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This app is every California photographer’s nightmare brought to life. One of the greatest parts about being a landscape or outdoor portrait photographer is taking pride in knowing scenic locations. This is a core element of the photography community: knowing “spots” and only sharing them with your close friends and trusted colleagues. (Much like the surfing community.) The mystery of the location of a shot is a core element of the profession. If you want to know where a photo was taken, you have to EXPLORE and find it YOURSELF or know the right people. Well thanks to this app, this aspect of the profession and/or hobby will soon be lost. This is really upsetting. Get ready for all the beautiful, serene shots you see of the California cost become flooded with random pedestrians and wanna-be models. And this complaint/ unfortunate reality-check isn’t coming from an old guy who has been in the business. I’m a 21 year old female photographer that has spent the last 7 years EARNING my knowledge as to where good shooting locations are along the California coast by putting hundreds of miles on my car and making connections with other photographers. Apparently the makers of this app were never taught any industry “manners.”

If I could give this negative stars I would. This is literally the epitome of why Instagram and social media is ruining art and creativity. The reason New York is so amazing is all of its hidden gems and back alleys, under the bridge vistas and unique architecture. If you want to find a “great location” then do the hard work, research and explore like someone who has a passion for the art. All this app will do is flood the streets of various cities listed with people who want the next Instagram post. It’s a shame that you’re selling photography locations to people for your gain at the loss of every photographer or explorer who has spent countless hours finding unique vistas and backdrops for beautiful photos.

The idea of this app is amazing, and I was super excited to check out a visual database of shoot locations, I had not previously heard of. But the locations are neither hidden nor gems. And a ton of the locations are actually just the same location listed multiple times. I scrolled past 3 different listings for the bow bridge in Central Park, all hilarious stacked one on top of the other in separate listenings as if they were different places. The beekman also has multiple listings, and is listed as free to shoot there(although it’s definitely not). The bloody angle has been shot and resisted from every possible angle. Also who’s this app for? Maybe a tourist with a selfie stick could get some fast action, but many, many of the places listed as free to shoot in actually require pretty extensive and/or expensive permitting. The metropolitan opera has some great looking staircases, but they would let you and your team just breeze in and do real work. 5star idea, but 0 follow through.