I pre-ordered my Photopass Plus package months before our trip, & I was very excited to use it. The excitement started to dwindle when we were actually on our trip. We made it a point to look for all of the Photopass photographers to try to get as many photos as we could, and there simply wasn't enough around to make it worth the money we spent. We hit as many as we could, and honestly I could probably count on my fingers how many we found.
The biggest disappointment was getting back home from the trip and viewing the pics online. The amount of shots we got were a disappointment, but I was prepared for that. What I wasn't prepared for, was the quality of what I received. We got other people's photos in our package (our card had our name written on it with a sharpie, and I watched every photographer like a hawk the entire time they held my card to make sure it wasn't switched), we had blurry photos, we have photos where the icon (hat, castle, tree, ball) are so off center that all the cropping in the world isn't going to make them look normal, & we have duplicated shots. With us getting the photos of others in our package, I'm sure our photos are in someone else's as well.
I realize that every photo isn't going to be perfect, but for the amount of money paid for this package, I would expect much better quality and a better caliber of photographers taking the original pictures. At the very least, how hard is it to center a photo? It's the first thing your parents show you when you are a kid using a camera for the first time.
I did like being able to play with the photos to zoom in and add nice borders, but the excitement wasn't really there because I hated the photos so much, but they were all I had to work with.
I think the product is an awesome idea! It has so much potential to be an excellent product, and would be completely worth the money spent, if it got some major improvements on the front end with the photographers. I'll never use it again, and just continue to rely on our cameras and smartphones as we have done in the past.
Just thought I would share my experience to maybe save someone some money they could use for other things for their trip.
The biggest disappointment was getting back home from the trip and viewing the pics online. The amount of shots we got were a disappointment, but I was prepared for that. What I wasn't prepared for, was the quality of what I received. We got other people's photos in our package (our card had our name written on it with a sharpie, and I watched every photographer like a hawk the entire time they held my card to make sure it wasn't switched), we had blurry photos, we have photos where the icon (hat, castle, tree, ball) are so off center that all the cropping in the world isn't going to make them look normal, & we have duplicated shots. With us getting the photos of others in our package, I'm sure our photos are in someone else's as well.
I realize that every photo isn't going to be perfect, but for the amount of money paid for this package, I would expect much better quality and a better caliber of photographers taking the original pictures. At the very least, how hard is it to center a photo? It's the first thing your parents show you when you are a kid using a camera for the first time.
I did like being able to play with the photos to zoom in and add nice borders, but the excitement wasn't really there because I hated the photos so much, but they were all I had to work with.
I think the product is an awesome idea! It has so much potential to be an excellent product, and would be completely worth the money spent, if it got some major improvements on the front end with the photographers. I'll never use it again, and just continue to rely on our cameras and smartphones as we have done in the past.
Just thought I would share my experience to maybe save someone some money they could use for other things for their trip.
I think we'll pass on the PP+.
