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Terms for creative direction, photography, production, licensing, and related services.
Last updated: 10 September 2026
These terms apply to creative direction, photography, campaign production, content-system consulting, licensing, retainers, and related services supplied by Hubert Philipp Halfmann (“Phil Halfmann”). A signed proposal, statement of work, estimate, licensing schedule, or written confirmation forms part of the agreement and prevails if it contains more specific terms.
A project is booked only after written acceptance of the proposal and payment of any required deposit or retainer. Dates remain provisional until booking is confirmed. Estimates are based on the scope, assumptions, deliverables, usage, schedule, locations, and personnel stated in the proposal.
Work outside the agreed scope—including extra deliverables, additional shoot days, new locations, expedited schedules, extra revision rounds, or broader licensing—may require a revised fee and timeline. Changes are confirmed in writing before the additional work proceeds where practicable.
Paid-media planning, asset adaptation, trafficking, management, or spend is excluded unless it is expressly included in the applicable proposal, usage schedule, or selected partnership. Where included, the proposal defines the channels, deliverables, management scope, media budget, and usage rights.
The client must provide timely approvals, accurate information, access, products, brand materials, talent permissions, and any rights or clearances allocated to the client in the proposal. Delays or incomplete inputs may affect the schedule and cost.
Fees, deposits, reimbursable expenses, tax, and payment milestones are stated in the proposal or invoice. Unless otherwise agreed, invoices are due on the stated due date. Late payment may pause work or delivery and may attract statutory interest and recovery costs.
Because production time and third-party resources are reserved in advance, cancellation or postponement may incur fees for work completed, committed costs, non-refundable third-party expenses, and reserved time. The applicable proposal may specify a cancellation schedule.
The client must review deliverables promptly and provide one consolidated set of feedback per agreed review round. Deliverables are treated as accepted when approved in writing, used publicly, or not rejected with specific reasons within the agreed review period.
Copyright and all rights not expressly licensed remain with the creator or relevant rights holder. The client receives only the usage rights set out in the proposal or licensing schedule, subject to full payment. Usage outside the agreed media, territory, term, placement, format, or purpose requires written approval and may require an additional fee.
Talent, music, locations, artwork, fonts, trademarks, and other third-party materials may have separate restrictions. Each party is responsible for the permissions allocated to it in the proposal. Credits must be provided where agreed or customary, subject to platform constraints.
Unless confidentiality or a written restriction applies, completed public work may be displayed in portfolios, case studies, social channels, awards, talks, and self-promotional materials after the client’s public launch.
Non-public business, campaign, product, and personal information received for the project will be kept confidential and used only to perform the agreement, except where disclosure is required by law or to approved service providers under appropriate obligations.
Liability is unlimited for intent, gross negligence, injury to life, body or health, and where mandatory law requires. For ordinary negligence, liability is limited to foreseeable damage arising from breach of an essential contractual duty. No guarantee is given for commercial outcomes, platform performance, or results dependent on third parties or client implementation.
Neither party is responsible for delay caused by events beyond reasonable control, including severe weather, illness, transport disruption, venue closure, government action, service outage, or failure of essential third parties. The parties will work in good faith to reschedule or adapt the scope.
German law applies, excluding conflict-of-law rules and the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods where permitted. Mandatory consumer protections remain unaffected. The place of jurisdiction is agreed only to the extent legally permitted.
Questions about these terms can be sent to Phil@PhilHalfmann.com.
