Photo printing service recommendations? I’ve several photos I’d like printed, suitable for framing. Any suggestions of services I can look into?

droszel

I’ve several photos I’d like printed, suitable for framing. Any suggestions of services I can look into?

Tracy B. Loc: Indiana

Mpix is great!

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Tracy B. wrote:

Mpix is great?

For printing I like using Costco, which is only about 6 miles from me.

d3200prime

droszel wrote:

I’ve several photos I’d like printed, suitable for framing. Any suggestions of services I can look into?

I use the Nations Photo Lab.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

I have had good luck with a local printing shop, they advertise on-line and do a lot of printing for weddings etc. I just go there with my files to be printed and talk to them.

If you want to go with “mail order”, the modern version, a simple search will turn up many places that provide printing services.

For “mail order” below is a web link to a place I have heard mentioned in the positive here on UHH. They offer a variety of products, and many choices for printing products.

https://www.bayphoto.com/?utm_source=Bay+Photo+News%2C+Offers%2C+%26+Events&utm_campaign=dc8a8bfa1b-1017-4_FlashOffer_ThinWraps&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5b1cfa260f-dc8a8bfa1b-223016029&mc_cid=dc8a8bfa1b&mc_eid=947750eaab

donphotog

droszel wrote:

I’ve several photos I’d like printed, suitable for framing. Any suggestions of services I can look into?

Try www.shutterfly.com. Have used them for years with excellent results. They have guaranteed satisfaction.

sseeley52

Tracy B. wrote:

Mpix is great!

MPIX does a great job...

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

I have had Nations Photo Lab make enlargements and mount them on half-inch "Gatorboard", which is lightweight and very stiff - it doesn't warp. I then glue some 1x2" strips to the back to which I attach some wire to hang them. This makes them stand out from the wall in a very dramatic fashion - no frame or glass needed.

Bill1967 Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado now Wilmington NC

After several attempts at getting black and white prints at Costco I gave up and went to Fedex Office. My prints were of a special size, 8 x 19 and 21 x 27. Costco just could not get it right. Fedex offers a wide selection of paper and the results were very high quality.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Bill1967 wrote:

After several attempts at getting black and white prints at Costco I gave up and went to Fedex Office. My prints were of a special size, 8 x 19 and 21 x 27. Costco just could not get it right. Fedex offers a wide selection of paper and the results were very high quality.

Get what right? Size, tone, exposure...? All of them?

photoman022 Loc: Manchester CT USA

Longshadow wrote:

For printing I like using Costco, which is only about 6 miles from me.

me too, but the Costco is 20 miles away.

Costco will autocorrect a photo for free. Autocorrect is important because our monitors are generally very bright and do not reflect the actual photo we print. I know this from experience as I did not autocorrect my first batch of photos from Costco and they were too dark. I had them reprinted and chose autocorrect and they turned out like they did on my monitor.

Tracy B. Loc: Indiana

photoman022 wrote:

me too, but the Costco is 20 miles away.

Costco will autocorrect a photo for free. Autocorrect is important because our monitors are generally very bright and do not reflect the actual photo we print. I know this from experience as I did not autocorrect my first batch of photos from Costco and they were too dark. I had them reprinted and chose autocorrect and they turned out like they did on my monitor.

A monitor calibrator will fix that problem.

SpyderJan Loc: New Smyrna Beach. FL

I have used Mpix and am satisfied with the results. Very reasonable too.

awis01

I use Bay Photo. Always good results.

Fredrick Loc: Former NYC, now San Francisco Bay Area

droszel wrote:

I’ve several photos I’d like printed, suitable for framing. Any suggestions of services I can look into?

MPIX - the best for skin tones.
BayPhoto.
White Wall.

All three do great metal prints as well, and acrylic blocks.