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I was out on the lake today (near the island) and a helicopter flew around my boat a few times and took aerial photos. The helicopter said BoatPix.com on the side. I went to their website and it appears you have to give them your info, some money and they will then mail you pictures. You keep what you want and send back what you don't. Anyone have an experience with BoatPix.com? I'd love to have an aerial shot of my boat!!
I have read threads about this on many websites. Some people are very happy with the pictures and how the transaction works. Others are not. My wife and I were out with Grads and Mrs. Daytona once and they took pictures of us. We were the one of the only boats on the water at that time. None of the pictures where that great and they didn't have one picture where you could see all 4 of us even though they circled us 2 or 3 times.
They are out most weekend here in Lauderdale they shot my old Scarab Several years ago. They contacted me because of my AZ reg #'s
Great pics several different angles
Good pics but they are pretty spendy
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Yes they seem a little pricey. It looks like they want $250 for a 16" x 20". You can get the files but they range from $500-$1,000. Did you guys order a print or the file?
I just filled out the info and gave them my credit card info. Can't wait to see what they look like!
500 to a G, I may need to throw the DSLR on the quad and go for it, wow.Quote:
Originally Posted by niceguyeddie
I did it "once"....they're $250 each for a 16" x 20" I think that's the size of the pics, you have to pay for all them (4-5 pics) before they ship them, then whatever you don't want they reimburse your CC, the process sucks and they're expensive.
The way we've been doing it is getting 8-10 guys together and a photographer, rent a copter for two hours and split the cost, now it's easier if you're in a boat club like we are, we're in FMO and we do it a few times a year, pics turn out great.
Big mistake. I will post my experiences with them a little later. I'm a little busy right now. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by niceguyeddie
And FYI, you can rent your own helicopter for $400-500.
Thought about it once. They followed me around Havasu for 10 minutes one day. Once I read the fine details and everything else said no way. All I wanted to do was preview the photos so I could decide which ones I was going to order.
If you could veiw the photos (watermakred to avoid the digitial download) online for a small dollar amount then purchase, I think they could make more $$.
They said they would only charge my CC $1 to verify.Quote:
Originally Posted by GRADS
They send you a few photos, you have ten days to send back the ones you don't want and then they charge you.
That's what they say....sending them back is next to impossible
That's the hot ticket.Quote:
Originally Posted by 314joey
I've wanted to do this and was talking about it with my buddy the morning before I got my picture taken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotboat
Here's a few from our runs, much cheaper and nicer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hotboat
That's my Formula lower left of the bottom pic, New Years Day doesn't get much better than this.
I'm sure they raised their prices after their chopper crashed into the lake last year.
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What? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by ONE-A-DAY
BTW- I'm still waiting. They charged my CC $1 to verify and told me it would be 2-3 weeks before I receive anything. I asked several questions over the phone and they seemed legit. I hope the pictures came out nice.
They sent me these pics last year.A little pricey but worth it.I had no problems with them.
Those pictures look good. Especially the 3rd one. My only criticism would be that they are charging you top dollar and they don't even take the time to crop the picture to center the boat in the frame. Just my .02.
The pictures I looked at (with Grads), 1) not one picture could you see all 4 people in the boat. 2) they were extremely washed out (over exposed). The color on your pictures looks great, so it must have just been a bad photographer that took ours.
Those pictures were just the proofs they emailed me.The pics that I purchased were nice.They really clean them up,they are centered and printed on good quality photo paper.Quote:
Originally Posted by RogerThat99