Questions parents ask

Scan the Rival sign at the field with your phone's camera. Pick the game, type your kid's jersey number, and only their photos show up.

On game day you can also open Find my photos and choose your game there.

While the game is still going. The gallery goes live during the game and keeps filling up, so you can check at halftime or wait for the final whistle. Just watch the game. The photos will be there.

No. The sign opens the gallery right on your phone. There's nothing to download and nothing to sign up for.

No. Scroll the previews as long as you like and pay only for the photos you want.

Photos go up all through the game, so give it a few minutes and check again. If they still don't show, send us the game and the number through the contact form.

$2.99 a photo while the game is going. After the final whistle, photos are $5 each.

Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card. No account and no app.

Every payment goes through Stripe, which handles the card details.

The full size photo with no watermark, saved straight to your phone.

Right after you buy. The gallery comes down 48 hours after the final whistle, so get your favorites onto your phone before then.

Write to us through the contact form, pick "A photo I bought," and include the game and the email you paid with.

PLACEHOLDER: confirm bought photos can be sent again, and for how long after the game

If something is wrong with a photo you bought, tell us through the contact form.

PLACEHOLDER: refund policy, and how many days parents have to ask

It's the gallery from your kid's game, open to every family there. It goes live while the game is still going, and you search it by jersey number.

Every regular season game Rival shoots. If Rival isn't on the schedule for a game you care about, you can prebook us.

Yes. Every athlete gets one free photo per game, claimed right in the game's gallery. Pick your favorite, tap Get this one free, add your jersey number and your Instagram or TikTok, and promise to tag @rivalimaging in your post and in the caption. Once Michael approves it, the full-size download unlocks for that photo.

That you'll tag @rivalimaging in your post and in the caption, and that Rival Imaging can post that photo on Instagram and our other social accounts, on our website, and in ads and marketing materials. Athletes 12 and under need a parent or guardian to claim it for them. The full free photo terms are in our photo policy.

48 hours after the final whistle. Then it comes down.

Only the previews. The gallery shows small, watermarked versions, and every photo you buy is full size with no watermark.

Yes. Prints are available at the game.

PLACEHOLDER: print sizes, prices, and how a parent orders a print at the game

It's hiring Rival for your kid, a deep dive on one athlete instead of the whole team. Pick Game Spotlight for $50 or Big Night for $150, or ask about a styled portrait shoot. All of them are on the athlete spotlights page.

For $50, your athlete is the focus for one game. You get 20 to 30 edited photos in their own private gallery.

For $150, Rival covers pregame, the whole game, and postgame with family and teammates. You get 40 to 60 edited photos. It's made for senior nights, first games and Friday night lights.

Video has its own packages: Mic'd Up, Social Reel, Pregame + Postgame + Highlights and College Highlight Tape for athletes, plus Full Game Broadcast Coverage and Social Media Recap Edits for teams. Social Reel is $35, Mic'd Up $50, Pregame + Postgame + Highlights $150, College Highlight Tape $100 a game (the full game tape, cut down to highlights for $50 more), Full Game Broadcast Coverage from $750 a game with two cameras (up to three for $550 more), and Social Media Recap Edits $350 a game or $2,400 for an 8-game season. See them on the video page.

Planned portraits of your athlete in uniform. Every styled shoot is quoted, so tell us what you have in mind and Michael will put a price on it.

PLACEHOLDER: spotlight delivery time for the photos

Pick a package on the athlete spotlights page and send the request with your athlete's name, number and game date. Michael will confirm the date and details with you before the game.

If Rival isn't on the schedule for a game you care about, you can ask us to come shoot it. It's good for big games, rivalry nights and anything we haven't scheduled yet. The game gets a post game gallery like any other, open to every family there.

You can prebook a game up to 7 days in advance.

Send the date, time and field through the contact form. Michael will confirm with you before the game that Rival can be there.

Families at the game buy photos the usual way, $2.99 each during the game and $5 after.

PLACEHOLDER: is there a fee to prebook a game, and if so, how much and who pays

Let us know as soon as you hear.

PLACEHOLDER: reschedule and rainout policy for prebooked games and spotlights

Yes. Every photo has a Remove button. Tap it, or ask us through the removal form.

Galleries are unlisted and kept out of search engines. Families get to them from the Rival sign at the field.

No. You find your kid by jersey number, never by face.

If your athlete is 12 or under, not without a written OK from a parent, the team or the coach. The one exception is a free photo: claiming one means you agree we can post that photo. See the free photo terms in our photo policy.

It's all on the photo policy page, including how Rival handles photos of kids and how removal works.

Ask your league or coach to book Rival, or send us the league's name through the contact form and we'll reach out.

Nothing. Rival covers games at no cost to the league, and the league gets a share of photo sales or free team photos. More on the leagues page.

Yes, when the league takes a share of sales or free team photos. In return, Rival is the league's exclusive game photographer and videographer for the season. Parents can always shoot their own kids. More on the leagues page.

Yes. Rival does team and individual photo days. Ask about one through the contact form.

On the North Shore and around Greater Boston, Massachusetts.

Both. Rival shoots youth leagues and high school games on the North Shore and around Greater Boston.

Michael Rotiroti, a National Emmy and duPont-Columbia award winning cinematographer and photographer. He has shot for HBO, MTV, NESN and NBC Sports Boston. Meet Michael.

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