missingmaui Posted March 3, 2011 #1 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I can't verify if all ports are the same, but at the Port of New Orleans, the embarkation photo is taken in front of a green screen. Don't wear a green shirt, or a shirt with lots of green in it! The photo was really cute, but my torso is missing because the green shirt I was wearing blended in with the green screen. :o I'm sure veteran cruisers know this, but I'd never seen it mentioned and I didn't even think about the backdrop. Hopefully I can save a new cruiser from my rookie mistake. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garycarla Posted March 4, 2011 #2 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I think that is funny. We of course walk around them and do not waste their time or ours. But, that is funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbait17 Posted March 4, 2011 #3 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Too funny.. So funny that I am thinking of entirely green outfits for all of us - floating heads anyone? I usually skip all photos, but floating heads may make it buyable... Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartbda Posted March 4, 2011 #4 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I would love to see the picture. Can you scan it and post it here?:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groo Posted March 4, 2011 #5 Share Posted March 4, 2011 One of our friends wore a green shirt and her family picture showed her floating head. They fill in the background digitally, so her body wasn't there at all. Her head was just floating on the background image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faymuiheng Posted March 4, 2011 #6 Share Posted March 4, 2011 That would be something I would do. Good one!... Too funny.. So funny that I am thinking of entirely green outfits for all of us - floating heads anyone? I usually skip all photos, but floating heads may make it buyable... Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Music City Posted March 4, 2011 #7 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I can't verify if all ports are the same, but at the Port of New Orleans, the embarkation photo is taken in front of a green screen. Don't wear a green shirt, or a shirt with lots of green in it! The photo was really cute, but my torso is missing because the green shirt I was wearing blended in with the green screen. :o I'm sure veteran cruisers know this, but I'd never seen it mentioned and I didn't even think about the backdrop. Hopefully I can save a new cruiser from my rookie mistake. :) My advice is to tell the photographers you are in the witness protection program and can't have your picture taken. Then keep walking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonns Posted March 4, 2011 #8 Share Posted March 4, 2011 How horrible. I work at a professional color lab and one of my jobs is to extract the greenscreen and replace it with the background. I spend my days drawing people in that are wearing green. The worst for me is when little girls have those green curly ribbons in their hair, that's next to impossible to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingmaui Posted March 4, 2011 Author #9 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I would love to see the picture. Can you scan it and post it here?:D I didn't buy it. :cool: At $14.95 for a 6x8, I figured it wasn't worth it- no matter how great our heads looked! For future cruises we probably won't have so many pictures taken. This was our first cruise and we realized how hard it is to say "No, Thanks!" and put the pictures back in the glass case. $200 later, we have a lot of pictures that I love but certainly don't need... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2cruz62 Posted March 4, 2011 #10 Share Posted March 4, 2011 that's hilarious!! Although I think I would want the photo taken after 7 days at sea with all the delicious food......then no one can see how much weight I gained!!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peg013 Posted March 4, 2011 #11 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I can't verify if all ports are the same, but at the Port of New Orleans, the embarkation photo is taken in front of a green screen. Don't wear a green shirt, or a shirt with lots of green in it! The photo was really cute, but my torso is missing because the green shirt I was wearing blended in with the green screen. :o I'm sure veteran cruisers know this, but I'd never seen it mentioned and I didn't even think about the backdrop. Hopefully I can save a new cruiser from my rookie mistake. :) All you had to do is point it out to them and they can fix it. Both my son and DIL had green on and you could see the ship clearly through Erins green jacket. Told them I didn't want it because of it and they told me to come back that evening and they would have it done. Looks perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergusonvt Posted March 4, 2011 #12 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I think that is funny. We of course walk around them and do not waste their time or ours. But, that is funny! We did exactly the same thing and at each port it became a game to see who could get by the dressed up character with just a hand, half a head or shoulder in the shot since they wouldn't take no for an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppitycats Posted March 4, 2011 #13 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We just avoid the photographer altogether, and growl if they insist. They'll usually let us alone after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momoftwinteens Posted March 4, 2011 #14 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Of course, if you are wearing green AND you are seasick, well, all you will see in your pictures is hair!! Wouldn't THAT be an interesting photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raventhebouv Posted March 4, 2011 #15 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Too funny.. So funny that I am thinking of entirely green outfits for all of us - floating heads anyone? I usually skip all photos, but floating heads may make it buyable... Robin I was thinking the same thing!:D:D:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agabbymama Posted March 4, 2011 #16 Share Posted March 4, 2011 How mean, the photographers are only doing their job. I let them take the photo, then if I don't want to buy it, I don't. They stand out there in their foolish costumes, the least we can do is humor them. And who knows, sometimes the photos turn out pretty darn good. I usually always buy 1 or 2 of them. Our Celebrity New England/Canada cruise, we ended up buying 10. Different strokes for different folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nezume Posted March 4, 2011 #17 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Too funny.. So funny that I am thinking of entirely green outfits for all of us - floating heads anyone? I usually skip all photos, but floating heads may make it buyable... Robin DH and I both wore green shirts on our last 1 night cruise. We didn't buy the picture but we got a kick out of it each time we walked through the photo gallery! We weren't completely gone though. But definitely "ghostly". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise_More_Often Posted March 4, 2011 #18 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Our favorite cruise photo was taken by an NCL Star photographer in Puerto Vallarta. As we approached him, he said, "I've been waiting for you two." DH is a foot taller than I am. The photographer handed us sombreros--a teensy one for DH, and a huge one for me. I've had the green-blouse thing happen, too, but they were able to salvage it. It usually happens when everything else looks perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PreciousMissy Posted March 4, 2011 #19 Share Posted March 4, 2011 HAHAHAHA!!! I feel sorry that you're picture didn't come out, but that would have been a funny sight. Perhaps I should get an outfit with green accents around my hips and waist :rolleyes:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishbait17 Posted March 4, 2011 #20 Share Posted March 4, 2011 How mean, the photographers are only doing their job. I let them take the photo, then if I don't want to buy it, I don't. They stand out there in their foolish costumes, the least we can do is humor them. And who knows, sometimes the photos turn out pretty darn good. I usually always buy 1 or 2 of them. Our Celebrity New England/Canada cruise, we ended up buying 10. Different strokes for different folks! Agreed, the is no reason to be nasty to the photography staff. And since you do end up buying some pics, it's great that you take the opportunity to have some taken. We very rarely buy photos, and then only ones from an on board session, so I feel it's a waste of money for the ship to print up photos we will never purchase. I also consider it a waste of resources, when I look at all those racks of paper and ink that end up in the trash.. So we simply walk by and say "No thank you" and it's never a problem. Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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