we bought the white river rafting pictures. received very low quality (low file size) pictures. so the files are useless, unable to make a big size print. we mailed several times with a request for bigger sized pics, but no help. my best advice: don't buy their pictures , waiste of money. read more

Thanks to the great people at Hotshot Imaging, my family has some killer action shots of our trip down the middle fork of the American River. After our trip, were easily able to preview our photos from their website, which was linked to the river rafting business (H2O Adventures). They looked great just in the preview mode, so I ordered them. I was able to download them a short while later, and I was amazed at what I saw. Every single photograph was in focus and high definition. It was an absolutely awesome way to capture the fun we had on the river! I completely recommend the great people at Hotshot Imaging. read more

Hotshot Imaging - Rafting photo - Event Photography Near Me - Coloma, California

The good: - Good number of pictures taken. The bad: - Too many redundant pictures to make you believe $55/album is a steal deal. - $55 for a rapid not the whole trip album. That's a rapid rip off - $5 to 'send' a dropbox link (so much effort over $55 to email a link in 2018) They claim 'but you get to share your photos to anyone for free'. So cringy. - No competitors around to curb down this inflation. Basically, you don't pay for value, you pay because you can. read more

I was actually pretty content with the photos and the price. I did the middle fork, total of 117 photos from 2 locations, price for all was $79 + $5 "drop box fee". The drop box fee deserves an eye roll but there was also no tax so I'm okay with that. The photos were ready for viewing on their website (with watermark) by the time I got home 2 hours later. Link for low res non-watermark photos was ready a couple hours after purchase, and the drop box link for the high res photos was ready before the promised time the following day. Yes they do take a lot of pictures per rapid, which may seem reductant, but having photos for every fraction of a second is actually really helpful because perhaps in one millisecond, your face is blocked, but for the next one, your face is in view. Having so many photos means that there should be a few out of the set that you'll be happy with. read more

never got my picture , called and left message and never heard back. They basically stole my money

Pictures are great but a lot of redundancy since they shot it with multiple frames. We went on a rafting trip recently but since they told us not to bring our cell phones, we didn't have a chance to take any photos and so resorted to Hotshot Imaging. I wanted to pay for 1 photo but it's $30 without tax per photo and if you want the whole album, you pay $59 without tax which adds in another $5. Very overvalued and obvious that they want you to buy the whole album. read more

Giving this place four stars for now - may change my mind when I visit in the future. Our H2O Adventures guide gave us a $2 off or Free Super CD upgrade(valued at $10) right after our trip ended. The coupon pamphlet opened up to a really helpful map with an aerial view of the area and actual photos of key landmarks. We arrived at Hotshot about 1 hour after getting out of the river and were very pleased to step into a perfectly air conditioned room. There were several stations with 5-6 computers each. The computer program allowed you to select your trip date, rafting company, section of the river & specific boat. We were only able to select from 30 pictures taken at Satan's Cesspool. The photos were cool but I was disappointed that an individual print cost $30. I'm on a tight budget so I can't do $30/pic. They did have the option to get all 30 photos from that location for $55 - so it might be worth it if your entire group wants to pitch in for some epic photos. The other location that Hotshot was taking pictures at wasn't uploaded onto the system yet. The very friendly worker let us know that the kayaker who picks up the photos probably wouldn't be here for another hour. We didn't feel like sticking around because we were super hungry after being on the water for 4 hours, so she kindly offered to email us a link within 24 hours so we could view the remainder of the photos. Will come again if we ever raft the American river because who doesn't love seeing hilarious facial expressions and your friends falling off rafts. read more

Hotshot Imaging - Map on coupon pamphlet - Event Photography Near Me - Coloma, California

They took my money, no pictures were ever sent. They won't respond to calls. Would really like my photos as they we're going to used for Xmas gifts Hopefully someone will call me read more

It's been a few days shy of a month after my actual date I ordered my rafting photos from them. It's overpriced first of all. But they're a monopoly. You get photos from them, or you don't get any at all. So I had no choice. If you get the CD right there and then, GREAT! If you can't get it there and then, like in my case, you're on your own. My photos weren't available that evening and I had to leave so I couldn't wait. They said they would send the CD in the mail right away. A week later still didn't get it. So I called them, they told me it could take up to 3 weeks, we're busy. (How long does it take to burn a CD, com' on?) So 3 weeks later I called, they apologized. They said they are sending it today, I should receive it in a few days. Still didn't get it! I called again, and they said it should take as long as it take to mail a CD from Lotus, CA to San Francisco, CA. Wish me luck. BUT this place, 10 thumbs down from me! read more

There were two listings for the same compnay so here is what I already wrote: "If you want photos of your trip down the river, this is the place. I would give more stars but the prices are pretty high. We paid $100 for all of the photos from our full day trip. I think it was about 75 shots. When we split it up between 6 people (we filled out boat) it wasn't that bad. However, if we had been two of the six in the boat, $100 would be a lot to split. In the end, we are pleased to have photos of our excursion." read more

Yeah... I wouldn't do this again. $30 for a single 1.7mb 300dpi picture chosen out of 51... Wanted to remember our vacation, but this isn't a "quality" or "value" option in my opinion. I'll bring my own camera next time. Flashy place... I can see where all the money goes. I would guess the tour guides get a kickback, which may be one reason why the cost is so high. When we went, it was $30 for one picture, $55 for 15-30 pics of one single rapid (photo location), $79 for all 51 pictures taken at two rapids (two locations). Most of the pictures were unusable. The RiYo's frozen yogurt place across the street from the parking lot of this photo place, however, was awesome! A reasonable price, for an awesome customized snack. Great topping selections! Ok, back to Hotshot Imaging... looks like it would be great to see some competition here. I'd say this area is ripe for some entrepreneurial individual to set up a better option and quickly take away significant market share! read more

$30 for 1 digital image. Whaaaaat. Seriously we didn't even get a printout, & they have the nerve to try to sell more digital images for even more money. Wow, this was extremely disappointing. read more

Complete rip-off. $84 for some mediocre photos, and $5 of that is a "drop-box fee." Give me a break! That's more than half of the cost of the rafting trip itself. Save your money for another trip or a gopro instead. Don't patronize this sort of money grubbing behavior. read more

I was vacationing with my family in Atlantic City at the pier amusement park we just wanted to go on the ride they asked if we wanted pictures we politely decline but yet the harassed us until we took some pictures. The man was very rude and forceful and it made my experience at the wheel very unsatisfying. Also DO NOT BUY THE PICTURES!!! They are overpriced! read more

Prices are RIDICULOUS!!!! If your with an outfitter you pay twice as much than if you go privately, when I asked the girl why that was she gave lame excuse that didn't even make sense. Very unfortunate!!!! read more

This is one of the places that you go after you go rafting. They take pictures of you and you can purchase them for a ridiculous amount. It's like when you go to an amusement park and they take a photo of you on the roller coaster...same idea. It's amusing and nice to have as a keepsake. They take several photos and you can choose what you want to buy. read more

They only sell a CD and are very expensive. The other company I bought emailed me my pics that night. Sorry, can't wait for more than a week to post. Need faster delivery, and better options to reduce price. read more

Really dislike this company - big rip off. $50. for shots of one rapid, and they $5.00 to upload the images to Drop Box. Really? The American River residents complained about other too many photographers on the South Fork of the river (I get it, but that eliminated the competition) so now Hotshot has an exclusive contract. You're left with paying crazy prices or having no photos. read more

I rafted with one of the larger, commercial rafting outfitters. No pictures. They weren't out on the river the day we rafted. Disappointed. Apparently no coordination between the outfitter and Hotshot as to when trips are running. Confirm ahead of time if you want anything but memories. read more

Best photos on the river! It was great, they brought the pictures to the camp, the kids loved to watch their pictures on the big screen. I always go in to check my kayaking pictures, they are always friendly and helpful. Great option to get half price for kayaks, makes it an affordable option to get memories of a great run read more

Great pics. 8 trips down all forks of the American in summer of 2017. Hotshot doesn't do the north but ok. Spent several hundred dollars on pictures. A little pricey but it's a business. Commiefornia is a very expensive place to live. Blame moon beam and Democraps for that. LALA land and Bay Area keep voting these idiots in. At any rate. Folks have always been nice and helpful. Pictures arrived in a day or 2 as they said. Some really fantastic shots that your not going to get taking your own pictures. My favorite sequence was flipping in our raft at the bottom of the tunnel chute in middle fork. I would've paid tons for that sequence alone. The looks on my friends and family's faces are priceless when they see them. So all the Winey people on here are probably liberals that used a group on rafting company. Mistake to use group on when dealing in life or death situations. We only raft with American Whitewater Expeditions. A little more money but I like to go to my camp site at night. Liberals always bitch n moan about having to pay for stuff. I'll be using hotshot again this year on our many rafting trips. read more

Nothing but good things to say about these guys. We were unable to stop by the actual store as we had to head home ASAP because of a family emergency, and they responded almost instantaneously to all subsequent email queries. First they made proofs available online as we couldn't come in to view them, then they answered all kinds of questions (also in a very timely way), and last but not least they sent us a CD full of awesome pictures within a week and a half of our placing the order. The pictures are fantastic, and except for my middle son making ridiculous faces in many of them (totally not their fault -- I fully blame the 15-year-old's lack of judgment) beautifully capture the thrills and chills and white spray of all our favorite rapids. Yes, they're pricey, but I figure that perching a photographer all the livelong day on a rock surrounded by rapids and then getting those photos where they need to be is no easy task and deserves to be compensated. read more

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE. non-responsive, they don't follow up, they don't read their emails and basically they don't want to make money. SAVE THE TIME & EFFORT... don't bother ordering anything from them. I gave up after over a month of requests to purchase a cd. read more

This company charges you an arm and a leg for the photos. It's unfortunate that they hold a monopoly in this arena. They were asking $100.00 for a cd of the images. And not all images are what you want. They do not have any creative package where you can pick different images from different part of the river for a cheaper price. If you want 10 images you're paying $12 per image, so that's $120 more than the whole CD. So there's no winning with this company. I hope that eventually they'll be de-monoplized and other competitive photography company can come in and offer better deals. read more

Saw the HOTSHOT name as I took my family down the river... looked them up online that evening to find they have NO online availability for their digital photography. Exorbitant price for a photo - but, they are the only game in town. Paid my money and now waiting, and waiting and waiting... read more

staff here are total jerks. we have purchased here 5 or 6 times we were reviewing photos and my daughter snapped a pic for her iphone and staff jumped her and threatened to call the cops if she did not delete it policy is not posted and totally mishandled for your info, its not illegal to take a photo, its illegal to reproduce it or post it publicly without permission i brought to the attention of management the next day and asked him to make iy right for the embarassment it caused and he wanted nothing to do with it buy ur pics down the street read more