Does anyone still print photographs?
The photo kiosks at Target and Walmart are looking pretty deserted these days. Just wondering if anyone still prints photographs -- other than, say, headshots or wedding pictures? It's been years since I had an actual paper photograph in my hand.
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danthonyross
asked 11 months ago
Yep. CVS & Walgreens still do in my area, and of course, I print my own photographs at home.
It's one of those "chores" I always say I'm going to do and never get around to it. The last time I printed vacation pictures I intended to put them in a scrapbook but photos and scrapbook have not met each other yet :(
Printed scrapbooks is the direction I'm going. Target prints them in a binder of your choice, you put together everything online. They use Snapfish I believe. There is something better, almost greater when you are flipping through pics, and not being huddled around a pc, tv, digital frame, waiting for the next pic or waiting for someone to sort.
And in the event of a zombie apocalypse, we don't need to worry about having power in order to reminisce.
Also, my Costco's photo department is always packed. So yes, I think people still print pics other than just major event oriented.
Digital photos just don't provide the same sort of fun as in-my-hand copies. Can't show off the daughter-in-law's photography to co-workers, can't display my poodle's newest haircut, can't share vacation pictures with my neighbor. Can't stick a digital picture of my spouse dressed as the tooth fairy on my cubicle wall -- and he won first prize in the company contest.
So yes, I still print paper pictures.
Yes. It's still nice to insert photos in cards of the family and stuff, plus for assorted crafts with the kids, but that's really about it.
go to target.com
go to coupons
in the photo section, print the $2 coupon.
then print it again (limit of 2 per computer)
this week, photo prints are 20 for $2.
40 free prints.
I had some prints done at Walgreens a while back. Worked out pretty well but the photo didn't match the size I requested online and the quality was slightly blurry. Not sure if that was my camera's fault or mine.
@mellielou: I've heard that Costco does a pretty nice job with photo prints.
I only print images that I will display somewhere. LED picture frames just do not cut it for high quality images.
Perfect timing for this thread. I found about 5 throw away camera from high school while cleaning yesterday.
How long is film good for after it's been used? The rolls are still in the body of the camera's (throw away style) Be interested to see whats on them.
Still print some at Costco to send back to the parents, because attaching them to emails just makes Mom print them out one at a time on 8x11 paper, using up all her color ink on sh*tty paper prints. because th3ey want to show them to their friends, not sit in their office to look at the monitor.
I've gotten prints at my local Walgreens, but if I can wait for them, I've found Snapfish usually has the best deals (for me). I pre-purchased a bunch a while back to get the slightly better per-print price, but I haven't made a dent in those because I'm frequently claiming other free-print offers. I'll wait until there's a free shipping code that actually covers print-only orders, and then I'll place an order.
I take far too many digital photos than necessary, but I'll put the ones I really like in a "Make Prints" album. Once the aforementioned situation rolls around, I'll order whatever is in the digital album.
It's just nice to have physical albums of my favorite shots. Plus I like sending them to friends as postcards. They're the perfect size to go with a 29¢ stamp, and it's a cheap way to send someone a smile among all the junk mail and bills they usually receive. I attach postcard backings [http://www.the2buds.com/suph2pc.htm] for rigidity, but it's not a necessity.
I've got plenty of fun postcard ideas if anyone else has far-away friends who they think would like them.
Like @ohcheri I had the best intentions of making a fancy scrapbook with my prints, but if I'm realistic and just put them into an album with the pre-fitted sleeves, my success rate is higher.
@wickedd365: It depends. Heat damages the film. That being said, I got some pictures developed that were in a camera for almost 12 years. They came out kinda foggy, but still visible (and I suspect I could clean up the images if I scanned the photos).
@wickedd365: I just developed some 11 year old disposables that had an exp date of 2003 at costco. They came out fine.
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