Krazy Kruizers Posted July 14, 2015 #26 Share Posted July 14, 2015 On one cruise they must have hired some new photographers. Many photos cut off the tops or sides of the subject's heads. But we saw folks buying the pics anyway??? I sure wouldn't have wasted my money on pictures like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebr.cruiser Posted July 14, 2015 #27 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Sometimes I get a chuckle or two at some of the photos--sometimes at ours! Some are so bad I wonder why they were ever printed. We do usually get a decent picture or two though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicker Posted July 14, 2015 #28 Share Posted July 14, 2015 DW & I usually buy one pic as a remembrance of each cruise. Had one taken formal night last cruise - I must have blinked and sneered, and the photog caught it at the right (wrong?) moment. I look like a pirate, so naturally that's the pic we bought. Also, my DS & I used to compete to see who could make the funniest face for season pass cards for water parks, etc.. Did that on Royal for our boarding pics a couple of times - good for some strange looks from security!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cbr663 Posted July 14, 2015 #29 Share Posted July 14, 2015 We just walk right by and never look at any of the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grand isle joe Posted July 14, 2015 #30 Share Posted July 14, 2015 We sat at a table where a woman had a major argument with the cruise photographer about not having her picture taken in the MDR. It ended up with her stopping him by holding a side plate in front of her face. I nearly wet myself when my daughter pointed out the photograph of this woman with a plate in front of her face on the racks. Lol John ..............maybe she was in the F.B.I. witness protection program......or better yet paying for her vacation with her WELFARE CHECK? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legaljen1969 Posted July 14, 2015 #31 Share Posted July 14, 2015 We sat at a table where a woman had a major argument with the cruise photographer about not having her picture taken in the MDR. It ended up with her stopping him by holding a side plate in front of her face. I nearly wet myself when my daughter pointed out the photograph of this woman with a plate in front of her face on the racks. Lol John That is priceless. I guess he was taking that photo no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legaljen1969 Posted July 14, 2015 #32 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Don't really laugh...but I do sometimes look at what people are wearing and find it amazing that the spent time picking out the outfit, got dressed, looked in the mirror and thought to themselves; "Dang! I look gooooooooooooood!" :D Of course...others may be thinking the same thing when they see us. I have that same thought many times on a cruise. LOL Hey, for the most part, you will never see those folks again so you may as well find some amusement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfantum Posted July 14, 2015 #33 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I have been known to chuckle at them, yes. On our last cruise they used a green screen for the boarding photo and one family had on green shirts that was the same color as the screen. Their boarding photo was a set of disembodied heads. (And after seeing I found our photo and DW had been wearing a green shirt too, although hers was darker than the screen so her torso has a washed out effect.) I would do this on purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzeluver Posted July 14, 2015 #34 Share Posted July 14, 2015 We have gotten away from even looking at them and do not volunteer to have photos taken anymore. The quality in my opinion has not been very good. Shots are composed horribly, lighting is bad, someone has errant hairs that the photog did not notice. For what they charge I would expect them to be much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted July 14, 2015 #35 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I know some people will attack me for me saying this but I was wondering if anybody else laughs at the pictures hanging at the photo gallery during the cruise. I mean I don't laugh if you have a physical problem or anything like that but some people look so funny on those pic that we can resist laughing in secret Well, it's not in secret anymore!!! :D I don't bother to even look at the photo boards. I don't let the ship's photographers take any pictures so unless the rare time we are with friends who want a photo together, we bypass the photo entirely. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talisker92 Posted July 14, 2015 #36 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Ship's photographers always gripe me. You have just finished a 10 hour flight from the West Coast in Economy, You have a day and a half beard, your clothes are wrinkled, you are dead tired, and the last thing you want is to have someone shove a camera in your face. Funniest thing I saw on a Regency cruise was a bunch of people from a Carnival ship taking boarding pictures on our gangway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampire Parrot Posted July 14, 2015 #37 Share Posted July 14, 2015 A friend of mine is a ship's photographer. She's quite happy to say that the reason she took the job was to see and photograph the world (she's a "real" professional photographer), but now she enjoys her life at sea. She also makes a point of always taking the best passenger photographs she can, because even after years at sea she understands and appreciates that for many people, a cruise is something rather special and often a one-off experience. I've found that if I don't want my photograph taken, a couple of polite and firm "thank you but no thank you" is all it takes. VP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haoie Posted July 14, 2015 #38 Share Posted July 14, 2015 How do I know which photos are mine? Huck huck huck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SadieN Posted July 14, 2015 #39 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Ship's photographers always gripe me. You have just finished a 10 hour flight from the West Coast in Economy, You have a day and a half beard, your clothes are wrinkled, you are dead tired, and the last thing you want is to have someone shove a camera in your face......... Another reason to arrive a day ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted July 15, 2015 #40 Share Posted July 15, 2015 We always passed by the embarkation photo set up and continued to the gangway. We knew we would never purchase that photo so why waste anyone's time or effort..... just say No, Thank You and continue on your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady_cruiser Posted July 15, 2015 #41 Share Posted July 15, 2015 [quote name='sparks1093']Wow, creeper factor of, like, a bazillion:eek:[/QUOTE] That is what we were thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuiteTraveler Posted July 15, 2015 #42 Share Posted July 15, 2015 [quote name='lady_cruiser'] The only time I was bothered by something was when a young man (late 20s or early 30s) was looking at photographs and saw one he liked. His comment went something like this "WOW look at her". I had just looked at that photo and it looked like she had to be a young teenager. "I wonder who she is. I think I'll buy this photo and put it on my desk." Then big laughs from his buddy as he took the photo off the wall and went to check out.[/QUOTE] OMG!:eek::eek::eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Keith1010 Posted July 15, 2015 #43 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Never laugh at someone else. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudoware Posted July 15, 2015 #44 Share Posted July 15, 2015 The OP should be required to post a pic of himself/herself. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Me & the Sea Posted July 15, 2015 #45 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I've laughed at ourselves...and others! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerin Posted July 15, 2015 #46 Share Posted July 15, 2015 No, only our own or people we are sailing with (in jest, not rudely). Sad that so many here do this. :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted July 16, 2015 #47 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Do we laugh at pictures in the gallery? After a lifetime of cruising we do not even notice the picture in the gallery, and if they take our picture they are wasting our time (we tell this to the photographers). Many years ago, when cruise line photos were a bargain, DW and I would get photos from all of our cruises. One line, RCI (then RCCL) would give us 2 free 8x10 formal photos (because we were Diamond) which is not longer a benefit. So we would get these formal photos every year (we always gave one to DD as a joke Xmas gift) and they still sit around our home. Then after about twenty years we noticed that the photos were all the same except we were getting older in each picture. At that point we no longer got photos :). Hank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUT2407 Posted July 16, 2015 #48 Share Posted July 16, 2015 [quote name='john watson']We sat at a table where a woman had a major argument with the cruise photographer about not having her picture taken in the MDR. It ended up with her stopping him by holding a side plate in front of her face. I nearly wet myself when my daughter pointed out the photograph of this woman with a plate in front of her face on the racks. Lol John[/quote] If they did that to DW it would have hit the fan, big time, I would have taken it as far up the ladder as needed. She has a condition that is not unlike epilepsy and such an action could have ended with her in hospital. Photographers need to learn that NO means NO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pris993 Posted July 16, 2015 #49 Share Posted July 16, 2015 [quote name='GUT2407']Never look at them. And as a former pro photographer, they have a hide to call them photographers. I really wonder if they get any vetting or training.[/QUOTE] I can tell you most can only point and shoot... if you want them to do anything different then the camera is set up for they can't do it. We take our own and skip the photographers, do like to get the dvd on cruises... have had them at to private footage to a dvd for us a couple of times. Like that way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marco Posted July 16, 2015 #50 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Not so much the photos, but the price! We were just on the "Summit" and a 5X7 was $20. With just about everyone having a digital camera, take (or have someone take) a photo, go to Walgreens or CVS and have a 5X7 printed for 99 cents. We didn't notice anyone purchasing photos, but if they charged around $5 each, we probably would have purchased a few and they would have ended up making more $$$ on the total number of photos sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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