 Amber Stephens |
Online Photo Processing Labs What online digital photo processing labs do any of you recommend? I have my first photo shoot in a few days and I would like to find a place where I can email my photos and have them mailed to me via snail mail. I need a place with great quality and that has a variety of selection (glossy, matte, canvas, etc. and different sizes) for my customers. I have tried searching, but I am afraid because I'm not familiar with the sites I have found, and don't know about their reputations. Thanks in advance for any info you can share.
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Peter K. Burian |
Amber: There are many good on-line photofinishers but I love using www.shutterfly.com Their prices are reasonable but like most wholesalers, they do not offer a variety of paper types. But here's one you should definitely check out: www.mpix.com Also, see www.imagexperts.com I'm sure that one of these two will have the services that you need. Regards, Peter Burian, Digital Photography course Instructor
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Amber Stephens |
Thank you, Peter. I appreciate your information!!! Thanks for taking the time to write.
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Mellanie |
I would definitely check into Mpix. They are awesome!
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Alisha L. Ekstrom |
Definitely check out mpix.com. They are awesome as Mel says!!!! PLUS, I like that they use professional grade paper & have the DO NOT COPY on the back of your pics. GREAT place!!!
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Peter K. Burian |
Well, it's nice to hear that Mpix gets such good reviews. Peter Burian, Digital Photography course instructor http://www.betterphoto.com/photocourses/PBN01.php
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Amber Stephens |
Thank you, Mellanie and Alisha! It seems that I definitely need to try out Mpix. I looked at their web site and I was very impressed. You all have no idea how much I appreciate your info!
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Michelle Ross |
another MPix vote from me . .. GREAT company, with GREAT speedy service as well as Great Customer Service. . . I just can't imaging that you would be disappointed. .. and not that this matters a great deal, but they are a division of Miller's Professional Imaging which is a full line photo lab so it's not like they are some fly by night company that came through and has made it good . . . they were developed from a company with a very good reputation and many years of service to the photography business. Good Luck!
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Kathy L. Pollick |
I'm confused. I know with digital cameras, you don't have a negative to work from, but I was always told that IF you have the option of printing from a negative or a digital, you the negative as the photo was be a much better quality. Is that still true today? I have some photos from my daughter's wedding I want to get reprints from. I was going to take the negatives to a local photo studio to have them made. I was afraid that by getting reprints from the digital image, they wouldn't be as nice or clear. (A professional photographer did not take the photos - simply a friend of the family.)
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Michelle Ross |
I think in alot of ways negatives have advantages, but honestly with the quality of digital cameras these days I'm not sure the average person could tell ... unless it was just a poor quality image... I'm not sure what you are meaning by getting your reprints made from negative and the digital not being as clear... if they were scanned images I would definitely use the negatives. But if they are digital files and are of high resolution, then you should still get nice photos. You just want to make sure that a quality lab is making the reprints regardless if it's digital or film. I wouldn't recommend walmart for either for something like this.
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Kathy L. Pollick |
Michelle. No, I sure don't want to use Wal-Mart. The girl that originally took the wedding photos, took the film to walmart & had it developed (which is not what I wanted to begin with). She gave me the negatives AND had the prints put on a CD for me so I could do with them what I want. The pictures aren't professional looking but as I want to get copies for myself, I don't know whether to take the negatives to a local photographer that does his own developing & have prints made from the negatives, or simply submit the CD photos online to an online lab, such as shutterfly or Mpix or someplace like that. I am having a digital artist take a few of the photos & touch them up with special effects for me to frame, but I want to get some 5 x 7 photos for in an album just to have of the wedding. I just want them to look as sharp & nice as possible. Not sure which way to go. Thanks
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Michelle Ross |
I would take the negs somewhere. . . The CD you got from walmart will be a scan of the image I believe and could possibly not be the quality you are wanting. .. we used to send all of our film to snapfish(still do for some of it) and they scan the images for our online albums so we canreorder. . . but when they print they are printing from the scan(maybe of the negative I don't know) but they always seem a bit blurry when enlarged no matter what. . I took some of the same pictures and had a few enlargements made from the negatives and they were just overall better quality . . . I would definitely use the negs!
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Sherri Wiggins |
Hi. Yes, Mpix is wonderful. I have been using them for 95% of my work. I have had a couple of problems and they immediately fixed it. They are very professional, fast and reliable. I don't think you will be disappointed.
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Peter K. Burian |
Kathy: I agree with Michelle. The scans on the CD may not be great. You'll probably get better prints from the negatives. OR from the digital image files that you get from the digital artist. He would have cleaned them up in Photoshop. You could use those to order prints from a service such as Mpix or shutterfly.com Peter Burian
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Joanna Pecha |
Ditto MPIX...I ordered 12X18's and 8X12's yesterday AM, they were here early afternoon today, and they are GORGEOUS! Used the Metallic Endura paper...WOW, and SO fast. An A++ from me!!
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Dale Ann Cubbage |
I have to go against the crowd here to make another suggestion. WHCC.com is fantastic! They are very professional, offer many different services for both your mid range consumer to high end artistic stuff!! They are fabulous, and I recommend you all try them! They also offer the metallic paper. da
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Shawn & Vicki Stone |
My favorite is winkflash.com. Their prices are as good as or better than most, and they do NO COLOR CORRECTION! That's great for those of us who are picky about an image we have tweaked for hours in Photoshop and don't want someone second-guessing our work.
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Joanna Pecha |
MPIX has the option of NO COLOR CORRECTION, also...
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Michele Wassell |
MPIX... I have had problems as well with them, but as Sherri has mentioned, they fix it fast, professional, and reliable. Quality is good to and I haven't had anyone complain about my prints coming from there. Good luck..
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John Rhodes |
MPix is great, but I have found the best customer service I have ever experienced with www.prolabexpress.com. John
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