Eddie Yu

Welcome

Welcome to my website. Take a good look around and let me know what you think about my portfolio.

I've been an artist since a child, and took up professional photographer in 2008 and since then I've manage to shoot in various locations around the world from London to Los Angeles, from Tokyo to Toronto.

My journey started when I decided to purchase my first SLR camera in 2008 and since then I've been learning aggressively and pushing the boundaries all the time.

I am completely self taught and spent many hours experimenting to understand how the equipment and cameras work, and as a result, my images are all unique and original.

One of my favourite things to do is merge art with photography to create digital art. Many of these take the form of photos which have been manipulated and retouched. This in my mind is merging many different disciplines to create images that are truly unique.

Short Bio

03.06.1992
Won the first place art prize at Kings College

02.04.1996
Launched the Art of Yu website with collections from my acrylic portfolio.

03.06.2008
Started professional photography with my first SLR

08.02.2009
First professionally commissioned shoot for high street hair salon company.

23.03.2009
New styles shoot for Wella hair company.

02.05.2009
Major shoot for new burlesque fashion retail store.

04.11.2009
First world tour with shoots in New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Fiji, Tokyo and Hong Kong - all done in 28 days!

2010-present
Various private shoots, commissioned work.

Contact Information

Terms

When you commission me to photograph an assignment for you, you are agreeing by default to the following basic terms of business. Additional clauses may be included in your own contract, subject to the requirements of your photoshoot.

Eddie Yu / fashion folios terms of business for model portfolio shoots

model release - all models are required to sign a model release form, and to confirm that they are at least 18 years of age.

under age models -  models under 18 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. No photography or meetings can take place if a parent or guardian is not present. The parent or guardian will be required to sign a model release on the model's behalf.

payment - all portfolio packages are to paid for in advance, by cheque made out to my business, or by bank transfer, to my business bank account. You will receive confirmation of receipt of your payment and a firm booking for your session when I have received your payment.

deposit for free shoots - a deposit of £50 may be requested on all free shoots - this is to ensure that models turn up for the free sessions they book - if you do not attend the free session you book without cancelling the session with written notice more than 24 hours before the date of your meeting, the deposit will not be returned to you. You must contact me to cancel a free session at least 24 hours before the date and time of the shoot.

cancellation - in accordance with UK consumers’ statutory rights, you may request a full refund of any fees paid within the first seven days following the date of your payment. To cancel a session, as long as you give adequate notice in writing - no less than seven working days before the planned date of a portfolio package - you can cancel a shoot that you have paid for and receive a refund of the money you have paid, minus any expenses incurred on your behalf, or any surcharges imposed upon me by my suppliers for cancellation of bookings. If you cancel with less than seven days' notice, the amount of your refund will be at my discretion and dependent on costs incurred on your behalf, up to the time of your cancellation. No refunds are possible on cancelations of less than 24 hours' notice. If you choose to postpone a shoot at less than 48 hours' notice, some additional fees may be payable - for example, payment for a make-up artist who has been booked for your shoot. If you should book and pay for a session and then for any reason indefinitely postpone the session, no refund of your payment is possible if you do not set a date for the session and complete the photography within 3 months of making your original payment. You must give notice within 3 months of making your original payment if you intend to cancel the booking.

use of photographs - when you arrange either a free shoot with me or one of my portfolio packages, you acknowledge that i am entitled to use any photographs from your session for the purposes of promoting my own work, for example, in the samples gallery of this site, or on 3rd party directories / sites / publications, for the purpose of promoting my business. Photographs will not be sold to 3rd parties without a fee being agreed with the model. If you supply copies of the photographs from your shoot to model agencies, it is your responsibility to make the agency aware that I reserve my right to be credited for the photography.

retouching - retouching is done at my discretion and you will not normally have the opportunity to review the retouched images before the final prints are produced. If you do want to review the retouching before the final prints are produced, you should inform me on the day of your shoot - please note that there will be an additional cost for this (normally 20% of the cost of producing the prints). If you are uncertain about picture choice, retouching, or any other aspect of producing the images you need for your portfolio, you should arrange a subsequent session to do this.

delivery - as soon as I have received feedback from you on the images you would like retouched, i will give you an approximate timetable for the retouching and delivery of your prints. This will be carried out as soon as possible, but you should make allowances for busy periods in my schedule and postal delivery time. I will inform you of the likely delivery date for your photographs on the day of the photoshoot.

copyright - as detailed in the FAQs above, copyright of any images produced for your portfolio remains with Eddie Yu photography.

refunds - no refunds are possible after the date of the shoot, or after any 3rd party stylists have attended a shoot on your behalf, for any reason. You will have been given the opportunity to review your shots, make-up and hair in the session - so there should be no reason for you to question any of these after the date of the shoot. In exceptional circumstances, where image files become corrupted and / or unusable, or where the image files are unusable because of an error on my part during the disc's burning or transit, and where the original files are no longer in existence, I may be able to offer you a brief studio session free of charge to produce replacement images for your portfolio. No claims for monies or refunds or additional work time will be considered, or for any reason due to acts of god, or circumstances beyond my control eg. Postal strikes, theft of materials in transit, power cuts, equipment failure or malfunction, etc etc.

postponed bookings - If you should book and pay for a session and then for any reason indefinitely postpone the session, no refund of your payment is possible if you do not set a date for the session and complete the photography within 3 months of making your original payment. You must give notice within 3 months of making your original payment if you intend to cancel the booking.

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