That is so funny that you said that because I for real had a photo pass photographer teach me how to use a new camera that my mom bought me for our trip one year. 🤣🤣
I love photopass! I only wish that I had started getting it sooner. I think 2015 was my first time using it. I always bought all of my on-ride photos and spent a FORTUNE doing it. I'm not much of a photographer at all, so I love that you also get the professional park photos when you go online. I'm terrible at remembering to take pictures too lol. When my kids were young I did a better job, but most of the time I'm alone in the parks and just go from ride to ride to ride without stopping to take pictures. I was always the photographer, so most of the pictures I have are just the kids or have my husband in them. Not many pictures of myself. Boy do I regret that now!
It started as just a customer service, no sales etc... but that changed quickly. Kodak was only in Magic kingdom when I started in 2004. From what I was told they were unhappy with Kodak. Also we were hired as professionals in the beginning. Quotas came and went it seemed while I was there. Seemed they didn’t know what they wanted. I was even told we would earn our cameras after so many hours. Yeah they changed that too. I didn’t get my Nikon🙄
This makes me laugh because I’ve had so many comments about the photographers lately - primarily how they continue to spent ridiculous amount of time doing a plethora of “special” photos that many people don’t even care about when the photo queue is 30 people deep or more annoyingly when they take close up pics or any cropping out the entire background. You’re not asking for a pic in front of castle or ball because you want a close up of just your face!
Hello thank you for letting me know these interesting facts I did not know some of them. I am going to Disney world in less then a month and I actually just added photo pass memory maker to my trip for when we go. Tye question I have is does that mean my picture will still have watermark or no watermark on it for Disney world?
Ok thank you for letting me know that is awesome no watermark. I can not wait to get some magical photo shots taken I’m celebrating my 21st birthday next month.
No. Parks do not pay me anything, and it's rare that I get "comped" anything by them. I have on a couple of occasions been given extra permissions to film (such as the train video I did at SDC recently) but I've always maintained my own tickets, passes, food and hotels. I've had a couple of attractions in Branson offer me comp rides, and two parks on my recent PA trip offered discounts (Knoebels was very generous and gave 2 of the 4 of us free ride bands) but they've been the exception. I've never received anything from Disney, Universal or Six Flags in particular. I do tend to contact parks in advance- especially non corporate parks- to let them know I'm planning a visit and to ask about their filming policies and what I need to know. But I've rarely been offered anything that doesn't get offered to the general public. It's normally just a "I'm planning on being there, and I want to make sure you know I'm coming and that I plan on obeying your rules and guidelines." I know some larger producers get things comped sometimes, but I'm not that big. And even if I was I would be careful about what I accepted. The one sort of exception I have right now is I do have a deal offered by one of my supporters who has airline contacts that allows me to fly on standby (taking an empty seat if there is one) pretty cheaply. But it's not a comp offer.
Hi, very interesting video sounds like you had a lot of fun doing this job. I live in North Carolina. I make about $26 an hour being a full-time school photographer for the past 20+ years. Do you think that I could do better at WDW? It’s something that I thought I’ve always wanted to do.
I'm pretty sure their pay scale is under that. Very likely a good bit under $20 an hour (we were only paid $3 above minimum wage when I was there, if I remember right, and we were on a higher pay scale than most). Cost of living in the area is also very likely higher than where you live now.
I'm quite you took our photos at Animal Kingdom several years back. QUESTION : so I had a few odd experiences with Photopass photographers and wonder what would have been the proper response. I found out after the fact that one of our couple photos literally had a father with a child on his shoulders right between out heads (so the child's backside was between our smiling faces). Also in a family photo, one of our teens turned his back in the photo without our knowledge (like this was three generations and it looked kind of dumb AND that was the only shot the photographer took). So were photographers able to check the photos on the camera to confirm they met WDW standards (which these likely did not)? For future reference, what should the guest do when such things are discovered? I am not a complainer - we have hundreds of great photos!
I'd be curious when and the Animal Kingdom photos were taken. I only worked at DAK a handful of times, so if it was me, it would have been a rare opportunity. :-) the Photographers are generally not able to see the photos they take. Unlike normal cameras, they are immediately moved to the PDA, and then very quickly afterwards transmitted wirelessly into the system, so there isn't a chance to look. Plus they really want the photographers to pay enough attention to get the shot the first time. The kid on the shoulders thing is kind of funny and sad at the same time. Sometimes it happens- people move and you just can't avoid it. If they notice it, they should take another. But you don't always notice it. And they should always be taking at least 3 photos anyways- a vertical shot showing the entire "icon", a horizontal one that is zoomed in a bit, and a third where they can be a bit creative. They should never be taking just one shot. Ever. I wonder if there was issues with the other shots, with the camera, or if it was just a lousy photographer. i noticed on my last couple of visits that they didn't take the 3 I mentioned- sometimes they were taking a few variations of the same shot. But I still was almost always getting 3-5 photos per photographer. I wonder what happened there, but that's not how it should have been.
So. I just tried finding out how to get photo pass for a day in Disneyland. I've done 20 click throughs on photo pass info links through their site but all that returns is "you can buy genie + or get a daily photo pass. Click here for more detail...". Then you click. And it's more about genie+. For like 20 click throughs and nowhere to get just one day photo pass. Ridiculous.
yes, I kind of explain it after I mention it. Basically it's either reshooting photos that were lost, or taking new photos, either with or without a character, to help make up for a bad guest experience.
George, you are amazing. May God bless you and your family and keep on doing these wonderful videos.
Spot on with the info! I love my photopass fam! worked at DLR/DCA 2015-2019
This was really interesting to watch! I love the photo pass, I get it every time we go.
love the doctor who shirt! he was my faverate of the reboot , also great video
@@goofyrulez7914 ya Tom was the icon Dr. i didnt watch who in the 80s since i was under 10 lol the reboot i watched on and off,
That is so funny that you said that because I for real had a photo pass photographer teach me how to use a new camera that my mom bought me for our trip one year. 🤣🤣
I had photos taken in Florida and a week later had them loaded onto a CD plus the new pics while at the park in California
great video as always!
I love photopass! I only wish that I had started getting it sooner. I think 2015 was my first time using it. I always bought all of my on-ride photos and spent a FORTUNE doing it. I'm not much of a photographer at all, so I love that you also get the professional park photos when you go online. I'm terrible at remembering to take pictures too lol. When my kids were young I did a better job, but most of the time I'm alone in the parks and just go from ride to ride to ride without stopping to take pictures. I was always the photographer, so most of the pictures I have are just the kids or have my husband in them. Not many pictures of myself. Boy do I regret that now!
Photopass is just one per family? And u dont pay extra to download ? U just buy pass and u get all ur pics u take???
It started as just a customer service, no sales etc... but that changed quickly. Kodak was only in Magic kingdom when I started in 2004. From what I was told they were unhappy with Kodak. Also we were hired as professionals in the beginning. Quotas came and went it seemed while I was there. Seemed they didn’t know what they wanted. I was even told we would earn our cameras after so many hours. Yeah they changed that too. I didn’t get my Nikon🙄
I need to touch bases with you about my script and notes for the history of photopass video as well. :-)
@@SirWillow That’s fine. Anytime
📷 another picture perfect video!📷
This makes me laugh because I’ve had so many comments about the photographers lately - primarily how they continue to spent ridiculous amount of time doing a plethora of “special” photos that many people don’t even care about when the photo queue is 30 people deep or more annoyingly when they take close up pics or any cropping out the entire background. You’re not asking for a pic in front of castle or ball because you want a close up of just your face!
Hello thank you for letting me know these interesting facts I did not know some of them. I am going to Disney world in less then a month and I actually just added photo pass memory maker to my trip for when we go. Tye question I have is does that mean my picture will still have watermark or no watermark on it for Disney world?
You should be able to download all of them without water marks
Ok thank you for letting me know that is awesome no watermark. I can not wait to get some magical photo shots taken I’m celebrating my 21st birthday next month.
When you travel to other parks to take photos do you get comped for your stays at hotels and flights?
No. Parks do not pay me anything, and it's rare that I get "comped" anything by them. I have on a couple of occasions been given extra permissions to film (such as the train video I did at SDC recently) but I've always maintained my own tickets, passes, food and hotels.
I've had a couple of attractions in Branson offer me comp rides, and two parks on my recent PA trip offered discounts (Knoebels was very generous and gave 2 of the 4 of us free ride bands) but they've been the exception.
I've never received anything from Disney, Universal or Six Flags in particular.
I do tend to contact parks in advance- especially non corporate parks- to let them know I'm planning a visit and to ask about their filming policies and what I need to know. But I've rarely been offered anything that doesn't get offered to the general public. It's normally just a "I'm planning on being there, and I want to make sure you know I'm coming and that I plan on obeying your rules and guidelines."
I know some larger producers get things comped sometimes, but I'm not that big. And even if I was I would be careful about what I accepted.
The one sort of exception I have right now is I do have a deal offered by one of my supporters who has airline contacts that allows me to fly on standby (taking an empty seat if there is one) pretty cheaply. But it's not a comp offer.
That's actually a really good question though that I may put in a video. :-)
@@SirWillow Sounds good! I've always wondered while watching the video.
This was such an interesting video!! What was your home location?
Mine changed a few times while I was there. Over the course of 5 years it varied between Magic Kingdom, MGM/ Hollywood Studios and Epcot.
When u worked with fire charicters could you tell by how they acted who the cast member inside was
Hi, very interesting video sounds like you had a lot of fun doing this job.
I live in North Carolina. I make about $26 an hour being a full-time school photographer for the past 20+ years. Do you think that I could do better at WDW? It’s something that I thought I’ve always wanted to do.
I'm pretty sure their pay scale is under that. Very likely a good bit under $20 an hour (we were only paid $3 above minimum wage when I was there, if I remember right, and we were on a higher pay scale than most).
Cost of living in the area is also very likely higher than where you live now.
Any insights you can offer on magic shots, best ones, locations, how to ask, do you need to ask, etc.,? Thanks!!
Absolutely! Actually even did a whole video about them. :-) ua-cam.com/video/X953oVAZ5FE/v-deo.html
I would pay for a "what I learned from photopass so you can take better photos" video.
I have one or two, but they were done a long time ago. Might be a good one to do a new updated version of.
I’d love to be a photo pass photographer at Disneyland California. I don’t have any experience with a camera as I use my iPhone to take photos.
I'm quite you took our photos at Animal Kingdom several years back. QUESTION : so I had a few odd experiences with Photopass photographers and wonder what would have been the proper response. I found out after the fact that one of our couple photos literally had a father with a child on his shoulders right between out heads (so the child's backside was between our smiling faces). Also in a family photo, one of our teens turned his back in the photo without our knowledge (like this was three generations and it looked kind of dumb AND that was the only shot the photographer took). So were photographers able to check the photos on the camera to confirm they met WDW standards (which these likely did not)? For future reference, what should the guest do when such things are discovered? I am not a complainer - we have hundreds of great photos!
I'd be curious when and the Animal Kingdom photos were taken. I only worked at DAK a handful of times, so if it was me, it would have been a rare opportunity. :-)
the Photographers are generally not able to see the photos they take. Unlike normal cameras, they are immediately moved to the PDA, and then very quickly afterwards transmitted wirelessly into the system, so there isn't a chance to look. Plus they really want the photographers to pay enough attention to get the shot the first time.
The kid on the shoulders thing is kind of funny and sad at the same time. Sometimes it happens- people move and you just can't avoid it. If they notice it, they should take another. But you don't always notice it.
And they should always be taking at least 3 photos anyways- a vertical shot showing the entire "icon", a horizontal one that is zoomed in a bit, and a third where they can be a bit creative. They should never be taking just one shot. Ever. I wonder if there was issues with the other shots, with the camera, or if it was just a lousy photographer. i noticed on my last couple of visits that they didn't take the 3 I mentioned- sometimes they were taking a few variations of the same shot. But I still was almost always getting 3-5 photos per photographer. I wonder what happened there, but that's not how it should have been.
So. I just tried finding out how to get photo pass for a day in Disneyland. I've done 20 click throughs on photo pass info links through their site but all that returns is "you can buy genie + or get a daily photo pass. Click here for more detail...". Then you click. And it's more about genie+. For like 20 click throughs and nowhere to get just one day photo pass. Ridiculous.
The daily genie plus includes the photo pass. As far as I know that's the only way to get the daily photo pass of Disneyland
@@SirWillow well that’s stupid. I’m not getting genie +. Just want photo pass lol
Do you have to pay for the training at Disneyland?
If it's part of the job requirements, then they have to pay you for your training, just like any other job
Nice shirt
Photo recovery???
yes, I kind of explain it after I mention it. Basically it's either reshooting photos that were lost, or taking new photos, either with or without a character, to help make up for a bad guest experience.