Terms

Plain English, so you know exactly where you stand. These terms are between you (the business booking) and Malik. Card payments are taken by Stripe for Early Christmas Studio, the studio Malik takes bookings through. My full name, address and email are under "Who I am" below.

For businesses only. These packages are sold to businesses, including sole traders booking for their business. If you'd like a shoot for personal reasons, message me first.

Booking and paying

• You pay half the price to book. That's your deposit, and it comes off the price. You can also pay in full up front.
• If we haven't agreed a shoot date within 7 days of the day you book, you get everything you've paid back.
• Shoots run from Thursday 19 November and through December.

Cancelling and moving

• These periods count from the shoot date we agree. If we agree a date less than 7 days away, I'll tell you first that the deposit can't be refunded from then on.
• 14 or more days before the shoot: cancel for a full refund of everything you've paid.
• 7 to 13 days before: cancel and half the deposit comes back (plus anything paid on top of the deposit).
• Less than 7 days before: the deposit is kept, because the date was held for you. Anything paid on top of it comes back.
• Moving your date: free once, with at least 72 hours' notice.
• If I have to cancel and we can't find another date, you get everything back.

See it before you pay the rest

1. Your first edits arrive within 72 hours of the shoot, as watermarked previews.
2. You send all your changes in one go, and I make them within 48 hours.
3. Then you pay the second half within 7 days of receiving the changed edits (unless you've told me you're not happy, see below), and I send every file at full resolution.

Not happy after that round of changes? Tell me within 7 days of receiving the changed edits, before paying the second half, and you get back everything you've paid. If you paid in full up front, the same promise applies.

Further rounds of changes are £10 each.

Using the content

Once paid, you can use the photos and videos anywhere, forever: organic posts, your website, menus, print and paid ads. Ad versions come with ad-cleared music or none. Versions with in-app or trending audio are for Instagram and TikTok posts only. I may show a few pieces in my portfolio unless you'd rather I didn't; just say.

On the day

• You make sure I can film the space and products I'm booked for.
• Anyone identifiable in shot (staff or customers) signs a release form, which I bring.
• Clinics and healthcare: no patients on camera without written consent, and nothing that advertises prescription-only treatments.

Prices

• Prices are fixed, as shown on the site, with no VAT on top (not VAT registered).
• London zones 1 to 4 have no travel charge. Further out, travel is quoted before you book.
• Launch offer: pay in full by Wednesday 18 November 2026, 6pm London time, and get the extra Reels shown on each package. The offer ends then and won't be repeated.
• Late balances may carry statutory late-payment interest.

Who I am

Malik, London

Message me before you book if anything here isn't clear.