4. Use your own camera but ditch the selfie
Disney parks are filled with people who are willing to take your picture. You don’t have to squash everyone into a selfie to get a good shot on your camera. Most PhotoPass photographers will also use your own personal camera to snap a shot for you. Some, such as those at a character meet and greet, are accompanied by another Cast Member who will take your camera and get a few pictures for you.
You can also ask nearly any other Cast Member to take your picture for you, provided that they’re not busy with something else. Greeters outside an attraction, for example, are a great choice. The Cast Member checking seat belts or dispatching the roller coaster, however, is not.
5. Check for Kodak Picture Spots
Keep an eye out for these little signs. “Kodak Picture Spot” signs will alert you to great photo ops that you can enjoy on your own. When you see a Kodak Picture Spot sign, you know you’re near something good. With the right positioning and a creative pose, you’re sure to get a fun shot with a beautiful backdrop. Often these areas have backgrounds that look bigger than they really are, simply by way of smart placement in the photograph.
Getting great pictures on your Disney vacation is easy when you know how to start. Use these tips to get some great shots on your next visit.
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Further ideas:
1)Never ever automatically assume that the automatic capture of you ride photos will happen. During my stay in August 2014, on Tower of Terror the new videos they have were captured but not the photos. I assumed the photos were captured, but they were not and now they are lost.
2)Ask the Photo Pass photographer for a "magic photo"; this has a photo shopped element worked into it.
3)Ask a Photo Pass photographer to go with you to where you want your photo taken.
4)No Photo Pass? Ask another guest, or a cast member. I once asked Bert to take my photo with Mary Poppins and then asked Mary Poppins to take my photo with Bert.
5)Ask the character him/herself for assistance. One day the Evil Queen went out of her way to find a cast member to snap our photo.
6)If you write down the number of your ride photo you can collect that photo any time that day at the attractions photo kiosk. I usually save up a list for each attraction.
7)Never go back to he photo pass attraction kiosk at the very end of the day. Never ever try to go to the main photo store at the front of the park at the end of the day. Get these chores done before the final hour the park is open.
8)Families and couples are routinely offered multiple poses and magic photos. Single people usually have to ask for these perks.
9)BE NICE!!!
10)When you see one family member taking a photo of part of the family or a person taking a photo of their spouse/SO, offer to take a group photo for them. This builds wonderful karma for your own photo needs.
11)Buy Memory Maker! I find this is worth every penny. Your download/CD will include all of the photos on your Magic Band as well as any photos on the Magic Bands of your traveling comapnions, if you link their photos in. It includes every ride photo that you put on your Magic Band. If you have ride captures from the Water Parks, you can link the card they give you to your Magic Band. If you have Photo Pass pictures taken in the Water Parks, the photographer can upload these onto your Magic Band, or if he gives you a card, you can link this to your Magic Band.
12)Talking about Water Parks, your Magic Band is safe to wear in the Water Parks.
13)At the Water Parks, watch for Photo Pass photographers in unusual places such as wading in the lazy river attractions.
14)Watch out for characters making appearances in the Water Parks. But you kind of have to be in the right place at the right time. Unlike other Disney Parks, characters in the Water Parks have unannounced random times and locations.
Koadk Picture spots - havent had those in a few years