Telescope Pictures by Sunbeach Studio

Duke strong-​armed us into taking photos we clearly didn’t want to take. Then asked for a $ 10 deposit after he took the pics. When we declined he got completely rude. Said thanks for wasting my time. Oh yeah that’s excellent customer service right there.

I would never do business with this company and certainly never give them a credit card. I was charged for pictures I never received and they don’t return calls.

I really like Scopes (or whatever they’re calling themselves these days.) I do not care for this new policy of leaving a cash deposit. I see the business changes a little every year, and we’ve been customers for more than 20 years. I mainly love the keychains, but I like that they offer other products too. They do a really good job getting family pictures on the beach. It’s a great way to preserve the memories of your trip if you’d prefer to leave your camera/​smartphone in the room rather than get it sandy. I do wish they took more candid photos of the kids, because it’s hard to get my 2 year old to pose, but she looks so cute in pictures when she’s just being herself. Our photographer, Kenny, seemed a little frustrated by my little ones’ stubborn attitude, so I kinda wish he’d worked with her more and been a bit more positive. She just doesn’t respond well to negativity! They do a great job; they really do. Maybe a bit more training on photographing little kids would benefit everyone. Also, I will say it again: I do not care for this new policy of leaving a cash deposit. It’s a surprise they don’t tell you until the end, and it seems pointless and adds pressure to the experience. That needs to change.

Terrible pics, terrible personalities. We cringe when they approach us at the beach… seriously worse than car salesman… sorry if your a car salesman but you gotta know you have a stereotype ;-) Now they have a new policy to take a $ 10 deposit once they take your pics on the beach. Of course they don’t tell you that until they are all done and filling out the paper to give you. Most people don’t carry cash to the beach! Just say, NO THANK YOU!

I’ve had my share of disappointing pictures but this is so bad, I had to download Unilocal just so I can review this. My husband & I took our 4 year old to the beach to get her birthday pictures done. We called Telescope Pictures EIGHT times & left 2 messages and no answer. We wanted to have someone meet us on the beach to take her pictures at a certain time (I’ve read this is what they do for more formal pictures). They never answered to schedule but while on the beach later that day we saw a «photographer» & just had her take some shots. First of all, these «photographers» don’t «usually take candids» according to her. She said they normally just take posed pictures which is exactly what I didn’t want. I get to the store, picked out the only 4 pictures that were worth my money & paid almost FIFTY dollars for only 4 different poses & terrible quality-​uncut pictures.

This is by far thee most unprofessional & unorganized company I have ever come across. I would not even give them a one star rating, but it would not let me add less than one star. Too bad…

This was our first vacation in OC with our 7 month old daughter. My nieces had done these pics as kids so my husband and i decided we wanted to do it as well. First time vacation, pro shots on the beach, sounded great! The photographers are young college kids and we had a young girl who was great with our baby. BUT when i asked about the cost, she said «not too sure, but its not very expensive.» We didnt have to give a deposit like the last reviewer but we figured, why not? How bad could it be? Wow. We had to go to a mall that wasnt too far from where we were staying to pick up the pictures and the mall looked like it was closed down. Then we walked into a room with a bunch of stations with computers where someone came over, told us how to use it and to write down the number on the pictures we wanted, then she would explain packages when we were done. So for 10 minutes we went through about 40 pictures, trying to figure out what we liked and there were only about 9 pictures that came out nice. The woman comes over and tells us that we get 10 pictures for like (you get 3 of each), $ 60 bucks. So we tell her we only want 9 to which she responds «no problem, that will be $ 180». You read that right. If you dont pay the $ 60 for the 10, the pictures are TWENTY DOLLARS each. Never ever ever again. We wound up walking out.

This place overcharges for amateur photos. They take photos of you and your family at the beach. You give them a $ 5 deposit. You go to their office later and pick the photos you like by viewing all the shots on a pc. Fyi, They used a Nikon dslr with the kit lens when they took our photos. They try to sell you photos in packages that are about $ 100 or more. You are better off taking your own pictures and printing them at Walgreens and spending only ¹⁄₅ the cost. They dont even cut the photos for you. This means they will print photos for you but you will have 3 – 5 photos per page and they need to be separated manually with a special cutting tool. I wouldnt recommend this place to anyone.