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This web site uses cookies. If you click to close a notification banner on a page, a cookie is used so that the banner will not appear on other pages. We also use a Google Analytics cookie to provide us with non-personal, aggregate information on how viewers use this site.

But cookies are not required to browse this site.

There is no advertising on this site which means no advertiser cookies.

This web site has a blog that may embed video from a third-party site like Youtube. These videos can have their own cookies which are covered by the privacy policies of those third-party sites.

Archive photos used on the blog are from national archives. These pictures are in the public domain and are captioned to show their source.

The blog may also have product photos which come from the respective manufacturers.

All other photographs on this site are copyrighted by Warren Toda. No permission is granted for the use, or distribution, of these photographs.

If you contact us through one of the forms on this site or by direct e-mail then your name, e-mail address, phone number and any other information you provide will be kept by us and used to respond to your enquiry. Your contact information is not given to anyone else and will be deleted if no longer needed.

The information you enter into a contact form is not stored in any database. You will not be added to any e-mail list.

We use your contact information to respond to your questions and to correspond with you about a specific photo project that we're doing for you.

Your contact information will not be used to solicit future business.

All estimates and invoices are in complete confidence. Just you, us and the federal tax department.

If we photograph your secret device, a proprietary process or some magical thingamajig, just let us know and the photos will be kept private.

We assume a non-disclosure policy with regard to your business. We won't disclose any information about your secret tax haven, your CEO's drinking problem or what really goes into your company's best-selling snack food, should any of that come to light during a photo shoot. Mum's the word.

If we do photograph proprietary objects or we're given private access to something or someone, you're welcome to provide a non-disclosure agreement.

Photographs are stored on offline hard drives.

As a general rule, we maintain copyright ownership of all our photos. This includes the right to display any photograph, except as mentioned above, on this web site to illustrate our capabilities.

Our photography will include a license that grants you and your business specific commercial usage rights. These rights will be stated on both the estimate and the invoice. You will also always have non-commercial rights to make prints for private, personal use and to display the images on your devices and personal social media.

If you want to buy all rights to a photo, it will always be far more expensive than any license.

Unless otherwise agreed, your license will take effect when full payment has been received.

Payments made through this web site are processed by PayPal on its secure web site. Credit card payments made on location are processed by PayPal or by Square through its secure system. We do not receive your financial information.

This site's blog uses Wordpress software. If you submit a comment, you have to include your name, e-mail address and, optionally, your web site url. This information will be stored on our server. Your name will be published only alongside your comment and it will be linked to your web site url if provided. Your e-mail address will not be published nor added to any mailing lists.

If you choose to subscribe to the blog, your name and e-mail address will be stored on our server and used only to fulfill your subscription request. You can unsubscribe at any time which will delete your information.