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So ... where can you find them? Online, that's where.
Printing digital photos online has become easier and faster than ever.
It's also the least expensive way to get quality prints from your digital images.
Most online digital picture printing services - and there are a lot of them! - offer additional services like creating your own greeting cards or holiday cards, designing a calendar, a coffee mug or mouse pad. The possibilities are limited only by your imagination.
I have two favorite digital picture printing services. First choice:
Shutterfly, the world's largest online printer
Shutterfly.comClick here for details
My daughter introduced me to Shutterfly a couple of years ago, and I've become a big fan. Their service is excellent. They're quick (You'll get prints back within a week, usually sooner). And the site is very easy to use. All the instructions you need to get started and set up a new account are very easy to follow. And they'll even warn you if one of your files is too small or low resolution to make the size print you want.
In fact, I even have a couple of Shutterfly Professional Galleries now where you can buy prints of my work. Click here for details. Jim's Images from Hawaii and here ... Jim's Flowers
You might also be interested in checking out CafePress, where you can design and print all kinds of images on everything from photo posters and greeting cards to T shirts and coffee mugs.
Here's how I've used CafePress to promote and sell my own work:
Another favorite online digital picture printing service is Kodak.
Kodak EasyShare Gallery
I first learned about the Kodak Gallery when my wife bought a Kodak digital camera some time back and the camera's EasyShare software leads you into using it. It works great, too. It's owned and operated by Kodak, so you can't find a much more established name in the entire photo industry.
No, you won't get your pictures back in a hour ...BUT ... you will get them back in just a few days. And it's been my experience that the results are excellent.
Here's why: Online Digital Picture Printing become a huge industry recently, and will certainly get bigger. And because they're so big, and the competition for your business is so intense, these guys HAVE to deliver great quality at a great price - and quick!
These online printing services are safe and secure. Your precious files never leave your hands because you submit them via the internet. And, best of all, Online printers are using the most up-to-date, high-quality printing equipment available and highly capable people to do the work.
Sadly, this is sometimes NOT the case when you take your files to a local lab unless it's a REAL photo store with great equipment and trained personnel.
That's why I say use the online digital printing service to begin with. Oh sure, there's a digital photo department in virtually every corner store in your town ... but sometimes they're not so great ... and sadly, sometimes they're terrible. And if you happen to be unlucky enough to go to one of the not-so-good ones ... and your pictures come back looking pretty bad ... how will you know whether it was something you did when you took the pictures, or something the "lab" did because they had either poor quality control or simply didn't know what they were doing.
(More about this on the page entitled "Local Labs.")
Local Labs
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