COVID-19 Safety Policy for Clients and Staff

We have instituted strict safety policies to provide an extremely safe environment for you and our beloved staff.

What we ask of you, our clients:

Please do not arrive more than 5 minutes early. We have instituted a 30-minute break between appointments so that clients need not cross paths and so we can disinfect surfaces between clients and avoid client to client contact. During this time, we ask that you do not bring a guest with you into the studio.

Please put your mask or other face covering on before entering the studio. You will be removing it only during your actual shoot at which time you will be 15+ feet away from any other person.

Upon arrival please use restroom in entry area to wash your hands with soap and hot water for 20 seconds of longer. The studio interior door will be open so you will not need to touch and surfaces once in. Once you enter from the street, proceed inside the entry area and turn right down the hallway just before entering the studio area.

Please use a paper towel when touching door handles or facets after washing your hands.

Please always remain 8 – 10 feet from other people in the studio. There is only one time you will need to be closer (6 feet) and that is outlined in the PDF brief you will receive before your shoot. Obviously, no handshaking or hugging please.

We will not be accepting cash during this time. When you use your payment card, we will ask you to swipe it yourself while not touching the card reader. We will not be requiring signatures during this time.

Latex gloves will be provided upon request.

Other than when washing your hands when you come in there is no reason afterward for you to have to touch anything in the studio at any time. In other words, if you follow these procedures it will be impossible to be in physical contact with anything infected. That, along with remaining 6 feet from others in the studio makes in very safe for you, and us 😊

Obviously, if you have a fever, are otherwise symptomatic, or have been in contact with anyone symptomatic or is believed to have been in contact with an infected person, please reschedule your appointment.

The steps we take to protect you:

All staff is asked to take their temperature each morning. Should their temperature be at all above their personal baseline, staff will not come to work. Staff is still paid, symptomatic or not, without questions asked should they for any reason feel unsafe or ill. This removes all motivation to come into work if not feeling well.

All staff will wash and disinfect their hands between each client.

While clients have no reason to touch these surfaces, all used surfaces will be disinfected between each client. That includes cameras, computer keyboards/mice, card readers, payment station. Light units, wall switches and any other surfaces touched.

Only staff necessary for each shoot will come into the studio at any given time. All admin and retouching work will be performed virtually. The studio will be limited to a maximum of three crew members at any time.

The full procedure, including photos will be emailed to you before yours shoot, is posted on our front door, and is available for download at https://laurensantoine.com/covid.pdf 

Thank you and please stay safe!