Salem’s Vintage Photography

Marie was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Fun fun fun. GREAT costumes for all of us 6 witches! Thank you!

Love this place … Went today to get pictures done … Our 5^th time in last years visiting salem for Halloween … Always happy with the help and how friendly everyone is. And the Pictures always come out good… Will go back next time we visit for Halloween

Very good photographer and poser. Even if you have no idea what you want to do they have ideas, and pose you different ways with different props. There’s tons of costume choices and the photos come out amazing. There are some pretty cool sets, and backdrops for the photos. Can’t wait to go back again!

This place is obviously not trying to take the best pics or even make you feel like you are liked but they seem to be the only place to get these types of pictures in Salem. My daughter was in love with the costume. Two tweens did a photo shoot and two moms split the cost of the CD and it was a pretty good value. I do wish the photographer had been a littler friendlier. It is often busy so they are probably somewhat rushing. We will go back and request specific props if possible but we are very happy we went overall.

If I could rate this ZERO stars, I would! This is the first negative review I have ever given. I was on vacation with my 13 year old daughter and a friend of mine and I wanted to have some photos taken of my daughter and myself. The concept was great, although I will say a bit expensive to buy the prints. Despite the price I wanted to do it. When we went in, we inquired how much it would cost. I spoke with Adam who was working the front counter. I wanted to buy the CD of all the photos (I knew this before I even saw the prints), however I wanted 2 different scenes. I explained to Adam that I wanted the witch scene with myself and my daughter in it AND I then wanted only my daughter in the 1920s scene. I asked Adam how much it would cost and if both shoots would be on 1 CD for 59.99. Adam went and asked and came back and said yes we could do this. In fact, I clarified what I wanted and he went back AGAIN to ask someone and he again came back and said ok.
My daughter and I began with the «witch» photo shoot, it was quick, however the photographer is borderline rude. He had some attitude with us, but I wanted the photos so we went ahead. Once we were finished, I asked if he was then going to do my daughter’s solo 1920s shoot and he made a comment that he had done 5 photo shoots and hasn’t had a break. He set us up on the computer to view our first shoot (I figured he was taking his break, but instead he was doing another photo shoot) and I liked several of the poses. When he returned to see what I wanted to order, I explained I wanted to have my daughters other photo shoot done, because I wanted to buy a CD with all the pictures on it as well as I wanted some individual shots. He explained that I would have to buy 2 CDs and I said Adam told me I could buy 1 CD with all the photos. The photographer was annoyed and went to ask someone and he came back and said I had to buy 2 CD’s. I asked to speak to the person he was questioning and he did ask I asked, however he had major attitude!
Mary came to the front to see us. I explained the situation and she questioned Adam and he agreed that is what he told me. Mary said she would go ahead and honor what Adam had told me earlier but that was not normal policy. Then I told her we were still waiting to have our second photo shoot complete, and she changed her mind. She then said she would give me 50% off the second CD. She went from honoring her agreement one minute to immediately changing the deal. She also began reprimanding Adam in front of us. I was so upset I told her I am ready to just walk out and she told me «Go ahead».
We ended up leaving, empty handed and with a HORRIBLE, UNPROFESSIONAL, RUDE customer service experience! Adam was the only one who was not only polite, he was the only one who stuck to his word. They lost a paying customer that day, I was easily going to spend $ 100+ on photos and a CD, but instead they got nothing and a bad review!

many years ago i had my pics done going to go back this week hopefully !

As a resident of Salem, I’ve walked by Salem’s Vintage Photo many times but have never gone in. My out of town relatives were visiting and wanted to do someting fun so we went here. Now I’ve done the old time photos at Canobie Lake and Six Flags but I was definitely not expecting this!
We were first greeted by an extremely friendly worker who first explained to us the process/​prices and asked us what theme we would like to dress like (witches, gangsters, civil war, western, pirates). We went with the witch theme and had so much fun! The photographer went through an entire photo shoot with us in a bunch of different poses that were both very funny and serious/​scary using brooms, a cauldron, wands and a lot of other props!
The shoot itself was about 10 minutes and we went to a few different sets. After the shoot we were sat down at a computer right away and were shown our pictures. The girl ended up taking 80 pictures!!! All of which were in color, green and sepia tones and were great! As far as professional pictures go, these guys’ prices are cheap! We ended up purchasing a «silver» package, which included the CD, a 5×7 w/​border and 3 magnet pics.
I am definitely coming back here again and doing the gangster shoot with some friends, my family and I had a great time. The workers seem to really like their jobs and make sure their customers get their money’s worth!

Unique, fun and likely the most original souvenir you’ll find in Salem!

Much more than vintage photo. SVP has three sets dedicated to spooky Halloween photos, so you can dress up as witches (sexy or scary), warlocks, black cats, caldrons, broomsticks, witch hats, etc. Thousands of costumes and accessories. Great detailed sets, professional cameras, lights, and shooters. During the busy Halloween season expect lines; but the have 7 photographers working 14 hour days, so everyone will get their photos. Locals get their witch themed Holiday cards here. Had a great experience. Prices range from about $ 25 — over $ 50 for the full package.

I always wanted to get a vintage photograph taken of me dressed up like I am from another time period. In the past I’ve only seen these places at amusement parks. When I told my wife I wanted to do one of these photos she told me there was this place tucked away in the Salem Mall.
I checked out their website and instantly knew this was the place to go to. We arrived and were greeted by the daughter of the owner whom showed us the portfolio to give us an idea of what the costumes/​props for each time period were. We chose the Wild West because this photo shoot was actually going to be used for the artwork on my upcoming novel which is a Wild West Train Robber story.
After a short fifteen minute wait which we were told was longer than normal, she led us over to the costumes we chose what we liked and were helped into our costumes and given various props: guns, lasso, beer bottles, etc. She took sixty sixty photos in about 20 minutes of various poses both serious and funny and in color and sepia tone. She was super nice and I was very happy with the finished photos.
We were then seated at a computer to look at the photos decide what we wanted as prints and I also chose to pay for a cd with all the photos on them. We got one sepia tone 5×7 framed for our living room and the cd to use elsewhere.
Overall, had a blast it was so much fun and can’t wait to go again when our son is born at the end of the summer. Maybe quirky holiday cards this year? I highly recommend Salem’s Vintage Photography, as a photographer myself I enjoyed their professionalism, quickness, and quality of photos.