Creative Imaging Center - Oroville, California

Username U.

I honestly don't know why the schools still use this place. Every year it's the same horrible OVERPRICED pictures. No poses, they don't make sure kids have their shirts adjusted, hair out of place. Like there's no effort at all. They hardly even get a good smile. Just 3 proofs of the same "pose". When Life Touch used to do them, they'd make sure we looked nice in the picture. $20 for a sheet with 2 5x7 is a total rip off. I could get better pictures at JCPenny, they actually do nice pictures compared to this. It's a bummer we don't have any good school pictures all these years of school. Not one year has produced great pictures.

Maria S.

They do the school pictures at my daughter's school. It's the only option for school pictures. They did the regular pictures and had an optional spring picture session. Each session is 4 pictures at school. Nothing fancy. No outfit changes, no posing, so issues with additional indoor or outdoor lighting. It's basically going to Kmart or Sears back in the day to get your picture taken.

I get that there are a lot of kids, but on the first session for the regular school picture, they were horrible! Not one decent picture. They allowed my daughter to come back on make up day. There were very few kids, especially since school hadn't started. They came out good. Nothing special, but good and it took 90 seconds. I purchased the digital copies for $60.00 (should of been 4 but it was 8 pictures counting the 4 horrible pictures). So $60.00 for 4 pictures on 9/14/2021. If this was the end of it, I would of probably still given them 4 stars. but....

Spring pictures on 3/24/2022 (6 months later), they did spring pictures. The examples they had looked pretty good and I asked my daughter if she wanted to do them or not. She said she did... I shouldn't have asked. Again, they took 4 pictures. The first 2 look almost exactly the same and decent. Again, nothing special. No one would really think they were school pictures from professionals. The last 2 were also almost exactly the same and where just horrible again. Any parent could of taken it. I like having digital copies since the fire in 2018. This time though, 6 months later, a digital copy of a single picture cost $60.00 and all 4 digital pictures now cost $125.00. The price more than doubled in a 6 months period. And again, for pictures most parents could take. That is why I'm lowering the score to 2 stars.

Everyone has been struggling. I get that, but to try to take everything out of parents pockets is ridicules. I get they charge extra for digital pictures. They get paid less because people don't buy hardcopy printed pictures that they can get a cut from, but to raise the price 103% in just over 6 months is not ok. Even the hardcopy printed pictures aren't cheap. You either get ripped off or you get ripped off. Sure, I can skip this all together next year and have my kid miss out on a school even because let's face it, Picture Day in any school is an event, or I get ripped off. Choices choices.

Update: 9/2022
The school used Creative Imaging Center again. No decent pictures again. Will have to try again on make up day. I checked the pricing again and they are sticking to their $60 per picture for the digital copies. I'm sorry, but this really is a rip off. I could understand up to a 20% increase, but 103%, nope. I'm also dropping the score to a 1 star because it's the same issues as last year, not just in our school, but all schools based on other reviews over the last year.

Teona L.

I'm forced to deal with them because the schools use them for the pictures.The pictures are very overpriced....$125 for 4 digital images is ridiculous....$60 for 1 is a total rip off...I ordered the elite package...I didn't really want hard copy pictures. I wanted all digital images because that's mainly what's trending in this day and age....4 digital images used to be $60 last year but now it's more than half now...lower prices instead of charging all this money....especially for people on a fixed income

Deanna R.

Red Carpet treatment all the way! Had a puppy, cat, a toddler, and a teenager. Basically a circus. Not only did they allow our chaotic circus in, they went above and beyond to get photos of my spastic puppy and not having it cat. But they did it happily. Dean and Monique deserve awards. We are so grateful to have our pets and children of the corn photographed, without feeling like a burden. Oh! And props, they pulled in were amazing.

Solaris

Because this is the only school picture game in town, I am forced to purchase your product.

But I can't help but be outraged that you are offering to correct complexions of literal children.

***I'm editing to add I do not object to preteen and teenagers, who can help decide what image they'd like to see on the wall and who are likely drastically altering their image regularly. For elementary school children who see themselves maybe twice a day in the mirror, but all the time in the pictures on the wall? Why would this even be an option?

We have generations already who are struggling and dying of anorexia and bulimia because of this exact capitalistic behavior.

I am a fully grown adult who is only now becoming comfortable inside my skin because of this exact behavior from society.

Do better.

Stop putting generations at risk for mental and physical illnesses just for another $20.

Kyla D.

The school my son goes to got my information mixed up. So i emailed creative imaging and they got back to me super fast, fixed my problem, and were very curious in doing so. 10/10 highly recommend!

SH P.

Pictures came absolutely destroyed because the use cheap, flimsy packaging. They don't answer phone calls and you have to start an account just to email them! Highly dissatisfied

Ruth A. M.

After we found the entrance, in the alley behind Century 21, they did a fantastic job with our photo shoot