Philip Meadows

STAY AWAY! Spent several hundred $ and never heard back, despite numerous efforts. That makes him a thief.

I had a great experience at Philip Meadows photography! I ordered five 16×20 canvases for Christmas presents, and they all turned out so great. There was an Asian guy working there — he said that there was an abundance of orders for Christmas, and that he had been working there night & day to take care of everyone. He even walked me out to my car & help load the canvases. I will definitely be ordering from Phillips Meadows photography again!

As you will see by reading many other reviews, this company is impossible to get ahold of, terrible at communications, dishonest about amount of time to turn around a print, and the quality is inferior to others.
Even with a LivingSocial deal for this company I paid too much. The quality is sub-​par and Philip Meadows doesn’t have the descency to stand behind it.
Stay away… far away… in this case you don’t even get what you pay for…

I’ve uploaded a photo over 1.5 months ago. Still nothing. I called the business more than 15 times. Spoke with the owner 3 times and each time he tells me that he would call me. He NEVER did. He said the photo would be done by last Saturday. I still haven’t heard from him. I want my money back. His excuse is that he was gone for a month to Europe and he had to fire people.

UPDATE 3÷16÷12 — Did finally get my project done and picked it up in time to send out for a Christmas gift in 2011 so I wanted to update my review based on additional encounter with this business. I actually met Philip himself and he was a very nice gentleman. Just REALLY busy and likely due to an on-​line promotion he ran that certainly drove lots of business his way (although that may have hurt him b/​c he couldn’t keep up very well with the demand).
I have about 8 more vouchers to redeem through PMP and am going to give Philip another try. Since this isn’t holiday season I suspect my canvas prints should have better turn-​around time.
ORIGINAL POST 12÷16÷11 (was one star) — Been trying for TWO WEEKS to get a returned phone call after submitting a photo file on line for a print-​to-​canvas project. No one answers the phone, only get voicemail. I have NO IDEA if my photo has been received, if project is being worked on, and it is SUPPOSED to be for a Christmas present I still need to ship elsewhere.
Don’t just walk away from this business; RUN — esp. if you have a deadline for a project. *** I’ve started a full month before I needed this and factored in holiday rush but still don’t have anything in hand. AND I’m local!

I have taken a couple of classes from Philp — one in a classroom setting to learn the specifics of my camera and the key concepts of photography (aperture, shutter speed, white balance etc) and how they all work together depending on the subject/​environment your shooting in. I also was able to take one of his «walk about» classes «Learning to See», to apply the classroom knowledge into real practical applications.
Philip is a gifted photographer and more importantly a excellent teacher — being able to present the didiactic info about photography/​camera use and more importantly the valuable hands on experience.
Take advantage of the frequent Groupon offers he puts out every couple of months.

I had previously given them a great review but after going back twice more there was a hiccup on my second order and no one contacted me about it. I had to clarify thru three different people that I had a picture reprinted on canvas. They couldn’t fathom someone would have a picture done twice on canvas so instead of contacting a person, they completely disregarded my order. The third time the work was two and half weeks later, I had to send an email (not to mention the first few times it’s impossible to get ahold of anyone via email or phone) requesting status. I was told two of my three canvas was ready and yet was told there was a family emergency. I would have been more understanding had there been more communication and there wasn’t always an exuse or a hiccup with everything. Costco does the same work for much cheaper and the frame is thicker.