Terms and Conditions for a FREE proof and quote., plus other matters regarding this site

Free Proof and Quote

We are delighted to offer a free proof of any image you upload via our upload page.  This image will be evaluated by our master printer. Any issues which he may encounter will be discussed with you via email prior to printing the proof. .  No editing work will be performed on your image prior to printing.  

Please do not send the image attached to an email and be sure to upload the image in a hi-res jpg or tif format.  Image size should be the exact size you want printed and notated in the file name as follows:  example - “todd_williams_sunset_2.tif”, or “todd_williams_sunset_2.jpg.

Delivery of the proof - If you live within driving distance of our studio, we encourage you to pick-up your proof in person.  Please call ahead and arrange an appointment, and if necessary a more robust consultation. We can also mail the proof to you in an 8” x 10” envelope for your approval. 

We charge $ 7 to mail a photo proof via USPS to anywhere in the Continental US.  If you live or work in Southern Maryland we encourage you to pick up the proof at our place of business - 7606 Easton Club Drive, Easton MD 21601. Picking up the actual printed proof will allow you and us to make changes in person. Covid restrictions are in place, however, please be vaccinated.

Approval to print - If you approve the proof, send us an email that you approve of the proof.  Note: we need to know your finished size, material and method of finishing for the final print. These items will be needed for us to create a custom quote.

Editing of your photo - Frequently images sent to us for a proof need some editing.   We are willing to make these changes, however we strongly encourage you to make the fixes to your photo yourself.  

Editing charges - If you request editing of your photo, our fee is $50 per hour, and must be paid in advance.

Final print charges for a custom finished print - Our quote to you, after we evaluate your photo will be the only fee for a print, a framed print, and shipping.  Large framed or finished prints may incur a packing charge if the finished size is greater than 16” x 20”, but this is unlikely.  Our quote will normally include any packing charges and will also include the transportation fee.

Image ownership - Your photos are your photos.  SteveLingeman.com will not resell or distribute you photos to anyone without your written consent.  We retain all submitted photos for future orders in a secure environment.

Copyright - We assume that all orders you submit to us for printing are copyrighted by you and we will treat those photos accordingly.

Use of our website -You may access and use the site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly authorized hereunder, the site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, reverse-engineered, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the written authorization of Steven L. Lingeman.. We reserve the right to alter or discontinue the site, in whole or in part, at any time at the discretion of Steven L. Lingeman.  This includes but is not limited to our web-ordering systems, the blog, product use instructions and all instances on social media networks.

Other details -
If you wish to purchase any products through the site, we ask you to supply certain information applicable to your purchase, including, without limitation, payment and other information. Any such information will be treated as described in our Privacy Policy. All information that you provide to us must be accurate, current, and complete. You solely represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any credit card(s) or other types of payment used to initiate and complete a transaction. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any users of your account and credit card (or other applicable payment method) at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to our acceptance of any order.

Descriptions, images, references, features, content, specifications, products, prices, and availability of any products or services are subject to change without notice, and our current prices can be found on our site. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the color of your print or product. That being said, the actual color you see on your finished product will depend on the way in which your monitor is calibrated, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display colors before printing. The inclusion of any products or services on our site at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any item purchased through our site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue any product or service, to honor, or impose conditions on the honoring of, any coupon, coupon code, promotional code, or other similar promotions, to bar any user from making any or all purchase(s), and/or to refuse to provide any user with any product or service.

Title and risk of loss for any purchases pass to you upon our delivery to a carrier. In the event that your package is damaged in transit, your order will be replaced in a timely manner. We will not accept responsibility for underexposed, blurry images of low quality that are submitted without attention to a resolution warning or without Color Corrections. It is the responsibility of the customer to submit images that are suitable for printing.

You will be charged immediately upon placing an order (rather than when an order is shipped). Due to the custom nature of our products and services we do not accept cancellations once an order is placed. (See refunds below.)

Any materials submitted by a user, including (without limitation) photographs, images, text, graphics, and other materials (collectively, "User-Submitted Materials") are subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • You will retain ownership of such User-Submitted Materials and you grant SteveLingeman.com and its designees irrevocable rights and license for use in production of any requested product or service. We only use User-Submitted Materials in connection with products or services we provide that are requested by a user. For instance, when a user places an order for a product, we will prepare, manipulate (if necessary), and transmit the User-Submitted Materials for production, packaging, and shipment ONLY.

  • While users retain ownership of User-Submitted Materials, any template, layout, or design accessed through tools and features made available through SteveLingeman.com shall be the sole and exclusive property of Steven L. Lingeman.

  • As a user, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect to the User-Submitted Materials, and that the User-Submitted Materials do not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization, or otherwise violate any copyright, trade secret right, or other intellectual property or property right of any third party, and that the User-Submitted Materials are not unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

  • By submitting an image featuring your likeness or the likeness of other individuals, you consent to the use of your likeness and certify that you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in User-Submitted Materials to use such individual's likeness, for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the User-Submitted Materials in the manner contemplated by these terms, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual's parent or guardian (and you agree to provide to SteveLingeman.com with a copy of any such consent, releases, and/or permissions upon SterveLingeman.com’s request). If you do submit a file that contains the likeness of an identifiable individual under the age of eighteen (18), we strongly encourage you to omit any identifying information (such as the individual's name or address) with your submission of User-Submitted Materials.

  • You agree that we may (but are not obligated to) filter (by deleting or replacing expletives or other harmful or offensive language or imagery), alter, or refuse to use any User-Submitted Materials by suspending the processing and shipping of any order relating to the User-Submitted Materials in question and/or disclosing such User-Submitted Materials (and the circumstances surrounding the use thereof) to any third party in order to protect ourselves or our affiliates, distributors, partners, or other third parties, to comply with legal obligations, or to fulfill governmental requests.

  • You agree to indemnify and hold SteveLingeman.com, and Steven L. Lingeman and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, affiliates, distributors, partners, and third party users harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, causes of action, damages, losses, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) that arise directly or indirectly from: (i) your breach of these terms, any other agreement or terms of use with Nations Photo Lab, and any representation or warranty contained herein or therein; (ii) your User-Submitted Materials; and/or (iii) your activities in connection with obtaining any products or services from SteveLingeman.com.

Refunds - We aim to satisfy all of our customers. If you are unhappy with the final print, framing for any print you receive from us, we will refund your purchase price less any shipping charges we have incurred sending the product to you. To receive a refund, you must ship the product back to us. A full refund will be issued within 10 days of our receipt of the returned item. This refund policy applies to prints, framed prints or any other merchandise you may have purchased from SteveLingeman.com.

If you have enrolled in one of our workshops, and do not wish to attend we will refund your workshop fee provided you have not attended any of the classes or workshops. If you attend the first workshop session and are dissatisfied or otherwise think you can not continue, we will refund you workshop fee within 10 days of your notification of withdrawal from the workshop. No refunds for a workshop fee will be granted after you attend the second session of the workshop. Please note: the successful completion of building out your website is primarily dependent on your preparation of the content and materials deeded to fulfill your intent of creating a website for yourself or your business. We will guide you, but in the end it is your responsibility to prepare the materials for use with the SquareSpace platform.


Terms and Conditions for a FREE proof and quote., plus other matters regarding this site

Free Proof and Quote

We are delighted to offer a free proof of any image you upload via our upload page.  This image will be evaluated by our master printer. Any issues which he may encounter will be discussed with you via email prior to printing the proof. .  No editing work will be performed on your image prior to printing.  

Please do not send the image attached to an email and be sure to upload the image in a hi-res jpg or tif format.  Image size should be the exact size you want printed and notated in the file name as follows:  example - “todd_williams_sunset_2.tif”, or “todd_williams_sunset_2.jpg.

Delivery of the proof - If you live within driving distance of our studio, we encourage you to pick-up your proof in person.  Please call ahead and arrange an appointment, and if necessary a more robust consultation. We can also mail the proof to you in an 8” x 10” envelope for your approval. 

We charge $ 7 to mail a photo proof via USPS to anywhere in the Continental US.  If you live or work in Southern Maryland we encourage you to pick up the proof at our place of business - 7606 Easton Club Drive, Easton MD 21601. Picking up the actual printed proof will allow you and us to make changes in person. Covid restrictions are in place, however, please be vaccinated.

Approval to print - If you approve the proof, send us an email that you approve of the proof.  Note: we need to know your finished size, material and method of finishing for the final print. These items will be needed for us to create a custom quote.

Editing of your photo - Frequently images sent to us for a proof need some editing.   We are willing to make these changes, however we strongly encourage you to make the fixes to your photo yourself.  

Editing charges - If you request editing of your photo, our fee is $50 per hour, and must be paid in advance.

Final print charges for a custom finished print - Our quote to you, after we evaluate your photo will be the only fee for a print, a framed print, and shipping.  Large framed or finished prints may incur a packing charge if the finished size is greater than 16” x 20”, but this is unlikely.  Our quote will normally include any packing charges and will also include the transportation fee.

Image ownership - Your photos are your photos.  SteveLingeman.com will not resell or distribute you photos to anyone without your written consent.  We retain all submitted photos for future orders in a secure environment.

Copyright - We assume that all orders you submit to us for printing are copyrighted by you and we will treat those photos accordingly.

Use of our website -You may access and use the site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly authorized hereunder, the site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, reverse-engineered, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the written authorization of Steven L. Lingeman.. We reserve the right to alter or discontinue the site, in whole or in part, at any time at the discretion of Steven L. Lingeman.  This includes but is not limited to our web-ordering systems, the blog, product use instructions and all instances on social media networks.

Other details -
If you wish to purchase any products through the site, we ask you to supply certain information applicable to your purchase, including, without limitation, payment and other information. Any such information will be treated as described in our Privacy Policy. All information that you provide to us must be accurate, current, and complete. You solely represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any credit card(s) or other types of payment used to initiate and complete a transaction. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any users of your account and credit card (or other applicable payment method) at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to our acceptance of any order.

Descriptions, images, references, features, content, specifications, products, prices, and availability of any products or services are subject to change without notice, and our current prices can be found on our site. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the color of your print or product. That being said, the actual color you see on your finished product will depend on the way in which your monitor is calibrated, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display colors before printing. The inclusion of any products or services on our site at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any item purchased through our site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue any product or service, to honor, or impose conditions on the honoring of, any coupon, coupon code, promotional code, or other similar promotions, to bar any user from making any or all purchase(s), and/or to refuse to provide any user with any product or service.

Title and risk of loss for any purchases pass to you upon our delivery to a carrier. In the event that your package is damaged in transit, your order will be replaced in a timely manner. We will not accept responsibility for underexposed, blurry images of low quality that are submitted without attention to a resolution warning or without Color Corrections. It is the responsibility of the customer to submit images that are suitable for printing.

You will be charged immediately upon placing an order (rather than when an order is shipped). Due to the custom nature of our products and services we do not accept cancellations once an order is placed. (See refunds below.)

Any materials submitted by a user, including (without limitation) photographs, images, text, graphics, and other materials (collectively, "User-Submitted Materials") are subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • You will retain ownership of such User-Submitted Materials and you grant SteveLingeman.com and its designees irrevocable rights and license for use in production of any requested product or service. We only use User-Submitted Materials in connection with products or services we provide that are requested by a user. For instance, when a user places an order for a product, we will prepare, manipulate (if necessary), and transmit the User-Submitted Materials for production, packaging, and shipment ONLY.

  • While users retain ownership of User-Submitted Materials, any template, layout, or design accessed through tools and features made available through SteveLingeman.com shall be the sole and exclusive property of Steven L. Lingeman.

  • As a user, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect to the User-Submitted Materials, and that the User-Submitted Materials do not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization, or otherwise violate any copyright, trade secret right, or other intellectual property or property right of any third party, and that the User-Submitted Materials are not unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

  • By submitting an image featuring your likeness or the likeness of other individuals, you consent to the use of your likeness and certify that you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in User-Submitted Materials to use such individual's likeness, for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the User-Submitted Materials in the manner contemplated by these terms, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual's parent or guardian (and you agree to provide to SteveLingeman.com with a copy of any such consent, releases, and/or permissions upon SterveLingeman.com’s request). If you do submit a file that contains the likeness of an identifiable individual under the age of eighteen (18), we strongly encourage you to omit any identifying information (such as the individual's name or address) with your submission of User-Submitted Materials.

  • You agree that we may (but are not obligated to) filter (by deleting or replacing expletives or other harmful or offensive language or imagery), alter, or refuse to use any User-Submitted Materials by suspending the processing and shipping of any order relating to the User-Submitted Materials in question and/or disclosing such User-Submitted Materials (and the circumstances surrounding the use thereof) to any third party in order to protect ourselves or our affiliates, distributors, partners, or other third parties, to comply with legal obligations, or to fulfill governmental requests.

  • You agree to indemnify and hold SteveLingeman.com, and Steven L. Lingeman and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, affiliates, distributors, partners, and third party users harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, causes of action, damages, losses, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) that arise directly or indirectly from: (i) your breach of these terms, any other agreement or terms of use with Nations Photo Lab, and any representation or warranty contained herein or therein; (ii) your User-Submitted Materials; and/or (iii) your activities in connection with obtaining any products or services from SteveLingeman.com.

Refunds - We aim to satisfy all of our customers. If you are unhappy with the final print, framing for any print you receive from us, we will refund your purchase price less any shipping charges we have incurred sending the product to you. To receive a refund, you must ship the product back to us. A full refund will be issued within 10 days of our receipt of the returned item. This refund policy applies to prints, framed prints or any other merchandise you may have purchased from SteveLingeman.com.

If you have enrolled in one of our workshops, and do not wish to attend we will refund your workshop fee provided you have not attended any of the classes or workshops. If you attend the first workshop session and are dissatisfied or otherwise think you can not continue, we will refund you workshop fee within 10 days of your notification of withdrawal from the workshop. No refunds for a workshop fee will be granted after you attend the second session of the workshop. Please note: the successful completion of building out your website is primarily dependent on your preparation of the content and materials deeded to fulfill your intent of creating a website for yourself or your business. We will guide you, but in the end it is your responsibility to prepare the materials for use with the SquareSpace platform.


Terms and Conditions for a FREE proof and quote., plus other matters regarding this site

Free Proof and Quote

We are delighted to offer a free proof of any image you upload via our upload page.  This image will be evaluated by our master printer. Any issues which he may encounter will be discussed with you via email prior to printing the proof. .  No editing work will be performed on your image prior to printing.  

Please do not send the image attached to an email and be sure to upload the image in a hi-res jpg or tif format.  Image size should be the exact size you want printed and notated in the file name as follows:  example - “todd_williams_sunset_2.tif”, or “todd_williams_sunset_2.jpg.

Delivery of the proof - If you live within driving distance of our studio, we encourage you to pick-up your proof in person.  Please call ahead and arrange an appointment, and if necessary a more robust consultation. We can also mail the proof to you in an 8” x 10” envelope for your approval. 

We charge $ 7 to mail a photo proof via USPS to anywhere in the Continental US.  If you live or work in Southern Maryland we encourage you to pick up the proof at our place of business - 7606 Easton Club Drive, Easton MD 21601. Picking up the actual printed proof will allow you and us to make changes in person. Covid restrictions are in place, however, please be vaccinated.

Approval to print - If you approve the proof, send us an email that you approve of the proof.  Note: we need to know your finished size, material and method of finishing for the final print. These items will be needed for us to create a custom quote.

Editing of your photo - Frequently images sent to us for a proof need some editing.   We are willing to make these changes, however we strongly encourage you to make the fixes to your photo yourself.  

Editing charges - If you request editing of your photo, our fee is $50 per hour, and must be paid in advance.

Final print charges for a custom finished print - Our quote to you, after we evaluate your photo will be the only fee for a print, a framed print, and shipping.  Large framed or finished prints may incur a packing charge if the finished size is greater than 16” x 20”, but this is unlikely.  Our quote will normally include any packing charges and will also include the transportation fee.

Image ownership - Your photos are your photos.  SteveLingeman.com will not resell or distribute you photos to anyone without your written consent.  We retain all submitted photos for future orders in a secure environment.

Copyright - We assume that all orders you submit to us for printing are copyrighted by you and we will treat those photos accordingly.

Use of our website -You may access and use the site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly authorized hereunder, the site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, reverse-engineered, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the written authorization of Steven L. Lingeman.. We reserve the right to alter or discontinue the site, in whole or in part, at any time at the discretion of Steven L. Lingeman.  This includes but is not limited to our web-ordering systems, the blog, product use instructions and all instances on social media networks.

Other details -
If you wish to purchase any products through the site, we ask you to supply certain information applicable to your purchase, including, without limitation, payment and other information. Any such information will be treated as described in our Privacy Policy. All information that you provide to us must be accurate, current, and complete. You solely represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any credit card(s) or other types of payment used to initiate and complete a transaction. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any users of your account and credit card (or other applicable payment method) at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to our acceptance of any order.

Descriptions, images, references, features, content, specifications, products, prices, and availability of any products or services are subject to change without notice, and our current prices can be found on our site. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the color of your print or product. That being said, the actual color you see on your finished product will depend on the way in which your monitor is calibrated, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display colors before printing. The inclusion of any products or services on our site at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any item purchased through our site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue any product or service, to honor, or impose conditions on the honoring of, any coupon, coupon code, promotional code, or other similar promotions, to bar any user from making any or all purchase(s), and/or to refuse to provide any user with any product or service.

Title and risk of loss for any purchases pass to you upon our delivery to a carrier. In the event that your package is damaged in transit, your order will be replaced in a timely manner. We will not accept responsibility for underexposed, blurry images of low quality that are submitted without attention to a resolution warning or without Color Corrections. It is the responsibility of the customer to submit images that are suitable for printing.

You will be charged immediately upon placing an order (rather than when an order is shipped). Due to the custom nature of our products and services we do not accept cancellations once an order is placed. (See refunds below.)

Any materials submitted by a user, including (without limitation) photographs, images, text, graphics, and other materials (collectively, "User-Submitted Materials") are subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • You will retain ownership of such User-Submitted Materials and you grant SteveLingeman.com and its designees irrevocable rights and license for use in production of any requested product or service. We only use User-Submitted Materials in connection with products or services we provide that are requested by a user. For instance, when a user places an order for a product, we will prepare, manipulate (if necessary), and transmit the User-Submitted Materials for production, packaging, and shipment ONLY.

  • While users retain ownership of User-Submitted Materials, any template, layout, or design accessed through tools and features made available through SteveLingeman.com shall be the sole and exclusive property of Steven L. Lingeman.

  • As a user, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect to the User-Submitted Materials, and that the User-Submitted Materials do not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization, or otherwise violate any copyright, trade secret right, or other intellectual property or property right of any third party, and that the User-Submitted Materials are not unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

  • By submitting an image featuring your likeness or the likeness of other individuals, you consent to the use of your likeness and certify that you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in User-Submitted Materials to use such individual's likeness, for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the User-Submitted Materials in the manner contemplated by these terms, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual's parent or guardian (and you agree to provide to SteveLingeman.com with a copy of any such consent, releases, and/or permissions upon SterveLingeman.com’s request). If you do submit a file that contains the likeness of an identifiable individual under the age of eighteen (18), we strongly encourage you to omit any identifying information (such as the individual's name or address) with your submission of User-Submitted Materials.

  • You agree that we may (but are not obligated to) filter (by deleting or replacing expletives or other harmful or offensive language or imagery), alter, or refuse to use any User-Submitted Materials by suspending the processing and shipping of any order relating to the User-Submitted Materials in question and/or disclosing such User-Submitted Materials (and the circumstances surrounding the use thereof) to any third party in order to protect ourselves or our affiliates, distributors, partners, or other third parties, to comply with legal obligations, or to fulfill governmental requests.

  • You agree to indemnify and hold SteveLingeman.com, and Steven L. Lingeman and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, affiliates, distributors, partners, and third party users harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, causes of action, damages, losses, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) that arise directly or indirectly from: (i) your breach of these terms, any other agreement or terms of use with Nations Photo Lab, and any representation or warranty contained herein or therein; (ii) your User-Submitted Materials; and/or (iii) your activities in connection with obtaining any products or services from SteveLingeman.com.

Refunds - We aim to satisfy all of our customers. If you are unhappy with the final print, framing for any print you receive from us, we will refund your purchase price less any shipping charges we have incurred sending the product to you. To receive a refund, you must ship the product back to us. A full refund will be issued within 10 days of our receipt of the returned item. This refund policy applies to prints, framed prints or any other merchandise you may have purchased from SteveLingeman.com.

If you have enrolled in one of our workshops, and do not wish to attend we will refund your workshop fee provided you have not attended any of the classes or workshops. If you attend the first workshop session and are dissatisfied or otherwise think you can not continue, we will refund you workshop fee within 10 days of your notification of withdrawal from the workshop. No refunds for a workshop fee will be granted after you attend the second session of the workshop. Please note: the successful completion of building out your website is primarily dependent on your preparation of the content and materials deeded to fulfill your intent of creating a website for yourself or your business. We will guide you, but in the end it is your responsibility to prepare the materials for use with the SquareSpace platform.


Terms and Conditions for a FREE proof and quote., plus other matters regarding this site

Free Proof and Quote

We are delighted to offer a free proof of any image you upload via our upload page.  This image will be evaluated by our master printer. Any issues which he may encounter will be discussed with you via email prior to printing the proof. .  No editing work will be performed on your image prior to printing.  

Please do not send the image attached to an email and be sure to upload the image in a hi-res jpg or tif format.  Image size should be the exact size you want printed and notated in the file name as follows:  example - “todd_williams_sunset_2.tif”, or “todd_williams_sunset_2.jpg.

Delivery of the proof - If you live within driving distance of our studio, we encourage you to pick-up your proof in person.  Please call ahead and arrange an appointment, and if necessary a more robust consultation. We can also mail the proof to you in an 8” x 10” envelope for your approval. 

We charge $ 7 to mail a photo proof via USPS to anywhere in the Continental US.  If you live or work in Southern Maryland we encourage you to pick up the proof at our place of business - 7606 Easton Club Drive, Easton MD 21601. Picking up the actual printed proof will allow you and us to make changes in person. Covid restrictions are in place, however, please be vaccinated.

Approval to print - If you approve the proof, send us an email that you approve of the proof.  Note: we need to know your finished size, material and method of finishing for the final print. These items will be needed for us to create a custom quote.

Editing of your photo - Frequently images sent to us for a proof need some editing.   We are willing to make these changes, however we strongly encourage you to make the fixes to your photo yourself.  

Editing charges - If you request editing of your photo, our fee is $50 per hour, and must be paid in advance.

Final print charges for a custom finished print - Our quote to you, after we evaluate your photo will be the only fee for a print, a framed print, and shipping.  Large framed or finished prints may incur a packing charge if the finished size is greater than 16” x 20”, but this is unlikely.  Our quote will normally include any packing charges and will also include the transportation fee.

Image ownership - Your photos are your photos.  SteveLingeman.com will not resell or distribute you photos to anyone without your written consent.  We retain all submitted photos for future orders in a secure environment.

Copyright - We assume that all orders you submit to us for printing are copyrighted by you and we will treat those photos accordingly.

Use of our website -You may access and use the site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly authorized hereunder, the site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, reverse-engineered, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the written authorization of Steven L. Lingeman.. We reserve the right to alter or discontinue the site, in whole or in part, at any time at the discretion of Steven L. Lingeman.  This includes but is not limited to our web-ordering systems, the blog, product use instructions and all instances on social media networks.

Other details -
If you wish to purchase any products through the site, we ask you to supply certain information applicable to your purchase, including, without limitation, payment and other information. Any such information will be treated as described in our Privacy Policy. All information that you provide to us must be accurate, current, and complete. You solely represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any credit card(s) or other types of payment used to initiate and complete a transaction. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any users of your account and credit card (or other applicable payment method) at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to our acceptance of any order.

Descriptions, images, references, features, content, specifications, products, prices, and availability of any products or services are subject to change without notice, and our current prices can be found on our site. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the color of your print or product. That being said, the actual color you see on your finished product will depend on the way in which your monitor is calibrated, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display colors before printing. The inclusion of any products or services on our site at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any item purchased through our site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue any product or service, to honor, or impose conditions on the honoring of, any coupon, coupon code, promotional code, or other similar promotions, to bar any user from making any or all purchase(s), and/or to refuse to provide any user with any product or service.

Title and risk of loss for any purchases pass to you upon our delivery to a carrier. In the event that your package is damaged in transit, your order will be replaced in a timely manner. We will not accept responsibility for underexposed, blurry images of low quality that are submitted without attention to a resolution warning or without Color Corrections. It is the responsibility of the customer to submit images that are suitable for printing.

You will be charged immediately upon placing an order (rather than when an order is shipped). Due to the custom nature of our products and services we do not accept cancellations once an order is placed. (See refunds below.)

Any materials submitted by a user, including (without limitation) photographs, images, text, graphics, and other materials (collectively, "User-Submitted Materials") are subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • You will retain ownership of such User-Submitted Materials and you grant SteveLingeman.com and its designees irrevocable rights and license for use in production of any requested product or service. We only use User-Submitted Materials in connection with products or services we provide that are requested by a user. For instance, when a user places an order for a product, we will prepare, manipulate (if necessary), and transmit the User-Submitted Materials for production, packaging, and shipment ONLY.

  • While users retain ownership of User-Submitted Materials, any template, layout, or design accessed through tools and features made available through SteveLingeman.com shall be the sole and exclusive property of Steven L. Lingeman.

  • As a user, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect to the User-Submitted Materials, and that the User-Submitted Materials do not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization, or otherwise violate any copyright, trade secret right, or other intellectual property or property right of any third party, and that the User-Submitted Materials are not unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

  • By submitting an image featuring your likeness or the likeness of other individuals, you consent to the use of your likeness and certify that you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in User-Submitted Materials to use such individual's likeness, for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the User-Submitted Materials in the manner contemplated by these terms, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual's parent or guardian (and you agree to provide to SteveLingeman.com with a copy of any such consent, releases, and/or permissions upon SterveLingeman.com’s request). If you do submit a file that contains the likeness of an identifiable individual under the age of eighteen (18), we strongly encourage you to omit any identifying information (such as the individual's name or address) with your submission of User-Submitted Materials.

  • You agree that we may (but are not obligated to) filter (by deleting or replacing expletives or other harmful or offensive language or imagery), alter, or refuse to use any User-Submitted Materials by suspending the processing and shipping of any order relating to the User-Submitted Materials in question and/or disclosing such User-Submitted Materials (and the circumstances surrounding the use thereof) to any third party in order to protect ourselves or our affiliates, distributors, partners, or other third parties, to comply with legal obligations, or to fulfill governmental requests.

  • You agree to indemnify and hold SteveLingeman.com, and Steven L. Lingeman and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, affiliates, distributors, partners, and third party users harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, causes of action, damages, losses, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) that arise directly or indirectly from: (i) your breach of these terms, any other agreement or terms of use with Nations Photo Lab, and any representation or warranty contained herein or therein; (ii) your User-Submitted Materials; and/or (iii) your activities in connection with obtaining any products or services from SteveLingeman.com.

Refunds - We aim to satisfy all of our customers. If you are unhappy with the final print, framing for any print you receive from us, we will refund your purchase price less any shipping charges we have incurred sending the product to you. To receive a refund, you must ship the product back to us. A full refund will be issued within 10 days of our receipt of the returned item. This refund policy applies to prints, framed prints or any other merchandise you may have purchased from SteveLingeman.com.

If you have enrolled in one of our workshops, and do not wish to attend we will refund your workshop fee provided you have not attended any of the classes or workshops. If you attend the first workshop session and are dissatisfied or otherwise think you can not continue, we will refund you workshop fee within 10 days of your notification of withdrawal from the workshop. No refunds for a workshop fee will be granted after you attend the second session of the workshop. Please note: the successful completion of building out your website is primarily dependent on your preparation of the content and materials deeded to fulfill your intent of creating a website for yourself or your business. We will guide you, but in the end it is your responsibility to prepare the materials for use with the SquareSpace platform.


Terms and Conditions for a FREE proof and quote., plus other matters regarding this site

Free Proof and Quote

We are delighted to offer a free proof of any image you upload via our upload page.  This image will be evaluated by our master printer. Any issues which he may encounter will be discussed with you via email prior to printing the proof. .  No editing work will be performed on your image prior to printing.  

Please do not send the image attached to an email and be sure to upload the image in a hi-res jpg or tif format.  Image size should be the exact size you want printed and notated in the file name as follows:  example - “todd_williams_sunset_2.tif”, or “todd_williams_sunset_2.jpg.

Delivery of the proof - If you live within driving distance of our studio, we encourage you to pick-up your proof in person.  Please call ahead and arrange an appointment, and if necessary a more robust consultation. We can also mail the proof to you in an 8” x 10” envelope for your approval. 

We charge $ 7 to mail a photo proof via USPS to anywhere in the Continental US.  If you live or work in Southern Maryland we encourage you to pick up the proof at our place of business - 7606 Easton Club Drive, Easton MD 21601. Picking up the actual printed proof will allow you and us to make changes in person. Covid restrictions are in place, however, please be vaccinated.

Approval to print - If you approve the proof, send us an email that you approve of the proof.  Note: we need to know your finished size, material and method of finishing for the final print. These items will be needed for us to create a custom quote.

Editing of your photo - Frequently images sent to us for a proof need some editing.   We are willing to make these changes, however we strongly encourage you to make the fixes to your photo yourself.  

Editing charges - If you request editing of your photo, our fee is $50 per hour, and must be paid in advance.

Final print charges for a custom finished print - Our quote to you, after we evaluate your photo will be the only fee for a print, a framed print, and shipping.  Large framed or finished prints may incur a packing charge if the finished size is greater than 16” x 20”, but this is unlikely.  Our quote will normally include any packing charges and will also include the transportation fee.

Image ownership - Your photos are your photos.  SteveLingeman.com will not resell or distribute you photos to anyone without your written consent.  We retain all submitted photos for future orders in a secure environment.

Copyright - We assume that all orders you submit to us for printing are copyrighted by you and we will treat those photos accordingly.

Use of our website -You may access and use the site solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly authorized hereunder, the site may not be reproduced, duplicated, copied, sold, resold, visited, reverse-engineered, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose without the written authorization of Steven L. Lingeman.. We reserve the right to alter or discontinue the site, in whole or in part, at any time at the discretion of Steven L. Lingeman.  This includes but is not limited to our web-ordering systems, the blog, product use instructions and all instances on social media networks.

Other details -
If you wish to purchase any products through the site, we ask you to supply certain information applicable to your purchase, including, without limitation, payment and other information. Any such information will be treated as described in our Privacy Policy. All information that you provide to us must be accurate, current, and complete. You solely represent and warrant that you have the legal right to use any credit card(s) or other types of payment used to initiate and complete a transaction. You agree to pay all charges incurred by you or any users of your account and credit card (or other applicable payment method) at the prices in effect when such charges are incurred. You will also be responsible for paying any applicable taxes relating to your purchases. Verification of information applicable to a purchase may be required prior to our acceptance of any order.

Descriptions, images, references, features, content, specifications, products, prices, and availability of any products or services are subject to change without notice, and our current prices can be found on our site. We make reasonable efforts to accurately display the attributes of our products, including the color of your print or product. That being said, the actual color you see on your finished product will depend on the way in which your monitor is calibrated, and we cannot guarantee that your computer will accurately display colors before printing. The inclusion of any products or services on our site at a particular time does not imply or warrant that these products or services will be available at any time. It is your responsibility to ascertain and obey all applicable local, state, federal, and international laws (including minimum age requirements) in regard to the possession, use and sale of any item purchased through our site. By placing an order, you represent that the products ordered will be used only in a lawful manner. We reserve the right, with or without prior notice, to limit the available quantity of or discontinue any product or service, to honor, or impose conditions on the honoring of, any coupon, coupon code, promotional code, or other similar promotions, to bar any user from making any or all purchase(s), and/or to refuse to provide any user with any product or service.

Title and risk of loss for any purchases pass to you upon our delivery to a carrier. In the event that your package is damaged in transit, your order will be replaced in a timely manner. We will not accept responsibility for underexposed, blurry images of low quality that are submitted without attention to a resolution warning or without Color Corrections. It is the responsibility of the customer to submit images that are suitable for printing.

You will be charged immediately upon placing an order (rather than when an order is shipped). Due to the custom nature of our products and services we do not accept cancellations once an order is placed. (See refunds below.)

Any materials submitted by a user, including (without limitation) photographs, images, text, graphics, and other materials (collectively, "User-Submitted Materials") are subject to the following terms and conditions:

  • You will retain ownership of such User-Submitted Materials and you grant SteveLingeman.com and its designees irrevocable rights and license for use in production of any requested product or service. We only use User-Submitted Materials in connection with products or services we provide that are requested by a user. For instance, when a user places an order for a product, we will prepare, manipulate (if necessary), and transmit the User-Submitted Materials for production, packaging, and shipment ONLY.

  • While users retain ownership of User-Submitted Materials, any template, layout, or design accessed through tools and features made available through SteveLingeman.com shall be the sole and exclusive property of Steven L. Lingeman.

  • As a user, you represent and warrant that you own or otherwise possess all necessary rights with respect to the User-Submitted Materials, and that the User-Submitted Materials do not and will not infringe, misappropriate, use or disclose without authorization, or otherwise violate any copyright, trade secret right, or other intellectual property or property right of any third party, and that the User-Submitted Materials are not unlawful, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, or otherwise objectionable.

  • By submitting an image featuring your likeness or the likeness of other individuals, you consent to the use of your likeness and certify that you have obtained the written consent, release, and/or permission of every identifiable individual who appears in User-Submitted Materials to use such individual's likeness, for purposes of using and otherwise exploiting the User-Submitted Materials in the manner contemplated by these terms, or, if any such identifiable individual is under the age of eighteen (18), you have obtained such written consent, release and/or permission from such individual's parent or guardian (and you agree to provide to SteveLingeman.com with a copy of any such consent, releases, and/or permissions upon SterveLingeman.com’s request). If you do submit a file that contains the likeness of an identifiable individual under the age of eighteen (18), we strongly encourage you to omit any identifying information (such as the individual's name or address) with your submission of User-Submitted Materials.

  • You agree that we may (but are not obligated to) filter (by deleting or replacing expletives or other harmful or offensive language or imagery), alter, or refuse to use any User-Submitted Materials by suspending the processing and shipping of any order relating to the User-Submitted Materials in question and/or disclosing such User-Submitted Materials (and the circumstances surrounding the use thereof) to any third party in order to protect ourselves or our affiliates, distributors, partners, or other third parties, to comply with legal obligations, or to fulfill governmental requests.

  • You agree to indemnify and hold SteveLingeman.com, and Steven L. Lingeman and their directors, officers, employees, consultants, agents, representatives, affiliates, distributors, partners, and third party users harmless from and against any and all claims, liabilities, causes of action, damages, losses, and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) that arise directly or indirectly from: (i) your breach of these terms, any other agreement or terms of use with Nations Photo Lab, and any representation or warranty contained herein or therein; (ii) your User-Submitted Materials; and/or (iii) your activities in connection with obtaining any products or services from SteveLingeman.com.

Refunds - We aim to satisfy all of our customers. If you are unhappy with the final print, framing for any print you receive from us, we will refund your purchase price less any shipping charges we have incurred sending the product to you. To receive a refund, you must ship the product back to us. A full refund will be issued within 10 days of our receipt of the returned item. This refund policy applies to prints, framed prints or any other merchandise you may have purchased from SteveLingeman.com.

If you have enrolled in one of our workshops, and do not wish to attend we will refund your workshop fee provided you have not attended any of the classes or workshops. If you attend the first workshop session and are dissatisfied or otherwise think you can not continue, we will refund you workshop fee within 10 days of your notification of withdrawal from the workshop. No refunds for a workshop fee will be granted after you attend the second session of the workshop. Please note: the successful completion of building out your website is primarily dependent on your preparation of the content and materials deeded to fulfill your intent of creating a website for yourself or your business. We will guide you, but in the end it is your responsibility to prepare the materials for use with the SquareSpace platform.