So my husband and I have been on two Carnival cruises so far. We have been stunned both times by the way in which the photo business is operated. First, they print EVERY single photo taken. WHY? What a waste of paper and ink! Then, when you want to find your photos you search and search on a vast wall of other people's photos. Then, when you find some you want to purchase, even the simplest, most candid shots are very expensive. My husband and I want to know....why don't they have a couple of computer kiosks where people can look up there photos on a screen? They can select which ones they want printed and everyone can save money with all the endless printing. Think about how many thousands (yes, thousands) of pictures are thrown away every day and how that could easily be avoided with technology that is readily available. Does anyone know why they still do this?
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Why is the photo business on Carnival stuck in the 90s?
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The Vista lets you view the photos on the tv in your room, and you can transfer the ones you by to your smartphone, no paper waste at all, and if you do want prints they can do that
My wife reminded me of something last night. When we were on the cruises, we received a link to the site that had our pictures and videos. Using the link, Monique was able to have them put together a book and video from out trips. You put the disk in and then open the book and there is a whole story from start to finish, with the video corresponding to the book. She showed me them last night, we are looking at 2018 for another real long cruise, so we pulled out the pictures and stuff.
I do not have the link to the sites, Has anyone heard of this as well.
Pretty soon ships will be down to two or three photographers per. At one time you would have had 8 or 9, at least. And that was with smaller ships. They have become a casualty of the selfie stick.
I don't understand why they don't sell the photos at a discount on the last day. Some money is better than none.
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Starting to go digital...thank goodness!
Now if we can get rid of all the photographers in your space all the time...
I am on holiday dammit!
I second that!
Starting to go digital...thank goodness!
Now if we can get rid of all the photographers in your space all the time...
I am on holiday dammit!
You think it's a waste now ! You should have seen it years ago, when photographers were everywhere. At the end of the cruise you would toss away literally, a handful of photos. And that, after spending an hour going through the entire week on the walls. Now they have folios based on your cabin. Before digitalization, it was just a massive collage on the walls.
The problem I see with viewing in the room is the rime factor..... each photo will have to be coded when taken so it gets to your TV or your file.
Not necessarily. It can be handled the same as present or the way the various corporate photo-booth sites do it. For each day or event there is a link or button to push. This shows all pics from that day / event / outing and you scan through and select what you want. Not much different from now where you browse them all in the gallery grouped by day / event. And since you are already in your room it is very easy to charge the right account.
I think the cost versus sales thing may come into it.
Now on our cruises we spoke to one of the photogs, that's how we got all our photos.
But they are in business to make money and I'm sure they do, so the formula they use must work.
The problem I see with viewing in the room is the rime factor..... each photo will have to be coded when taken so it gets to your TV or your file. Think of all the extra time when boarding the ship or getting off in a port if they need your sign and sail card to code each photo of the 1000's of people ahead of you. As is I walk around the photo taking when getting on or off the ship, pre-sorting them will just make lines longer.