those of others;
To impersonate any person or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
To interfere with or bypass any security or access controls on the Site.
We may suspend or terminate your access for any violation of these Terms.
10. AUTOMATION, AI, AND TECHNOLOGY DISCLAIMERS
We may use automated tools, AI-powered chat, scheduling software, third-party booking systems, payment processors, or other platforms to operate parts of our Site, process bookings, and deliver Products or Services.
These tools are provided for convenience and may occasionally produce errors, delays, incomplete results, or outages.
We do not guarantee that any automated or AI-generated suggestions, copy, responses, outputs, or recommendations are complete, accurate, error-free, or tailored to your specific circumstances.
You are responsible for reviewing and using your own judgment before relying on any automated content or recommendations.
11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND NO GUARANTEED RESULTS
The Site, all content, Services, and Products are provided on an “as-is” and “as-available” basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sabrina Marie Studio disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to:
Warranties of merchantability;
Fitness for a particular purpose;
Non-infringement;
Accuracy, completeness, availability, reliability, or usefulness of information.
We do not guarantee that:
The Site will be uninterrupted, secure, available, or error-free;
Any defects will be corrected;
Any specific results, outcomes, or success will be achieved through your use of our Site, Services, or Products.
Sabrina Marie Studio does not guarantee any specific financial, business, marketing, branding, aesthetic, personal, or other result from any service or product, including but not limited to photography sessions, team shoots, branding audits, strategy calls, consulting, digital products, educational content, recommendations, website feedback, or creative direction.
You understand and agree that results vary based on many factors outside Sabrina Marie Studio’s control, including your participation, implementation, business model, audience, offer, market conditions, timing, styling, preparation, preferences, subjective taste, and other external variables.
11.1 Creative Services and Subjective Preference Disclaimer.
You understand that Sabrina Marie Studio provides creative, strategic, and artistic services that involve professional judgment, artistic style, and subjective interpretation. Dissatisfaction based on personal taste or subjective preference, including but not limited to opinions regarding styling, posing, expression, appearance, editing style, visual direction, brand perception, or hoped-for business impact, does not constitute a failure to perform where the Services were delivered substantially consistent with Sabrina Marie Studio’s portfolio, brand standards, and agreed scope.
11.2 Strategy, Audit, and Advisory Disclaimer.
Any branding audit, strategy call, consultation, recommendation, feedback, educational material, advisory service, or business suggestion provided by Sabrina Marie Studio is offered as professional creative opinion and general business guidance only. You remain solely responsible for deciding whether and how to implement any recommendation. Sabrina Marie Studio is not responsible for your decisions, implementation, actions, omissions, business performance, revenue, leads, bookings, engagement, conversions, followers, sales, or other outcomes following any audit, strategy session, or advisory service.
12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
To the fullest extent permitted by law:
Our total liability for any claim arising out of or related to your use of the Site, Services, or Products shall not exceed the amount you actually paid to Sabrina Marie Studio for the specific Service or Product giving rise to the claim.
We will not be liable for any indirect, consequential, special, incidental, exemplary, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost business, loss of revenue, loss of opportunity, loss of goodwill, or loss of data, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations of liability. Where prohibited, these limitations will apply only to the extent legally permitted.
13. INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Sabrina Marie Studio and its owners, employees, contractors, agents, photographers, assistants, and team members from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, arising out of or related to:
Your use or misuse of the Site, Services, or Products;
Your breach of these Terms or any signed Services Agreement;
Your violation of any law or third-party rights;
Your misuse of any images, templates, or licensed content;
Your decisions, actions, or implementation following any strategy, audit, consulting, or advisory service provided by us.
14. RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE AND TERMINATION
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to refuse, suspend, or terminate Services or access to the Site to any person or entity, at any time, for any reason, including but not limited to:
Abusive, disrespectful, unsafe, dishonest, or harassing behavior;
Repeated failure to follow policies or deadlines;
Nonpayment or chargebacks;
Actions that harm or threaten our staff, reputation, or business;
Conduct incompatible with our business policies or values.
Termination does not relieve you of your obligation to pay any amounts due, nor does it entitle you to any refund.
15. GOVERNING LAW, VENUE, AND DISPUTES
15.1 Governing Law.
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law rules.
15.2 Venue.
Any dispute, claim, or legal action arising out of or related to these Terms, the Site, or any Services or Products shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Orange County, California. You consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
15.3 Good Faith Resolution First.
Before filing any formal claim, you agree to first contact us in writing and allow a reasonable period to try to resolve the issue informally.
15.4 Attorney’s Fees.
In any dispute, claim, or legal action arising out of or related to these Terms, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses to the fullest extent permitted by law.
16. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS
We may update or modify these Terms at any time. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of the Site or any Services after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms. If you do not agree with any changes, you must stop using the Site and Services.
17. BUSINESS HOURS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
17.1 Business Hours.
Our standard business hours for communication are Tuesday through Thursday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Pacific Time.
Sessions, shoots, travel, or delivery work may occur outside those hours, but emails and messages are generally answered during business hours.
17.2 Contact.
For questions about these Terms, you may contact us at:
Sabrina Marie Studio
Irvine, California
Email: hello@sabrinamariestudio.com