Fees & Licensing

Architectural photography is a craft that requires significant preparation, technical expertise, and time — both on location and in post-production. Rather than presenting you with a confusing list of line items, Angle + Light works on a straightforward Creative Fee plus per-image model.

The Creative Fee covers almost everything that isn’t the images themselves (travel costs are the exception) — pre-shoot consultation, location scouting, the shoot itself, assistants, post-processing, and file delivery. It starts at $1,500 for local projects, scaling up based on scope, complexity, and travel.

Individual images are priced at $125 per image, with a minimum of four images per shoot. Most projects deliver between 10 and 20 final images.

A typical local shoot starts at $2,000 — $1,500 Creative Fee plus four images. Larger projects are quoted individually.

Travel outside of West Michigan is quoted separately.

Your Creative Fee and per-image fee together include a single-party, non-transferable image license for all media for a period of ten years from the date of delivery — upon payment in full. This means you can use your images on your website, social media, print collateral, award submissions, and press materials without restriction for the duration of the license. The license cannot be transferred or shared with a third party.

Standard licenses do not cover editorial use. Publication in magazines, journals, online editorial outlets, or similar media requires a separate editorial license. Contact us to discuss terms.

One of the smartest ways to reduce your photography investment is cost-sharing. When multiple parties — an Architect, a Contractor, a Developer, an Interior Designer, Subcontractor, or Supplier — all benefit from the same shoot, the Creative Fee can be divided among them. Each party receives their own license and their own set of images. Everyone wins.

Cost sharing must be arranged prior to the shoot, with all parties identified and committed at the time of booking. Late additions cannot be accommodated — bringing additional parties in after the shoot date complicates licensing, invoicing, and file delivery for everyone involved.

If a party not included in the original agreement wishes to use the images after the fact — a product manufacturer, a publication, a contractor — a separate licensing fee applies. Reach out and we’ll work out terms that make sense for the usage.