Breaking NEWS PHOTO SESSIONS!!!!!! :-)

[anthony2k7]

but can you upload your photos to the photopass site from the CD and add the enhancements???

I was under the imrpession you cannot add the enhancements to photos you upload yourself, in which case that would also apply to ones on the CD?

 

[wendylovesdisney]

but can you upload your photos to the photopass site from the CD and add the enhancements???

You can upload your own photos to the site and use them for making the books, etc. I thought you could still only add enhancements to the actual photopass pictures taken by the Photopass photographers. I uploaded my own pics last time, I just don't remember being able to enhance them.

 

[raider97]

BEFORE SEPT 1st, 2008

guests can buy the cd in the park for $125.... they can buy the CD with park photos and get PROFESSIONAL PORTRAITS done for $125 - so they got professional portraits FREE!!!!! FREEE?????? wait a second. professional photographers are a step or so higher than park photographers. we are more skilled we are required to do more, we are trained totally different, we worked hard in the park to get to the portraits job, yet we are paid the same and have the same value. AND WE ARE FREE??? WE ARE OF NO VALUE.....we make no extra money for photopass...we are just a free extra.

so we put value on us. we are trying to bring us up closer to market value. we are now $75 extra.... which is still cheaper than market value

Cheryl- I'm not sure why you feel that your work had no value when it was free when you bought the CD in the park. It had value to many -- many of these people ended up buying the CD because it included a resort photo session. You are looking at the basics is that if someone wanted the park CD and was willing to pay for it then they got the resort sessions free... I am hoping to show you that many people probably bought the CD because it included the resort pictures.... a value of which could only be told to you by each individual person... for example I might have thought the park pictures where only worth $25 and wouldn't have bought them, but if throw in the resort photo session with the CD then it might be worth it to me to buy the CD so I in fact valued the resort photo session at $75. Each person would have there own opionion and some people would have valued the park CD and bought it for full price and gotten the resort session for free and some I am sure bought the CD where eligible for the free resort session and then never even got the resort session done, even though they could have done it for free.

You sound like you enjoy your job very much. I am glad you have tried to explain the reasoning behind the price increase to us. I have a hard time understanding why your importance is based on how much Disney charges for your pictures. Personally, that wouldn't bother me at all.... what actually determines your worth to Disney in my view is how much Disney is willing to pay you for your services, how much you in fact make from Disney.

If you look at the overall price increases, reductions in services, shows, etc. right now at Disney I would say this has more to due with the fact that Disney saw how popular the sessions where and thought they could get away with raising the prices to $75 without losing much of their business. Similiar to the stroller rentals. I just think many more people won't look at these sessions as a good deal anymore and when the price doesn't justify the expense they will opt out.... we were planning to have a session done next year for our 10th anniversary trip and after looking at the pictures on this thread and balancing that with the price I have decided it is not worth the price.

Best of luck with your profession. Again, thanks for coming to explain it to us... I was just hoping to explain my side of it. Hope there are no hard feelings.

Stephanie

 

[Ohana90]

So for the $25.00 are you getting a CD at the photo session still? Or are they giving you a card to add the session photos to your photopass account online? Did you get the person's name that confirmed the $25.00 fee? I would just be worried that I book this session with the assumption that it's only $25.00, then go to the photo session and be told "on no, that CM was wrong, it's $75!"

I actually will get 2 CD's. One with the resort session (no enhancements, burned right there on site) and then the Park pics (with enhancements from the photopass cards uploaded)
I did get her name and I am gonna give her the original email with the july print date on it. If they try and charge me the $75.00 then i'll just politely decline. (of course I will inquire "before" the pics are taken)

 

[mickey mommy]

Just returned and got some great Beach Club Photos....I just ordered the CD today, so I'll post some of the best ones as soon as it arrives. The Photographer took 82 pictures in all. I thought it was worth the $25. It was not worth me prepaying the CD though. I should have just paid the $50 (pre-price increase) and got the photo-shoot pics. We hardly got any pictures in the parks, the photopass photographers were few and far between and people were lined up waiting for the ones we did see. In my opinion, prepaying for the CD was not exactly worth the money for what we got. I also originally thought that you could upload you own pictures to be included in the CD, which is not the case either. You can uplaod them, add borders, etc, but they will not be included in the CD. Anyway, I'll post the pictures as soon as I get that CD in the mail!

 

[GoofySon'sMom]

We had a photoshoot at the Poly in the rain on 8/23! We loved it. It was so much fun. Not a drenching downpour, but sprinkling. To us it just made it more fun.

I pre-ordered the CD (ended up with about 100 pics from the parks) and paid the $25. We have 72 pictures, I think. Some I really like, some I plan to delete before ordering the CD this weekend. I will definitely post the best ones.

For what it's worth, I was able to manipulate & add borders the same as the park pics. Not sure if it is because of the date of our shoot or the date that I made the reservation.

 

[momsavealot]

I actually will get 2 CD's. One with the resort session (no enhancements, burned right there on site) and then the Park pics (with enhancements from the photopass cards uploaded)
I did get her name and I am gonna give her the original email with the july print date on it. If they try and charge me the $75.00 then i'll just politely decline. (of course I will inquire "before" the pics are taken)

No need to inquire, you have to pay before they take any pictures!

 

[J&K'sPrincessMommy]

I am sure this has been answered before, but if you have the photo shoot and prepay for the CD- can you have all of your photopass pictures on one CD or do you need a separate one for the photo session and another or photo pass park pictures?

 

[diskidz]

I am a daily reader of this particular thread, but I do have a question. Can you have the resort photos taken without preordering the photopass, and if so, is it still $75?
Thanks in advance.

 

[stepdisney]

Just got back and got the photo session at AKL! It did not cost anything because we were one of the first families and we signed a model release. We received a free CD with all of our pictures AND the pictures were put on a photopass card which I down loaded when I got home. Don't worry about multiple photopass cards. I had 3 and all 3 are being placed on the pre-ordered CD.

 

[TPCShauna]

I am a daily reader of this particular thread, but I do have a question. Can you have the resort photos taken without preordering the photopass, and if so, is it still $75?
Thanks in advance.

You CAN have resort photos taken without pre-ordering the Photopass CD but the cost is $150.

 

[peyjax]

WOW! I can not believe how much they are asking for this photo shoot. We had it done last year when it first started. It is so not worth $75!! We had maybe 5 or 6 good pictures.

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

We just left Disney today and we did the photoshoot at Wilderness lodge. I have the Cd with me and I will post some pics tonight... but I was less than impressed with out photographer. I am GLAD we did it, however I am also GLAD we only paid the 25.00. I would be very dissapointed if I paid anymore than that. We got about 30 pics and 1/4 of them turned out blurry, the girl that took our pictures said she had only been taking pictures with Disney for 2 weeks so I knew I was in trouble from the get go.
Like I said, Its worth the 25.00 cause we already ordered the CD anyway, and U cant go anywhere and get pics taken for 25.00, but I think I will just stick to my local photo place next year.
I will post pics this evening, as we are still on vacation and will be out on the beach today.

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

Wilderness lodge salvaged pics~No, Im not pregnant- just a big girl

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

She only took us to about 5 spots around the resort and then just took LOTS of different pics (up close, far away etc), some were good, some were not but It was only 25.00 so Im not complaning tooo much

 

[jojo0612]

Love the pictures Farah! The family pics turned out very good IMHO!! I hope you guys had a great trip and can't wait to read all about it!

 

[J&K'sPrincessMommy]

Farrah~ I think those look great! I can see the one of you and your DH is fuzzy in front of the Lodge, but your sons sure came out adorable!

Now, essentailly if you preorder the photo CDs you'll need 2- one for the parks and one for the photo session? And you can no longer add enhancemnets to the photo shoots? So, $100 for each CD and another $75 for the photo session? Bringing that to $275?

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

Love the pictures Farah! The family pics turned out very good IMHO!! I hope you guys had a great trip and can't wait to read all about it!

aww, Thank you! TR starts as soon as I get home.

Farrah~ I think those look great! I can see the one of you and your DH is fuzzy in front of the Lodge, but your sons sure came out adorable!

Now, essentailly if you preorder the photo CDs you'll need 2- one for the parks and one for the photo session? And you can no longer add enhancemnets to the photo shoots? So, $100 for each CD and another $75 for the photo session? Bringing that to $275?

I have many more Fuzzy ones but didnt think I should post those. I also noticed I have a couple duplicates in there- Im sorry.

Not quite sure how the NEW transactions will take place..I got in right before they uped the price. I did ask if I could just get the pics put on a photopass card and she would NOT let me....I got the card, ut not untill after she burned the photos onto a CD right there at the desk. She also said I would not be able to add any bordrers etc to the pics.
I hope that helped answer some of your questions.

 

[lissiesmum]

Boy, talk about it's all about who you get as your photographer! I just got back from the WL about two hours ago (and where am I? Here on the dis wishing I was back at the WL!). Anyway, DD and I had an amazing experience with our photographer. She is actually a professional photographer and does Disney on the side two days a week and she took almost 100 photos of us. She did not rush, and she was very patient with my DD, who was a total goofball for much of the shoot! I liked about 98% of the pictures, a few I had my eyes closed and a few were blurry because DD was on the move, but for $25, it was a steal.
Once the shoot was over, I assumed I was going to get a CD burned right there, but both of the girls at the desk told me because I prepaid and booked before the price increase, that they would upload all of my photos on a portrait photopass card which was only for this session, but then I could come back the last day of the trip and they would transfer all of the pictures from the parks and portrait session to one card. I ended up with three photopass cards (one for the parks, one for the photosession, and one for the MNSSHP). I went to the desk today and there were two gentlemen there who uploaded all three cards onto one and I have started going through them all and started making some enhancements. As soon as I figure out how to upload some pics, I'll post some of my favorites. I did end up getting almost 200 photos between the photo session and stuff we did at the parks. Pre-ordering was well worth the money in our case, but unfortunately it probably depends on who takes your pictures and who handles your account when you are finished...

 

[heath-and-javens-mom]

YAY! Thats great Lizziesmom. Im so glad you had a better experiance than I. I do agree that it is all about who you get to photograph you. I actually didnt mind the fact that I got the CD right then. I would not put boarders on my portraits anyway so that wasnt a big deal...also by getting it seperate it keeps those pics on a CD by themselves...I have already emailed a few to family and friends, However If you do plan on putting boarders on your pics then you would be better off trying to talk them into just putting the pics on a photopass card.