Investment

Before I cross the rainbow bridge

-FREE-*

A short, intimate and in depth session to honor your pet, who is reaching the end of their time on earth with us.

These sessions include up to 20 images.

Can not be used for any other type of session, if your dog is healthy and has plenty of life, please book in at a later date and/or when their quality of life starts decreasing or is affected.

*Fuel/travel fee will apply if pet/client is more than 20km radius distance from Kinross.

*Extra images are half RRP at $10 each, or purchase the entire gallery for a heavily discounted price.

15 edited images are included in this free session.

How do I know it's time?

Short answer is, pick 5 of their favourite things to do (Eg walks and playing fetch etc) write them down. When he/she can no longer do 3 of those things (including going to toilet), their quality of life has been impacted, this is where Euthanasia is considered, and this is when you book me in.

Below is a snippet from an article from a Veterinarian on how to know when 'that' time should be and how to properly assess their health.

Talk To An Expert......PLEASE BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR LOCAL VETERINARIAN.

The first step is to talk to your vet about your pet’s outlook and pain levels. The vet may not tell you whether he thinks it’s time, but he can give you a clear picture of the animal’s health.

If your pet is sick and you know he won’t get better, focus on how to relieve his pain (or confusion in the case of dementia).

“The suffering of the pet is paramount and should be the first concern"

Put Yourself In His Paws

Think about how your pet feels, their organ systems are a lot like ours. So it’s likely that kidney failure in a dog feels about the same as it would for a person.

But what if signals are mixed?

A pet that has severe arthritis can seem happy and hearty, even if his joints have given out and he can no longer walk. Those are the most devastating decisions to make -- when the pet is still bright and alert, and their organs are fine.

Happiness

Is your dog happy? Does she still enjoy her favourite activities, and can she still perform them? Does your dog still greet you with enthusiasm when you come home? Has your dog shown signs of anxiety and depression, isolating herself from the family? If your dog no longer enjoys her normal activities, consider if you are prolonging her life for your sake, rather than letting her go.

Mobility

Is your dog able to move comfortably? Has she developed severe osteoarthritis or another crippling muscular or skeletal disorder? Are there medications, therapies, or surgeries that can improve your dog’s mobility? If your dog is unable to walk or stand unassisted, consider the toll immobility will take on her mental health, happiness, and hygiene.

More Good Days Than Bad

Does your dog have more good days than bad? Or, have the bad days begun to outnumber the good? Towards the end, you may look for a few moments throughout the bad days to remind you of the good times—a tail wag for a favourite treat, a brief game of gentle fetch, or the devotion of following you from room to room throughout your home.

Questions to ask yourself:

What is the most important thing when considering my pet’s end-of-life treatment?

What are my thoughts about euthanasia?

Would I consider euthanasia if the following were true about my pet:

Feeling pain?

Can no longer urinate and/or defecate?

Starts to experience seizures?

Has become uncontrollably violent or is unsafe to others?

Has stopped eating?

Is no longer acting normally?

Has a condition that will only worsen with time?

Financial limitations prohibit treatment?

Palliative (hospice) care has been exhausted or is not an option?

The veterinary team recommends euthanasia?

The veterinary team recommends euthanasia, but the required symptoms or situations that I listed above are not present?

How do I know when it’s time?”

The following tools may aid you in making the decision to euthanize.

Enlist the help of your veterinarian.

While your veterinarian cannot make the decision for you, it is helpful for him/her to know that you are considering euthanasia.

Remember how your pet looked and behaved prior to the illness. Sometimes changes are gradual, and therefore hard to recognize. Look at photos or videos of your pet from before the illness.

Mark good and bad days on a calendar. (Some may choose to distinguish morning from evening.) This could be as simple as a happy or sad face for good or bad. If the bad days start to outweigh the good, it may be time to discuss euthanasia.

Write a concrete list of three to five things your pet likes to do.

When your pet is no longer able to enjoy these things, it may be time to discuss euthanasia.

Deciding to euthanize your companion animal may be one of the most difficult decisions you ever make. Often, well-loved pets are euthanized to minimize unnecessary suffering. The quality of animals’ lives is defined by their overall physical and mental well-being, not just one aspect of their lives. The chart on the opposite side of this fact sheet attempts to consider all aspects of your pet’s life. It is important to remember that all pets are different. What may be considered a poor quality of life for one may be different for another. Higher numbers on this chart equal a better quality of life. This chart below may help you to better visualize the general well-being of your pet. In some cases, even one item on the left-hand side of the chart (for example: pain) may indicate a poor quality of life, even if many of the other items are still positive. Some items or symptoms on the list may be expected side effects of the treatments that your pet is undergoing. It is important to discuss these symptoms and side effects with your veterinarian.

Extras

Additional images are $20 each, or purchase more than 5 to receive 1 free. So purchase 10 and receive 2 free and so on...

Want the entire album? Please ask me for a heavily discounted quote.

If you desire a location that is more than a 30km radius from Kinross it will incur a fee (TBA)

Glitter, flowers, milk for milk baths etc. will all incur a $30 fee.

Boudoir extras

Why not make it a couples session? Just an extra $30!

Boudoir I feel is limitless with creativity, themed shoots are an extra $100. Some themes I am working on include-Vikings, Harry Potter, Disney and textures (think slime, glitter, honey and liquids)

Got your own theme? Let's get discussing!!

Offers & Discounts

• Refer a friend* and once they book and pay for their session, you receive 10% off your next session or 5 free extra images. *Friend must be a new client.
• Had 5 shoots with me? Well your 6th session is FREE!* Free session is the Short 'n' sweet. *Extra images are not free.

My c-0-v-i-d Conditions

Like the flu, gastro or any other contagious illness that may arise prior to your session with me, we simply reschedule. That goes for both myself, and my clients.

If you have been, or suspect you have been around someone with the C word, please kindly follow the current recommendations on isolation and getting tested. Again, this will apply to myself also.

I do not wear masks to my sessions, but if this is something you'd like, please let me know.

My clients safety and health, is always in my best interest.

I do not discriminate based on your medical status.

Let's be kind and respectful, always!

Ready to Begin?

Photography contract/conditions.

By paying the arranged amount for your session, you are automatically agreeing to the below terms & conditions and SJ Photography's contract.

Photography fees must be paid in full at least 4 days prior to the session date, unless other arrangements have been made.

All RAW/unedited images remain the exclusive property of Sophie Johnstone from SJ Photography and will not, under any circumstance be available to purchase or use.

If the client loses or damages their digital files, SJ Photography will not be held liable for such loss and will not replace lost or damaged files.

It is highly recommended that the client immediately back up their images on an external hard drive or online storage like cloud. 

Images purchased by the client still remain the property of SJ Photography and may not be altered in any way shape or form, including but not limited to adding filters from Instagram, or colour/contrast/cropping changes.

It is illegal to copy or reproduce digital and negative images elsewhere without SJ Photography's permission.

Please note, all images have been retouched using a colour calibrated monitor. Colour changes may occur if images are viewed on non-calibrated monitors. In order for images to meet digital quality when printed, they must be printed

on photographic paper by a professional printing lab. SJ Photography is not liable for the quality of images printed by any imaging lab, both professional and non-professional. 

Once images are complete, I do not take any requests to alter them any further to suit your needs or requirements. I have a certain look and feel and will not change it. No refunds will be given for dissatisfaction with your images.

When selecting your images from the gallery to be edited, please note that the images already edited and shared on SJ Photography's pages, will NOT be included for free , or in addition to your selection*

* Unless you have purchased the whole gallery or, unless you select them as part of your package.

The client shall reimburse SJ Photography for any additional costs the Photographer may incur for travel, parking and other reasonable costs necessary for the performance of these services. 

The client shall assist and cooperate with the Photographer in obtaining the desired photographs. The Photographer shall not be responsible for photos not taken as a result of the clients failure to provide reasonable

assistance or cooperation. 

The client may share image on social media through use of the 'share' function or by using direct links shared by SJ Photography. The client does not have permission to screenshot or copy the images in other fashion. If sharing your completed images, please give credit where credit is due and tag SJ Photography.

If negligence on the clients part or any of the participants that accompany the client to the session cause any damage to equipment, props or the Photographers property, the client will be liable for cost to repair said item/s.

Cancellation or reschedule requirements need to be arranged at least a week prior to your session. Failure to do so will forfeit any monies paid, including the deposit. 

SJ Photography is not responsible if the client is unhappy with their appearance in their photos.

Please be ready 10 minutes prior to your session time, failure to do so will result in a shorter session time.

If the client is responsible for SJ Photography going over the allocated session time limit during the shoot, the client is to be charged $50 for every 20 minutes SJ Photography goes over.

PAYMENT PLANS:

 CLIENT MUST ARRANGE AUTOMATED DIRECT DEBIT FOR  PAYMENT PLANS. LATE PAYMENTS WILL RESULT IN A $10 LATE FEE FOR EVERYDAY IT IS NOT PAID.

 EDITING WILL ALSO BE PAUSED UNTIL IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED.

GALLERIES WILL NOT BE COMPLETED OR DELIVERED UNTIL FINAL PAYMENT HAS BEEN MADE.

CLIENT UNDERSTANDS THAT CANCELLING PAYMENT PLANS WILL RESULT IN A LOSS OF ALL MONIES PAID.

CLIENT UNDERSTANDS THAT CANCELLATION OF THE PAYMENT PLAN WILL RESULT IN ONLY RECEIVING SAID NUMBER OF IMAGES, THAT EQUATE TO THE VALUE OF MONEY PAID TO SOPHIE.JFROM SJ PHOTOGRAPHY, AT THE COST OF $20 PER IMAGE.

(ex: if client has paid half of a $200 payment plan and cancels, they will only receive 5 images on top of the number that are included and specified within that package)

IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE A PAYMENT PLEASE GIVE 24 HOURS NOTICE, PAYMENT EXTENSIONS FOR ONE WEEK WILL INCUR A $5 EXTENSION FEE.

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO MAKE A PAYMENT AND DO NOT MAKE CONTACT WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE PAMENT DUE, THIS WILL RESULT IN A $10 LATE FEE AND A $5 EXTENSION FEE.

GIFT VOUCHERS: NOT REEDEMABLE FOR CASH.NON-REFUNDABLE. NOT VALID WITH ANY OTHER PROMOTIONS OR OFFERS. PLEASE PRESENT YOUR VOUCHER AT THE TIME OF YOUR SESSION. VOUCHER CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER PERSON. NO REPLACEMENT FOR LOSS OF VOUCHER. ANY UNUSED FUNDS WILL NOT BE REFUNDED.

HOWEVER CAN BE USED TOWARDS EXTRA IMAGES OR ANOTHER SESSION. VOUCHERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED PAST THEIR EXPIRY DATE, IF YOU WISH TO EXTEND YOUR VOUCHERS' EXPIRY DATE, THEN IT WILL INCUR A $100 FEE (VOUCHER MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 2 MONTHS PASSED EXPIRY)

PIXIESET GALLERIES: IF THE CLIENT FAILS TO DOWNLOAD THEIR IMAGES BEFORE THE GALLERY EXPIRES, OR DOESN'T SAVE THEIR IMAGES PROPERLY AND LOSES THEM, YOU WILL NEED TO PAY A $20 ADMIN FEE TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE GALLERY AGAIN.

Limitation of Liability

The Photographer's entire liability to the client, above names models/clients or other companions for claim, loss or injury arising from the Photographers' performance or negligence is limited to a refund to the Client in the

amount paid for services. If the Photographer is unable to perform this agreement due to illness, emergency, fire, casualty, strike, act of God or causes beyond the control of the Photographer, the Photographer and Client shall make every attempt to reschedule the session.

If a reschedule is unable to be agreed upon, Photographer shall return the retainer to the client and shall have no further liability. Further, if the Photographer is unable to deliver photographic materials due to technological malfunctions, including but not limited to camera and processing, or otherwise lost or damaged without fault of the Photographer, liability shall be limited. The Photographer reserves the right to cancel this contract for any reason, including conflict of interest.