Multi-colors? Don't hold your breath.
Ha, figured it was a matter of time before pictures surfaced.
No, and that's good. As impressive as SODL is, I do enjoy the castle as-is.Oh no. The Castle definitely is not a member of the SODL family. :xmas:
Huh? Are you talking about the Photopass pictures? If so, I don't think any of the Photopass photographers know how to get a portrait of a family in front of a lit castle at night. I don't believe they even have the equipment to do it. That's more something that a professional photographer would need to do, and I don't think Disney employs hardly any of those.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding. :shrug:
There is regularly a PhotoPass person with a mounted camera in front of the castle doing night shots, certainly they will be able to capture it with the lights also.
^Where? Are they still in the Hub too?
We have a great night time picture in front of the castle as well that was taken by a Photopass photographer. I guess it just depends on who you get.
Aha! Well I will retract my statement then. I've never seen anything except photopass photographers with handheld cameras around the castle at night using automatic settings.
if they have a permanent set-up in place designed especially for night shots, then I stand corrected! :wave:
Well, by definition, we are all professional photographers in that we get paid to take photos. However, I do understand your point and there are some that are more proficient than others. The equipment is there, the people are there, but as mentioned it depends on who you get and if there is an equipment malfunction. 80% of the photos taken at night come out fabulous. At dark, EVERY photographer assigned to photograph families with the castle at night get a tripod. The camera is on night portrait setting. Most look wonderful. We do have some people who could use a little work, for sure, but most are wonderful. However, just to be safe, have 3 separate photographers take your photo from different angles. The best locations, in my opinion are the Rose Garden and The Crystal Palace. There you can get a photo without other people in it. The bridge between Main ST and the Hub is a great spot also. As for a list of where they all are: 5-10 will be on Main St.; 2 at the partner's statue; 1 to the left and 1 to the right of the castle hub (shooting the castle between trees; 1 on Fantasy bridge, 1 on Tomorrowland bridge, 1 on Liberty bridge; 1 at Crystal Palace; 1 at the Rose Garden; and often one at Castle backside.
Sometimes I marvel at the wonderous photos that get taken by photopass and other times I think, "were you paying attention during training?". AGain, MOST of the photos are great.
If you saw anyone with a handheld camera at night, chances are their job was not to photograph families with the castle. They may have been there to photograph other things and the castle was near by.
Well, by definition, we are all professional photographers in that we get paid to take photos. However, I do understand your point and there are some that are more proficient than others. The equipment is there, the people are there, but as mentioned it depends on who you get and if there is an equipment malfunction. 80% of the photos taken at night come out fabulous. At dark, EVERY photographer assigned to photograph families with the castle at night get a tripod. The camera is on night portrait setting. Most look wonderful. We do have some people who could use a little work, for sure, but most are wonderful. However, just to be safe, have 3 separate photographers take your photo from different angles. The best locations, in my opinion are the Rose Garden and The Crystal Palace. There you can get a photo without other people in it. The bridge between Main ST and the Hub is a great spot also. As for a list of where they all are: 5-10 will be on Main St.; 2 at the partner's statue; 1 to the left and 1 to the right of the castle hub (shooting the castle between trees; 1 on Fantasy bridge, 1 on Tomorrowland bridge, 1 on Liberty bridge; 1 at Crystal Palace; 1 at the Rose Garden; and often one at Castle backside.
Sometimes I marvel at the wonderous photos that get taken by photopass and other times I think, "were you paying attention during training?". AGain, MOST of the photos are great.
If you saw anyone with a handheld camera at night, chances are their job was not to photograph families with the castle. They may have been there to photograph other things and the castle was near by.
Christmas Castle lightsI know I'm REALLY late coming into this thread (8 pages!?)... the following statement is said with a sigh of disappointment...
"So much for the element of surprise."
:shrug:
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Reworked it a bit, not exact but it looks good.
Photopass is always happy to use your camera no matter what kind it is. At night, keep in mind that ours is firmly on the tripod and yours will be balanced on it. As for me, it isn't the giant DSLR's I want to steal from the guests. I have my own and I have the hundreds from work. I want the cool pocket digital point and shoot so I can get cool shots while at work (like Belle dancing with Prince Charming while Cinderella looks on peeved; or Pluto and Aurora dancing together; or Snow White doing a cart wheel; or a photo of 200 camera screens as guests have their cameras pointed at the fireworks) and keep the camera in my pants pocket.
Screamscape posted this picture today:
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RE: Photopass using your camera: Sometimes, these pictures turned out well (I'd say 50% of the time). Other times they were composed terribly. At first I thought this might be because they were taken outdoors and it was hard to see the LCD screen (although both our cameras have optical viewfinders so that shouldn't be an excuse) but we had the same problem with pictures taken indoors.
I started to think that maybe they were just poor photographers who somehow got the job, but when I saw the Photopass pictures when I got home, I noticed they were all fairly good (we didn't get any night pictures taken by them, so I can't comment on those). So I started to suspect either foul play in that they wanted us to buy the Photopass pictures so they took ours poorly, or that they just wanted to get it done quickly, so they didn't put much effort into it (I think this is more likely). I know some may say that they didn't have experience with our cameras, so it might be hard to get good pictures, but honestly, these are point-and-shoot digital cameras, I had already properly zoomed, all they had to do was get everything properly in frame, and click the shutter button.
I know I'm REALLY late coming into this thread (8 pages!?)... the following statement is said with a sigh of disappointment...
"So much for the element of surprise."
:shrug:
I wasn't really thinking they'd steal it...more of a joke than anything (fell flat on it's face, didn't it...). As for the small, cool camera, I'm looking for one of those, too...same basic reasons (don't always want/have the big d-SLR and smaller is just easier to carry). Hope you find something like that...I bet you could get some awesome pictures!
Kevin
Here's a couple of pictures officially released by Disney...
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