Rules + Regulations

BOOKING, PAYMENTS, CANCELLATIONS

1. You may book up to 24 hours in advance. If you need to book less than 24 hours out, please email us at hello@azfotostudio.com to check availability. We will try to get back to you as soon as possible!

2. Booking: To secure your booking/session, we now require full payment at time of booking.

3. Cancellations: Email us at hello@azfotostudio.com if you need to cancel your rental. Any cancellation notices received 24 hours or more before your reserved rental time will receive an 80% refund. Any cancellation notices received less than 24 hours before your reserved rental time will be charged in full, no exceptions.

4. Rentals cannot be rescheduled. If you need to change the date of your rental, you must cancel that rental and create a new booking. Payments are not transferable.

5. Rentals are often booked back to back, as Foto is a popular Photo Studio. Because of this, setup AND cleanup must be included in the rental time you reserve.

6. Foto Studio's hourly rates are based on the total number of hours you are in the studio. If you are not finished with the space by then end of your last scheduled hour, you will be charged for an additional hour.

ARRIVAL, CHECK-IN & CHECK-OUT

1. You may enter Foto Studio 5 minutes before your booked session. You must be packed up and exit the studio at the end of your rental time. This ensures that all renters will receive their full value of their rental without interruption from the next rental. Please be sure to email and notify your clients of this rule so they know when they can enter the space and when they should begin cleanup. Everyone must exit promptly. If you overstay, you will be charged accordingly.

2. 48 hours and 24 hours before your rental, you will receive a reminder email with more info on checking in, including your access code to the space.

3. If you need ANY help or have ANY questions, don't hesitate to text us at (480) 773-5388‬. 

4. Leave the space as you found it. Put all furniture back close to where you found it. Close curtains and turn off lights. Excessive messes will result in additional charges.

5. If there are excessive messes or damages when you arrive, please let us know ASAP.

6. All trash must be thrown away at the end of the rental.

7. When you leave, make sure to lock the door and put the key back in the lockbox. Leaving the door unlocked will result in a minimum $50 fine. No exceptions.

THE RENTAL

1. Three seamless backdrop colors are available for use on our new wall mount: mocha, bone and grey. Please do not cut the backdrops. Be sure to roll up backdrops after use.

2. Thanks to our large wall of north-facing windows, Foto gets great natural light all day. However, weather conditions can affect the brightness. Please keep an eye on the forecast leading up to your shoots. If it's extremely overcast and you plan to use the backdrops on our wall mount, we recommend bringing additional lighting, just in case. No refund will be issued for dissatisfaction of lighting due to weather or unfamiliarity of lighting schedule.

3. The storage closet on the west side of the building and all of its contents are locked and off limits.

4. Furniture: Foto Studio has a small collection of stools, a bench and a couple chairs. We will be adding to this collection every month.

5. Do you need more time at the end of your rental? Please text us to see if you can extend your time. There is a chance that we could extend your rental if there is not another one directly after yours.

6. Cake Smash Sessions: If you are doing a cake smash session, please bring plastic coverings to protect our seamless backdrops.

7. A cleanup fee of $100 will be charged for excessive messes left behind. Excessive to be determined by the Foto host.

8. Minors: All underage clients/models/photographers must be accompanied by their legal guardian.

9. No Smoking permitted on the property.

10. The following items are PROHIBITED:

  • glitter and confetti of any kind

  • nails in the wall(s)

  • superglue, duct tape, gorilla tape or any type of sticky adhesive that cannot be easily removed on any surface of the studio

  • paint

  • open flame

  • smoking

11. The following items/areas are accessible to renters:

  • photo studio

  • any equipment/furniture in the open studio space

  • Shared restrooms - key provided - located in the center of the courtyard

 DAMAGES & LIABILITY

1. If the renter damages any furniture, walls, photo studio equipment, etc. in Foto Studio, the renter is responsible for ALL damages and will be billed with the credit card on file.

2. Foto Studio, its owners and co-workers are not liable for any damages or injuries that may incur to the renter and the renter's participants or clients. The renter is solely responsible for the actions of him/herself and his/her participants/clients.

3. At no time are renters and their parties/clients to engage in any kind of unlawful activities while on the premises.

4. Foto Studio is not responsible or liable for any lost or stolen items. Items left behind in Foto for more than two weeks will be thrown away. Foto is not responsible for any items left behind at any time.

5. Only the provided step stool is available to the renter. Renter assumes all liability in case of falling or damage caused by use of the step stool.

Foto Studio works diligently to provide our renters with a great experience. We appreciate your business and the continual support of a creative community here in Arizona! We do our best to enforce the terms above so that all of our guests, members and clients have a superb and fun experience. Thank you for your attention to these details. We appreciate you!

Thank you!