If you need a passport photo, this is the place. Free parking in the back. Convenient hours and a…read morelovely ( Elizabeth) to take your picture. And she appreciates you'd like something that doesn't resemble a "mug shot!" She'll make sure you're happy with it before you leave. Forget CVS, FED EX stores etc.

Excellent service for passport photos. My wife and I went to the Berry Photo lab on Sepulveda…read morewithout an appointment around 11:30 AM. Photos were taken and walked out 10 minutes later. The electronic version was in my email inbox before I got home. I submitted the photos online for a passport renewal and received confirmation by 1:30 PM that the application was accepted and was being processed. At $14.95 each, I found it was less than nearby options.

This is most likely the best lab on the west coast, possibly the entire country, these guy handle…read morethe images of the finest in the industry. I absolutely cherish these guys, I've been going for years

It was a disappointingly bad experience!! For the price and 100% rush charge, I was hoping for…read morebetter service. Instead... they were completely dismissive concerning my feelings about my order. I basically got an "oh well", and this after I requested a phone call back from Ken three times. Zero response from him!!!! Don't bother going there. I started my wedding photography biz in 1995 at the tender age of 44. 75 now, and have finally hung up my cameras in 2020. Ive never in 30yrs been treated this way by a lab!

They have a huge amount of stuff. However. Buyer beware if you buy something from them online and…read morehave to return it they will not do a RMA shipping label. I bought a Marelux travel case it was junk. Had to ship it back used USPS it was literally the SAME COST to ship it back as it was to buy it. Spent $8000 and had to pay for the return shipping on a $99 item

I was new to underwater photo/video and felt completely overwhelmed at all of the available camera…read moreset ups that are available. I found Bluewater Photo and initially they were very helpful and answered all my questions, eventually helping me put together a full kit (housing, lights, ports, etc.) I was helped by Tommy who offered to set up a zoom call with me once I received my equipment to show me how to put it together and how to take care of it. As soon as I paid for the equipment, it was impossible to get ahold of anyone. I reached out several times to try to set up this promised zoom call and never got a response. I ordered in March 2020, so the equipment sat in boxes until April 2021. When I finally had the opportunity to use it, I discovered that I was sold the wrong focus gear for my lens (which was also sold to me by Bluewater so there's no chance that they didn't know which lens I had) and that there was sand in my housing. I purchased what I was told was a very gently used housing that they had used a few times in house to shoot a couple of demos. When I reached out, they did send me the correct focus gear free of charge and they apologized for the sand in the housing but weren't able to offer any logical explanation as to how this would have happened to begin with. By this point I had already decided I would not do business with them again, but the reason why I am now writing this review after so many months is because the buttons on my housing are not working. They were always tenuous at best, but now most of them do not function at all. I have used this set up maybe ~20 times since April of this year and have been meticulous about cleaning and caring for it in between dives. I believe that Bluewater Photo took advantage of a customer who was new to the industry and sold me poorly maintained equipment because they felt they could get away with it. I cannot recommend Bluewater Photo less. They only want your money - customer service and quality sales are not their priority. Underwater camera equipment is such a massive investment. Don't make the same mistakes that I and others have, and be sure to purchase through a different company.

Worst experience ever. They charged me almost $200 for a sub par experience. Verad was extremely…read morerude to me. I will never work with them nor will I recommend anyone go to them. I gave them 10 vhs tapes. They were able to convert 9/10. Despite me writing my name out for them and also despite the vhs tapes being labeled, they misspelled my name on 5/9 dvds. When I asked if anything could be done verad gave me attitude and told me "I'm money hungry"??? What's this about? Extremely unprofessional service and truly embarrassing. It saddens me that people conduct their business in this way. I was also pressured and forced to pay online in full the night before I was to pick up the tapes or else I couldn't retrieve them. I had to stop what I was doing to pay on my cellphone while being out at a dinner. What a joke. Super unprofessional and horrible experience. I do not recommend.

If I could give more than 5 stars I would!…read more Who do you take your wedding negatives and wedding video (VHS - yes I'm old) to for conversion to DVD/CD? Scary thought, but if they were lost or damaged we have no other copies. I guess on the other hand, if something were to happen I wouldn't need the pictures or negatives because I'm sure I would be headed for divorce ; ) Yelp to the rescue...I found Ray's business and was apprehensive but willing to give it a shot. Ray was very responsive during the entire process. He not only did an amazing job but he also picked them up and delivered them to my house! His invoice was clear and the pricing was more than fair. This whole process could have been such a mess if anything were to go wrong, but Ray was flawless and a great guy too. Tip: This would be a great gift for parents or others with tons of videos or negatives that are decaying and need to be converted. Don't wait until it is too late.

If you are a photographer and shoot with a medium format digital back (or want to), these guys will…read morebecome your best friends. I purchased my digital back (a refurbished Phase One P30+) a few years ago from them when I lived in NYC. Since then I've dealt with them numerous times and they've always been around for technical questions by phone and drop-ins. Thank heavens they opened an L.A. location and just in time because I was having a gradient issue with my processed files. Right away Ken was able to diagnose the problem, an issue that even Phase One HQ was not able to figure out. Go see them. They are just a nice group of people who know their stuff when it comes to medium format digital.

Been going to Rose photo for the last 10 years. Hard working and get the job done. Best west LA…read morefilm developer by far.

They are amazing here, fairly priced and so fast! $19 for a roll of film (scans only) and they do…read moreit in 24-48 hours!

I went to a photo session there and the staffs are very helpful…read more The whole store is old but very well- organized will go again for sure

The service was pretty amazing here and I dropped over $1000 on a new camera mainly because of how…read morethorough the employee was and explained everything to me. We were able to take great pictures in Paris and we're going to use our camera for years to come. I definitely recommend this place especially if you're new and have a lot of questions regarding photography.

This is the first report on Authorized Camera Repair (ACR) so it should be written without…read moreprejudice or malice. Let me start by setting the background: After going to Simon's Camera and being told that my fairly new SLR needed to be shipped back to the manufacturer for repair I started looking at other shops because this didn't sound correct. I called ACR and was given a chatty direct explanation of how the system works: Most Camera shops do not do their own repairs - they send them out and mark up their vendor's work. According to the gentlemen at the counter many local stores send cameras to him. So I went to Simon's, got my camera, took it ACR and paid the $10 fee to take a look. Side note: Simon's had tried to charge me $20 just for shipping! After having the camera for only 2 days i called the shop and was told after running extensive tests there was nothing wrong with my camera (works perfect) no extra charge would be assessed - I can only imagine had Simon's serviced my camera it would have been "a major part" at 100 bucks + labor. This store is honest and knows its stuff. Go there if your camera is broken. Having said that (Curb your Enthusiasm reference), the gentlemen working there needs some serious customer service training. It's probably his establishment and he has been tucked away there for years but he is quick tempered and forceful with his verbal transactions often cutting the customer off and speaking to them in an unknowingly condescending way. Which, I guess, sometimes is all find and dandy if you just want it done right. ACR is recommended, bring your thick skin. JG

I'd like to start off saying that the repair shop is not on site and its cash only.The shop is at…read morea seperate location so if you decide not to get your gear repaired you'd have to wait a few days before u can get it back. I thought that detail was important enough to be mentioned first. Anyway, I brought 2 flashes over for repair on Friday(11-13). Tom was about to close shop but he was nice enough to wait for me to bring my gear in. Tom is very pleasant, very chatty. Paid $10 cash for each flash to get his tech to look at it. Great start, was definitely seeing where his high ratings were coming from. He asked me to call him wednesday the following week(11-16). Called wednesday, gave him my ticket number and he said hey, one flash is repairable - $84 - and he'll have his guy take the parts out of the 2nd flash to get it to work. I say thats fine, kindly have his guy put the 2nd flash together so i wont have a bag of flash "parts". I was thinking maybe i can bring the 2nd flash somewhere else and get them to repair it and i dont think anyone will want to repair a "bag of flash parts" . He said it would be double labor , if his guy had to put it back together. In my head im going. $84+$20=$104 and ill end up with one working flash and a "bag of flash parts". I decide to just not get them repaired there so i ask him to just have his guy put the flashes back the way they were, and ill get them repaired elsewhere. He's like ok, but i wont get the flashes back until Friday (11-18). fine. A few minutes later he calls saying hey... I talked to the guy and he says he'll try to put it back together. At this point im already a bit agitated but I give him credit for going the extra mile. I give him the go ahead to just fix the flash and get it over with. He tells me to call Tuesday(11-22) At this point i hop online, buy an SB-600 off craigslist for $150bucks, and get my instant gratification. So. $104 for a repaired flash using parts from my 2nd flash and over 2 weeks of waiting... or $150 of instant gratification ($200-$250 for a brand new one that you get in 3-5 business days). You be the judge. He certainly gets points for being a good businessman, just isn't practical for my particular situation. I'd love to give him a high mark but im just not happy with the all in all experience.Of course, this may be a totally different story if he was repairing a $5000 camera body for a few hundred bucks. UPDATE: March 03, 2012 So the repaired flash stopped working again with the exact same symptoms. Turns out that the fix was a $7 Flash tube replacement from Nikon and about 30mins-1 hour of soldering. His tech who took the flash apart previously also did a bang-up job of putting it back together. he actually melted some mounts trying to get to one end of the flash tube and the rubber bands holding the tube and the wires werent properly guided back cleanly. The tech also apparently "didnt have enough time" to put the 2nd flash together so i found loose parts and screws in it when I took it apart to move the flash tube