Terms of Service
Last Updated: September 16, 2026
Welcome to Heslep Film & Photo. These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Heslep Film & Photo website and any features, forms, content, or services made available through it.
By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the website.
1. About Heslep Film & Photo
Heslep Film & Photo provides photography, videography, and related creative services.
This website is intended to provide information about our work and services, display portfolio content, and allow prospective clients and others to contact Heslep Film & Photo.
Submitting an inquiry through this website does not create a client relationship, guarantee availability, reserve a date, or constitute a binding agreement for photography, videography, or other services.
A booking is not confirmed unless and until any required agreement has been signed and any required retainer or payment has been received in accordance with that agreement.
2. Website Use
You may use this website for lawful personal and informational purposes.
You agree not to use the website in a manner that could damage, disable, interfere with, or impair the website or its operation; attempt to gain unauthorized access to any website system, account, server, or network; submit false, fraudulent, misleading, abusive, or unlawful information; use automated systems to scrape, copy, harvest, or extract website content without permission; introduce malicious software, code, or other harmful material; or use the website or its content in violation of applicable law.
Heslep Film & Photo reserves the right to restrict or terminate access to the website when reasonably necessary to protect the website, its users, its content, or its systems.
3. Inquiries and Contact Forms
The website may allow you to submit an inquiry regarding photography, videography, availability, pricing, or other services.
Information submitted through an inquiry form may include information such as your name, email address, telephone number, event date, event location, type of service requested, and information you voluntarily include in your message.
Submitting an inquiry does not obligate you to purchase services and does not obligate Heslep Film & Photo to accept a project.
Availability, pricing, deliverables, travel requirements, payment schedules, cancellation provisions, turnaround times, licensing rights, and other project-specific terms will be established separately when applicable.
4. Client Agreements
These website Terms are separate from any photography, videography, or other service agreement entered into between you and Heslep Film & Photo.
If you become a client, your signed service agreement or contract will govern the specific services being provided.
If a provision of these website Terms conflicts with a provision of a signed client agreement concerning the services covered by that agreement, the signed client agreement will control with respect to those services.
5. Pricing and Availability
Any prices, packages, descriptions, or other service information displayed on this website are provided for general informational purposes unless expressly stated otherwise.
Pricing and availability may change without notice.
Displaying a particular date, service, package, or price on the website does not guarantee that the service or date remains available.
A date is not reserved merely because an inquiry has been submitted or a conversation regarding the date has occurred.
6. Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, the photographs, videos, films, graphics, logos, text, website design elements, and other original content displayed on this website are owned by or licensed to Heslep Film & Photo and are protected by applicable copyright and intellectual-property laws.
Website visitors may view this content for personal, noncommercial purposes.
You may not reproduce, download for redistribution, republish, sell, license, modify, distribute, publicly display, commercially exploit, or otherwise use protected website content without authorization from Heslep Film & Photo or the applicable rights holder.
The presence of photographs or video on this website does not grant a license to use that material.
7. Portfolio Content
This website may display photographs, films, videos, and other work created in connection with previous projects.
Rights concerning individual client projects may also be governed by the applicable client agreement, model release, license, or other written agreement.
Nothing in these Terms expands or reduces rights granted under a separate written agreement.
8. Third-Party Services
This website may use or link to third-party platforms and services for functions such as website hosting, video hosting, payment processing, forms, analytics, email, messaging, social media, galleries, or other website functionality.
Heslep Film & Photo does not control the availability, security practices, privacy practices, content, or terms of independent third-party services.
Your use of a third-party service may be subject to that provider's own terms and privacy policies.
Links to third-party websites or services are provided for convenience and do not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the third party or its content.
9. SMS Messaging and Notifications
Heslep Film & Photo may use SMS technology as part of its website and administrative systems.
Current SMS Program
The current SMS functionality associated with this website is used for private administrative notifications to the website owner.
For example, when an inquiry is submitted through the website, the website's systems may generate an SMS notification informing the website owner that a new inquiry has been received.
Website visitors and prospective clients are not enrolled in an SMS marketing program merely by submitting an inquiry form.
The current administrative SMS system is not intended to send marketing or promotional SMS messages to website visitors or customers.
Consent
The recipient of the current administrative SMS notifications is the website owner, who has expressly configured and consented to receive these notifications at the designated mobile telephone number.
No other individual is intended to be enrolled in this administrative SMS notification system.
If Heslep Film & Photo introduces customer-facing SMS functionality in the future, any required consent mechanism and applicable disclosures will be provided before enrollment.
SMS consent will not be treated as a condition of purchasing unrelated photography or videography services unless expressly permitted by applicable law.
Message Frequency
Message frequency varies based on website activity and administrative events.
The administrative recipient may receive a message when an event configured to generate a notification occurs, such as the submission of a new website inquiry.
Message and Data Charges
Message and data rates may apply.
Charges, if any, are determined by the recipient's wireless carrier and mobile service plan.
Opting Out
To stop receiving SMS messages, reply STOP.
Where supported by the messaging system and carrier, STOP and other recognized opt-out keywords may prevent further messages from being delivered to that mobile number.
Help
For assistance with SMS messaging, reply HELP or contact Heslep Film & Photo using the contact information provided on this website.
Carrier Disclaimer
Carriers are not liable for any delayed or undelivered messages.
Wireless carriers do not guarantee message delivery. SMS messages may be delayed, blocked, filtered, or undelivered because of network conditions, carrier policies, device configuration, service interruptions, or other circumstances outside the control of Heslep Film & Photo.
Changes to SMS Services
Heslep Film & Photo may modify, suspend, or discontinue SMS functionality at any time.
If customer-facing or recurring messaging programs are introduced in the future, additional terms, consent mechanisms, or disclosures may apply.
10. Privacy
Your use of this website is also subject to the Heslep Film & Photo Privacy Policy.
The Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through the website and how that information may be used.
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SMS-related mobile information and messaging consent are handled as described in the Privacy Policy.
11. Communications
If you contact Heslep Film & Photo through the website, email, telephone, social media, or another communication method, you authorize Heslep Film & Photo to respond to that communication using a reasonable method associated with your inquiry.
Providing contact information for purposes of an inquiry does not, by itself, constitute consent to receive unrelated SMS marketing communications.
12. Accuracy of Website Information
Heslep Film & Photo makes reasonable efforts to maintain accurate information on this website but does not guarantee that all website content will always be complete, current, or error-free.
Information may occasionally contain typographical errors, outdated information, technical inaccuracies, or other errors.
Heslep Film & Photo may update or correct website content at any time without notice.
13. Website Availability
Heslep Film & Photo does not guarantee that the website or any particular website feature will always be available, uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
The website may occasionally become unavailable because of maintenance, software changes, hosting issues, network outages, third-party service interruptions, security concerns, or circumstances outside our control.
14. Disclaimer of Warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, this website and its content are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis.
Heslep Film & Photo makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the operation, availability, accuracy, reliability, or suitability of the website except where such warranties cannot legally be excluded.
Nothing in this section modifies warranties, obligations, or representations expressly provided in a separately executed client agreement.
15. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Heslep Film & Photo will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages arising solely from your access to or use of, or inability to access or use, this website.
This limitation applies only to the extent permitted by applicable law and does not limit obligations expressly assumed under a separate signed client agreement.
16. Indemnification
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Heslep Film & Photo from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses arising from your unlawful misuse of this website, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of another person's rights through your use of the website.
17. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Alabama, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, disputes relating solely to use of this website will be subject to the jurisdiction of courts of competent jurisdiction in Alabama.
Any dispute arising from a separately executed client agreement will instead be governed by the dispute-resolution and governing-law provisions, if any, contained in that agreement.
18. Changes to These Terms
Heslep Film & Photo may update these Terms periodically to reflect changes to the website, services, technology, business practices, or applicable requirements.
When these Terms are updated, the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page will be revised.
Your continued use of the website after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
19. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
20. Entire Website Agreement
These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the general terms governing use of this website.
They do not replace or supersede a separately signed photography, videography, licensing, or other client agreement except where such an agreement expressly provides otherwise.
21. Contact
Questions regarding these Terms or the website may be directed to:
Heslep Film & Photo
Birmingham, Alabama
Email: heslepphotography@gmail.com
Website: heslepfilmandphoto.com