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Lelasmama05
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 16:03
Where do you guys get prints done? I have such a hard time having my pictures printed b/c they don't believe that I took them and make me sign all these waviers and stuff... they said they are cracking down on people printing off professional pictures. What would I need to do to prove to them that I took the pictures?
sevillafox
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 16:50
My personal favorite is ProLabExpress (http://www.prolabexpress.com)but MPix (http://www.mpix.com) does great work as well. I like PLE because you can mix paper types and they have tons of sizes and options and their proof books are wonderful.
Hikin Mike
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 17:00
Mpix for me.
Lelasmama05
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 17:00
So do you send them to the place online and have them sent to you or are they on locations?
Hikin Mike
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 17:16
Upload the file(s) online and for $4.95 I get the photos to my door. I suppose you can drop-ship them, but for what I do, I need the prints here so I mat/frame them.
Lelasmama05
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 18:24
I guess I'll have to find something online... it just sucks b/c Walmart is so much cheaper :P
Mike R
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 18:58
Another vote for Mpix. If you need a web site to sell photos, take a look at Exposure Manager, they have their own lab.

You could have business cards made to prove you're a photographer.
Hikin Mike
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 19:02
I guess I'll have to find something online... it just sucks b/c Walmart is so much cheaper :P

There's no comparison between Walmart and a good photo lab. ;)
LORatliff
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 19:07
Ditto Hikin Mike...

Also, MPix is not really all that expensive. If you're printing photos for clients, the quality should trump cost anyway.
sevillafox
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 19:09
If you are going for cheap personal prints I like shutterfly or winkflash. The shipping part sucks but it's still better than wal-mart.
Jayson Prentice
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 20:07
I believe Mpix prices aren't too much different from WalMart, but they are soo much better quality. The only additional thing is shipping that'll cost you $4.95 at most. They are fairly quick with most of the orders as well, so I really don't see any reason why not to start using Mpix or somebody similar. Plenty of threads on POTN that discuss some of the best places to get prints done.
Lelasmama05
17th of April 2008 (Thu), 20:09
LOL! yea... I guess it's time to step it up from walmart huh? LOL! Thank you guys! I'll have to check em out. I really want to get some pictures printed of my daughter. I only have two pictures of her hanging up in my house :oops: she's going to be 3 years old and the pictures hanging up are from when she's 1 month :o