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Photography

Professional photography for businesses, brands, and people.

Clean visual content for websites, listings, marketing campaigns, profiles, and local business presentation.

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Visual content that supports your brand.

Use photography to make your business look more established, more credible, and more consistent online.

Aerial Imaging

Aerial roof, structure, tower, and property imagery.

Drone-based visual documentation for property professionals, contractors, roofers, and local businesses.

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Better angles. Safer documentation.

Aerial imagery helps document visible conditions from perspectives that are difficult to capture from the ground.

Real Estate Media

Listing media for agents, builders, property managers, and investors.

Property-focused visual content designed to help listings and property marketing look more complete.

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Built for property marketing.

Useful for agents, builders, roofers, inspectors, property managers, and local real estate professionals.

Websites & Marketing

Websites, custom software, SEO, and paid ads for local businesses.

Digital services for businesses that need better presentation, visibility, lead generation, and workflow systems.

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More than a basic website.

Combine design, content, SEO, paid ads, photography, and custom systems into one stronger business platform.

Privacy Policy

Effective date: 10/29/2025
Business: Montgomery Portrait Co.
Contact: info@montgomeryportraitco.com • 1-555-555-5555
Service area: Montgomery, Texas

1) Information We Collect

  • Booking & communication data: name, email, phone, session details, messages.

  • Transaction data: services purchased, invoice amounts, payment status (we do not store full card numbers).

  • Gallery data (Pixieset): images we upload, your favorites/selections, download history, and (if you shop) order details handled by Pixieset’s store.

  • Technical data: IP address, device/browser info, pages viewed, and cookies/analytics events from our site and gallery.

2) How We Use Your Information

  • To schedule sessions, communicate, deliver proofs/finals, and provide support.

  • To process payments (Stripe) and fulfill print/product orders (via Pixieset’s lab partners).

  • To send essential service emails (confirmations, reminders, gallery access) and limited marketing you can opt out of anytime.

  • To maintain security, prevent fraud, and improve our website and workflows.

3) Legal Bases (where applicable)

  • Contract: to perform the services you request.

  • Legitimate interests: to operate our business, secure systems, prevent misuse.

  • Consent: for optional marketing and any portfolio use of images (opt-in only).

  • Legal compliance: tax, accounting, and lawful requests.

4) Sharing & Third Parties

We share data only as needed to run our services:

  • Pixieset – gallery hosting, favorites, downloads, optional storefront fulfillment.

  • Payment processors (e.g., Stripe) – to collect retainers, balances, and gallery purchases.

  • Email/scheduling tools – confirmations, reminders, calendar invites.

  • Hosting/analytics/security vendors – to operate and protect our site.

Each provider processes data under its own privacy policy. Review:

  • Pixieset Privacy & Terms: [link] / [link]

  • Stripe Privacy: [link]

  • (Add any other tools you use here.)

5) Photos, Galleries & Privacy

  • Private by default. We do not publish client photos without your explicit written permission.

  • Galleries: Delivered via private Pixieset links; you control who you share them with. Password protection available on request.

  • Availability window: Final JPGs are hosted 60 days for Full Sessions and 30 days for Minis. Extensions may be available on request; see Terms for details/fees.

  • After expiry: Galleries may be archived and are not publicly accessible. Reactivation is not guaranteed and may be unavailable in the event of force majeure or data loss (see Terms).

  • RAW files: Not delivered. We retain RAWs for ~30 days post-session for backup only, then securely purge.

6) Cookies & Analytics

  • Our website and gallery may use cookies to keep you signed in, remember preferences, and measure performance.

  • You can control cookies in your browser settings; disabling some may affect site/gallery features.

7) Data Security & Retention

  • We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect data.

  • Retention:

    • Booking/transaction records: kept as required for accounting/tax.

    • RAWs: ~30 days, then purged.

    • Final image galleries: hosted for 60 days (Full) / 30 days (Mini); archived copies may be retained for a limited period at our discretion, without guarantee of retrieval.

    • Communications: retained for service history and compliance.

8) Your Choices & Rights

  • Access/Correction: Request a copy or correction of your information.

  • Deletion: Request deletion of data we’re not required to keep.

  • Marketing opt-out: Unsubscribe at any time via email link or by contacting us.

  • Image permissions: You may decline or revoke portfolio consent for future use at any time.

To make a request, contact info@montgomeryportraitco.com We’ll verify identity before acting.

9) Children

  • Our services are not directed to children under 13. Minors may be photographed only with parental/guardian consent and presence.

10) International Visitors

  • We operate in the United States. If you access our services from elsewhere, your data may be processed in the U.S., which may have different data-protection laws.

11) Changes to This Policy

  • We may update this Privacy Policy. Material changes will be posted with a new Effective date.