The primary focus of the UMKC Strategic Marketing and Communications (MCOM) photo services team is to provide professional images to help promote the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Photography assignments are prioritized by the overall impact and intended usage of the final images. For example, candid photographs from Roo Welcome Week can be used in many different capacities for marketing the university as opposed to group photos at an awards reception for an individual unit, department or organization. Photographing an event to specifically create content for marketing has a greater impact and intended use than photographing an event just to document the occasion.
Select images from events covered by PR/Stratcom will be available to download at the discretion of the MCOM team. Complete coverage of the event cannot be guaranteed. For more comprehensive coverage, or to include specific requests, please complete a photography services request form to hire a photographer.
Photo requests should be submitted at least 10 business days in advance. Requests made within 2 business days of an event or photoshoot will be charged a 20% rush fee. Photography assignments are prioritized by the overall impact and intended usage for the university. A request does not guarantee the availability of a photographer.
Within 8 business days after your event or photoshoot, you will receive an email with a link to a digital gallery of select high-resolution images suitable for print or web use. Rush images can be obtained for a $25 rush fee on free studio portraits or a 20% fee on all other projects.
Rates are charged at a one hour minimum, and then in 30-minute increments thereafter. Off-peak hours are Monday-Friday after 5 p.m., weekends and holidays (Updated July 1, 2023).
Now includes all photography outside of studio and bulk portraits: Events, staged shoots, non-studio location portraits, editorial, etc.
Scheduled separately from free Studio Portrait Day, 307 Fine Arts Building, Volker Campus.
Applied to all shoots not held on UMKC Volker or Health Sciences campuses. The total roundtrip travel time will be estimated from the shoot’s location to the nearest UMKC campus location.
Location scouting/testing, photo archive retrieval, photo retouching and photo shoot coordination.
Photo requests made within 2 business days of an event or photoshoot, or images requested before the standard 8-business day turnaround will be charged a 20% rush fee.
*Free portrait rush images will be charged a $25 flat fee.
Projects not charged to a MoCode will require an email or mailing address to send the invoice and will incur an additional 20% processing fee.
Studio portrait days are a free service to UMKC faculty, staff, students and affiliates and are held the third Tuesday of every month in 307 Fine Arts Building, Volker Campus. The Health Sciences Campus Portrait Studio is closed until further notice due to construction.
Please have any person who is recognizable in our photographs sign a photo release. Photos of minors (under the age of 18) require a release signed by a parent or legal guardian. If no single person is the dominant feature (i.e. group and crowd photos), a photo release is not required. Please have all required forms completed and available for the photographer before the photoshoot begins.
Minor guardian photo release (PDF)
All images remain the copyright of UMKC Strategic Marketing and Communications. Commissioned images are yours to publish, print and distribute. MCom retains the right to use images as licensable stock or in other marketing materials for UMKC and its academic units.
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