What to do If we signed a contract for photography services which included a non-refundable deposit but the service was never rendered?

What to do If we signed a contract for photography services which included a non-refundable deposit but the service was never rendered?

After signing the contract, the photographer/business owner would cancel the scheduled session, stating weather issues (however weather turned out ok), then stopped communicating via email, phone, or text message. Ultimately, because of time constraints and need to get the service completed, we went with another company. Is the deposit we paid recoverable since the business never held up its end of the contract?

Asked on April 27, 2014 under Business Law, Florida

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