Boyd Anderson Studio El Cajon

Ordered pictures for my sons graduation. I was told the 8×10 picture included a frame. I was also told pictures would be available in a couple weeks. Pictures were delayed several weeks and when picking up photos I was lied to and told frame was not included with 8×10 photo.
Overall, pictures came out nice and family approved of photos. Pricing is high and employees were very nice to us.

Unfortunately my daughters school uses Boyd Anderson for their pictures. The photos of the girls cheer team were horrid. Very choppy and and uncentered. The airbrushing is very un-​natural and something I specifically did not want. Next event I will hire a professional for photos or just take them myself

Simply the worse I have seen and the worst customer service imaginable and to top it off overpriced. Unfortunately this is the company that was chosen by my daughters preschool. All the pictures are horrid but being they were my daughters first school pictures ever I decided to buy them. I called 3 times and left voice mail but never once did I get a phone call back. I just wanted to buy all 4 pictures on a CD, the only option is that I pay $ 36 per picture to be put on a CD each, that would be $ 144 FOR HORRIBLE pictures! That is simply ridiculous! I called more than 8 times until I finally got a horrible lady on the line that was VERY rude and not helpful at all. Wouldn’t listed and wouldn’t even bother to try to help. I will never buy anything from this company again. They take advantage as they are taking pictures of our most beloved and they don’t care they just want money! Very very Sad! I hope they will be out of business soon! People like them don’t deserve to do what they fo!

They did a horrible job on all three of my children’s pictures. I can’t believe the photographer would actually submit a photo of my daughter with her eyes half closed and not retake.

If I could give 0 starts for the hack job this «professional photographer» did on my son’s Junior High promotion pictures today, I would. What a disaster. There is no way I am going to pay for «professional» portrait where the subject is cut off below the knees and top half of the photo is just empty space.
What a joke. I took better photos with my iPhone!

Went there today to pick up my daughter’s senior pics. I was very disappointed, I got handed one 5×7 which cost me $ 55 and an one 8×10 for $ 55 plus I had to add 20 graduation invites which were ~$ 40 just to make their minimum purchase of $ 125! I was under the impression that I would get two 5X7’s on one sheet but that was not the case, I only got one picture, the lady was like I’m sorry the person that took your order didn’t explain that?! What the heck?! Every where that I have purchased 5×7’s I have always gotten two in one sheet… Plus, their minimum purchase cost is ridiculous! How do they expect an average working person to purchase these pictures? This is supposed to be one of the most important year of a seniors life and not being able to purchase pictures because they are not affordable plain out sucks! Luckily I was able to at least purchase the minimum but their overpriced… I went to JcPenny to take pictures earlier this year and got a giant gallery wrap for $ 25 16×20 and got another package for $ 25 with 8×10, 5×7, and smaller and they we’re way better than Boyd Anderson… I just wish the high school would have given seniors their caps and gowns at least a month earlier, so that they could have gone else where to take pictures, that was originally my plan:(Any who i’m normally not one to complain, but i just don’t like getting ripped off! For future reference to ALL senior parents, if you can get your senior to borrow a cap and gown from a previous senior from your school, i’d go else where to purchase pics… It’s all about saving and getting the most out of your money! If i could of got ahold of a cap and gown my daughter’s color sooner, i would have went strainght to JCPenny! :)

Ugh. They did my son’s senior photos a few years back. The pix were awful, getting an appointment was a nightmare, and he had to drive all the way to Santee a crappy photo in order to be in the yearbook.
They’re back in our school system. Two years in a row my younger kids’ photos have been horrible. Their faces look sunburned and orange.
It’s bad enough that they do such an awful job with the elementary and middle school aged kids, but there’s no excuse for awful senior portraits. They should be tripping over themselves to make seniors and their parents happy, but they could care less. They’ll never get my money.

They’re usually the official photographers for school pictures (at least in Challenger Middle School). The quality of their pictures are the worst. The photo quality that I get from my old phone is much better than their photos. My child’s photo was so dark, you cannot recognize the face, the lighting was so poor. They print the Id cards right after the photos are taken and they don’t even consider of improving the quality. The price is so expensive for a 0.50 cent worth of quality. The color was so off, their faces look burnt. I don’t know why they are hired by schools when they cannot even take decent photos. The worst is, these photos are used in yearbook. Please have some good photographer when you go to school, a nice lighting (there’s $ 25 bucks flash in amazon, or at least have those old umbrellas in your backyard f u can’t afford one and a good id printer, I bet you can find cheap ones.) Please make those photos good because they’re ones the kids will look into when they get old.

The location is a but hard to find, it’s located in an industrial park, specifically in a building complex called «Airport Plaza». I was a few minutes late to my appointment because of the odd location, but the staff was incredibly kind about it. They had a little hair and makeup fixing station where you could prepare for your photos, which was a clever addition. And to top it all off the photographers are so friendly!

I wish Unilocal would change it so that you didn’t have to give any stars.
In my son’s photos the first time, his hair was screwed up. I asked for another sitting, and they told me that they would do it free of charge. Out of the photos we received, two were what I liked, and my son liked one. They had said that we only had a certain amount of time to pick, or they would have to pick for us, because of the school’s deadline.
We picked, I called and left a message, and also followed up with an email. No response to either one, but I thought I had done everything that needed to be done. We hadn’t bought any because I had been out of work. They sent an email with all of his high school photos in one, and the one showing for his senior year was not the one picked. I called and was told that because I hadn’t contacted them, they had given what they thought would be acceptable to the school. This was MONTHS after I had already phoned and emailed our choice. They told me that I had to contact the school, and that they couldn’t do it at this point.
They offered me a discount on retouching. That was it. I had an appointment to order photos, and cancelled it.
Every time I think about it, I get mad. We did not order anything from them. They lost out on a $ 300+ order because they couldn’t be bothered to listen to their voicemail or answer an email. I will never forgive them.

They are average. Obviously professional level photos, but higher price than needs be. Does have a monopoly on school pics, if we had a choice, it would have been an other place. Friendly service, location is a bit of a pain.

What a rip off!!! I would have given a zero if I could have. This place has a monopoly on school pics and takes advantage of it. They charge a small fortune for senior pics and know they can because parents HAVE to go there or their kid doesn’t get into the year book. They do not make it convenient to schedule an appointment then don’t deliver the product you pay for in a reasonable amount of time. Customer service is insulting! I called after ordering 1 image… yes 1 image on a cd over a month ago and it still isn’t ready! REALLY??? 1 image??? $ 150 for 1 image and I can’t get it within a month??? If you can’t handle the business DON’T DO IT!!! There are so many places that take just as good photos don’t try to gouge you and get them to you in a reasonable time. This place is a serious rip off the school district should be ashamed of itself for allowing this! I wont be going back for family photos or other photos for my kids and warn everyone, unless you have a ton of money to spend don’t waste your time here.

My order way messed up multiple times! It came in 4 weeks late. Every time I would call they said they would call me back and never did. Order came in wrong and missing pictures. Denise was rude and got attitude with me when I stated all that went wrong. They do not care. I did not ask for compensation for my troubles and they never offered. Please try other options first!

Did a good job on our kids high school graduation pictures.