Come join us for an exclusive portrait studio photography event brought to you by Dr. Deb Davies, DACM, L.Ac. of PUSH Professionals and Dr. Steven Mills, D.C. of Dr Mills Photo. www.DrMillsPhoto.com

Step 1: decide which session length will be better for you

Step 2: Submit Payment

Step 3: Call to Reserve your session time

Please call Dr. Steven Mills, DC directly at (619) 581-9522 to schedule and reserve your designated time slot.

Step 4: Read Event Terms, Details and FAQs

Please read “FAQs” and “Terms and Details” sections below for important event terms, details and helpful recommendations.

Step 5: Attend your Session

Show up for your designated time on February 18th and have a great time at your photo session!

Terms and Details

1. Timely Start to Sessions: It is our hope and intention that all sessions will begin promptly at each session’s designated start time. That said, although it is not a requirement, please consider arriving a minimum of 10-15 minutes prior to your start time in order to allow time for you to relax some, collect your self following anything else that you may have experienced prior to you session, to use the restroom if necessary and to generally be prepared to be ready to shoot by the beginning of your session time. Arriving and/or getting started late may result in either a shorter portrait session (still ending at the designated time especially if another subject happens to be scheduled immediately after your session), or moving your session to a later time slot on that day (if any openings later that day remain available). There is a Tea shop, “Trinitea”, two doors down from our event location. So if you are able to do so, you may even consider arriving 30min or more prior to your session and enjoying a relaxing beverage, thereby giving your self plenty of time to make your way over to your session feeling comfortable and relaxed as opposed to arriving last minute.

2. Skin, Hair, Make-up, Clothing/Wardrobe etc.: At this event we will be providing the studio environment, photography, lighting and backdrop equipment, etc. However, we can be responsible in no way with regard to the look and appearance of your person, skin, hair, make-up, clothing, perspiration etc. That said, it is your responsibility to make sure that your hair is styled in a way that will appear flattering to your standards, and that all clothing will be ironed/pressed etc. We will always point out details during your session that stand out to us if and when we notice/see them, especially those details that can be an easy/simple last minute fix, and we will have some ability during the editing process with regard to making some adjustments such as removing a pimple/blemish etc. So there’s no need to worry about those such small details. However, there are limits to our abilities to make larger or more significant changes to the finished appearances of these larger, more significant variables and thus they fall into the realm of your responsibility.

3. On Line Payment Method: The above “Pay Now” payment buttons under the above section titled, “STEP 2: SUBMIT PAYMENT” lead to a secure, H.I.P.P.A. compliant PayPal-based merchant services portal for processing the financial transfer of payment funds, as well as payment method used and buyer information (such as buyer’s e-mail address etc).

4. Seller Information: Once the above payment buttons are clicked on, the payment screen interface as well as any receipts generated after payment has been made that are sent to your e-mail will list “iHeart Chiropractic” as the seller for this portrait event. Just to avoid any possible confusion, this is the case as “iHeart Chiropractic” is the primary Wellness Center name and commercial business entity owned and operated by Dr. Steven Mills, D.C., the co-organizer for this event.

5. Refund Policy: Scheduling, promoting, preparing for and setting up events of this nature requires a great deal of time and coordination of resources and effort. That said, refunds for this event will be gladly issued for any reason if you submit a refund request by e-mail to: info@DrMills.com prior to 11:00AM on Friday, February 17, 2023.

6. Rescheduling After 11:00AM on Friday, February 17, 2023, Showing up Too Late for Your Session, or Missing Event Altogether: If on the day of the event you happen to arrive too late and are unable to fit your session within the remaining designated time, if you are unable to wait for the next available opening during this event, if there are no more available openings remaining during the duration of the event to move your photo shoot to, or if you miss showing up to the event altogether, we will gladly apply your registration fee without penalty to a future similar event (may be not long after 02/18/23, or may be several months). Or, you may apply your registration fee towards another regularly priced photo session dedicated just to you (or split between you and another friend or colleague) on a different, future day and time that will work better for you. At the time of this event posting, the regular price for the smallest, individual session is a 30min session (indoor or outdoor) and (5) finished photos for $185.00 towards which your registration fee for this event, should you miss it, could be applied.

Directions to Event Location

1. Location:

   This portrait event will be taking place at Dr. Mills’ Wellness Center facility.

2. Address:

   8680 Navajo Rd., Suite 107, San Diego, CA 92119

3. Directions:

   Our office is located on the corner of Navajo Rd and Lake Murray Blvd. My wellness center/practice is called "iHeart Chiropractic". But I am in a group so you'll find over our doorway the large letters "CG" for "chiropractic group". It is Suite 107.

   Additionally, there are gas stations on three of the four corners at that intersection (two Chevrons and one Speedway Express) and we are located on the one corner with no gas station on it.

We are located just inside the two-story Archway behind the flower planter box.

FAQs:

Q: Am I all set once I have paid for this event on line?
A: No. That step only covers your session fee. To reserve your actual session time, you must also call or text Dr. Steven Mills directly at (619) 581-9522 to schedule and reserve your session starting time and duration. Specific starting time and duration spots are issued on a first come, first served basis and once it is scheduled, your designated session time will be confirmed by text or e-mail.

Q: After registering will I need to print out a physical ticket or receipt to bring to this event?
A: No physical ticket is required. Registering your time directly with Dr. Steven Mills is sufficient and your designated session time will be confirmed by text or e-mail.

Q: Are there minimum age requirements to enter the event?
A: This event is open to all ages.

Q: What should I wear for my portraits?
A: For marketing, branding, agency/promotional portraits and head-shots it is highly recommended that you wear solid color shirts or outfits only. Busy clothing patterns can appear very distracting in that context and are not recommended. Regarding holiday portraits, solid color shirts are also recommended but patterns can be unique and festive should that be the desired effect. You may want to also consider that what color you wear could either compliment or clash with your branding/logo colors. Or that having a white, grey, black or other soft, subtle or neutral color can be handy as those, depending on social media or web site branding and color palette use case, tend to fit in more subtly within more applications and contexts than loud, vivid or bold colors will. On the other hand, those same bright, vivid or bold colors or patterns may be a good direction to go in if your desire is to project a bold energy, personality, service or brand. Of course having some of each to choose from moving forward depending on the application offers the greatest flexibility of all.

Q: What type of portraits should I expect by attending this event?
A: At this event we will be taking either close up head shots primarily of the face, and/or portraits from the waist or chest and up.
(We will not be taking full body-length portraits at this event.)

Q: Will portraits be taken indoor or outdoor?
A: At this event we will be taking indoor studio-style portraits only. We will not be taking outdoor portraits.

Q: How will I select my chosen photos to have edited?
A: Within days of the event, you will be provided by e-mail or or by web site gallery viewing, low resolution, review-only sample versions of the best portraits resulting from your session. You will then be able to select any two (2) portraits from the samples provided if you attended the 20min sessions that you would like to have professionally edited. (Or any four (4) portraits from the samples provided if you registered for and attended a 40min session.)

Q: What if I would like to have more than 2 (for $50) or 4 (for $90) photos from this event, (i.e. 5, 6, 7 or more photos)?
A: Should attendees desire to have additional portraits professionally edited and delivered beyond the base, included package numbers, additional selections may also be edited and delivered for a fee of just $20 per portrait (beyond the first 2 or 4 already included in the corresponding package sizes).

Q: How will my final chosen photos be delivered to me?
A: Once your selected photos are professionally edited, they will be delivered to you by the use of a web link that you can use to click to download your images directly onto your computer from a (non-public) private web gallery of your finished images.

Q: Can I have someone else such as friend, colleague, family member or additional photographer take photos of me, the studio set up or any part of the process with their own camera or cell phone during the portrait session?
A: We are sorry, but based on years of experience we have concluded that this is not permitted at this or other similar events. High quality professional photography is optimally performed under conditions of inspiration, spontaneous compositional innovation, quality storytelling and above all great focus, presence and creative flow. Unfortunately, few influences can be more of an interruption than additional artists, friends, photographers or creators stepping in to work at the same time that we are. That said, taking of additional photos by anyone else using any camera, cell phone or any other device is not permitted at this event under any circumstances.

Q: What’s the refund policy?
A: For this information, please see “Refund Policy” and “Rescheduling After 11:00AM on Friday, February 17, 2023, Showing up Too Late for Your Session, or Missing Event Altogether” under the main section title “Terms and Details” above.

Q: What if this event is canceled?
A: If this event is cancelled for any reason, we will gladly refund the amount that you paid for your registration using the same payment method used for purchase. Or, if for any reason we are not able to hold the event on 02/18/23 and a follow-up event can be rescheduled within a reasonable amount of time that could work for you, we will contact you with a new date and time at which point, you can choose to either simply transfer your registration fee to the new event day and time by rescheduling your session to the new event date and time, or you can simply request to be refunded should a new date and time not work for you.

Q: What if I would like to have an idea of the available/remaining session appointment times prior to registering and paying for this event?
A: For questions regarding appointment scheduling and/or available session times prior to registering and paying for this event, please call Dr. Steven Mills, DC directly at (619) 581-9522 and we will be glad to discuss available session times prior to you reserving a time. However, we can not guarantee that any session times available at the time that such an inquiring phone call is being made will still be available or reserved until payment is actually made. If important and if it is possible, we can try our best to coordinate our calls with your payment to walk you through the process at that time and help you to reserve a specific, preferred time.

Q: Can I reserve a portrait session time and duration in advance without paying for it?
A: No. Session times and durations for this event are only set after the registration payment has been made and are issued/scheduled/booked on a first come, first served basis.

Q: Can I just wait and call in the day of the event, register late for this event (such as on the day of) or even just show up or “walk in” during the event without advanced payment or registration?
A: You are welcome to try, as we can accept cash, PayPal, Venmo and/or credit/debit card payments on the day of the photo shoot. However, although attempts at calling in on the day of the event, same day registration and walk-ins are welcomed, we can not guarantee that by then remaining session times will be available that could work for you, or that there will even be any available sessions remaining at all. So if that ends up being the case, you may want to try to call in and inquire before coming to the event facility, or we recommend that you consider simply registering in advance to be sure and to reserve a session time and duration that you know will work for you.

Q: Will hair or makeup services be provided on site for this event?
A: At this event we will be providing the portrait services only. No hair or makeup services will be provided. Therefore, please make your own prior arrangements for these services if they are desired.

Q: Am I allowed to bring multiple/different shirts or outfits?
A: Yes, you may bring more than one shirt or outfit, however, all portrait shooting and time necessary for changing outfit(s) etc. still all must take place within your reserved appointment slot.

Q: Can a friend, colleague or hair and make-up specialist of my choice join me at my session?
A: You are welcome to have someone join you for any reason that you choose. However, although that choice is yours to make, it is totally your responsibility to see that any additional support people or attendees contribute to the session experience in a constructive manner to the session flow and successful session outcome and will in no way serve as a detractor or distraction with regard to the process for either your self or for the photographer.

should any ADDITIONAL related questions arise, Please forward any inquiries to:

Dr Steven Mills, D.C.

8680 Navajo Rd., Suite 107, San Diego, CA 92119

p (619) 581-9522 ● www.DrMills.com ● info@DrMills.com ● f (888) 222-5499