What your interior photo license actually lets you do
You hired a photographer, the images came back looking great, and now you want to put them to work. A designer wants to submit the project to a magazine. A builder wants the shots on the website and in a printed brochure. Someone always asks what they are actually allowed to do with the files. Here is how it works with my images, in plain terms, so nobody has to guess.
What you can do with the images
Every image I deliver comes with a license that is perpetual, worldwide, and non exclusive, across all media. That covers your website, social, print, paid ads, your portfolio, awards and design submissions, and press. There is no expiration date and no per use fee. Once the shoot is paid and delivered, you can keep using those images for as long as you are in business, in as many places as you need them.
Magazines and editorial are included
This is the part that surprises people. A lot of photographers treat editorial and magazine use as a separate, restricted, or extra paid thing. Mine is not. My license lets the work run in magazines and publications, and it stays that way if the same images run again in another title down the road. So if your project gets picked up, you are already cleared to say yes. I’ve shot features for Charleston Style and Design and Atlanta Style and Design, so I build every set with that path in mind from the first frame.
Sharing with your own team is fine
You can hand images to the people who work on your behalf, your own agencies, your printer, and the publications you are working with. That is normal use and it is covered. The one line that does not move is this. Images cannot be sold or given away, and they cannot go to vendors, manufacturers, or other trades for their own use. So the tile company or the cabinet maker who worked on the project cannot pull a photo off your website and run their own ad campaign with it. They are welcome to license their own set from me, which is easy to set up. I also ask that images are not materially altered beyond standard cropping, so the work stays consistent with what ran.
If more than one party wants the shoot
Designers and builders often work the same house, and there is no reason to shoot it twice or pay full freight twice. When two or more parties share a single shoot, the cost is split across everyone who pays in, so nobody pays for a full package on their own. Everyone who pays in is fully licensed for their own use. It lowers the cost per client and gets the whole project team covered in one day on site.
The practical side
Every package, from a single room to a multi day Signature project, carries this same license. Editorial use is built into every package. Allow at least three weeks for delivery, and travel anywhere in Charleston County is included. Current packages and pricing are on the rates page. If a quote ever looks unclear about what is and is not covered, ask me before you assume, and I will spell it out.
If you are a designer or builder trying to get a project shot once and used everywhere it needs to go, that is exactly what this is built for. Reach out any time at /contact.