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Printing photos?
« on: July 31, 2010, 09:47:20 PM »
In the states I used Snapfish and other online places to print my photographs, do you have any recommendations for websites in the UK that print good quality photos for cheap?


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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2010, 12:15:17 AM »
Snapfish is in the UK as well, I got 20 promo prints from them and only had to pay shipping, so you may be able to use the account you've been using, just change the address.


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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2010, 07:48:56 PM »
I've recently learned of the website Photobox.  Haven't used them yet though.
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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2010, 12:05:20 PM »
I've used Photobox for lots of stuff and they're really good.


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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2010, 11:50:51 AM »
Another LOVE for Photobox. I always use their FTP option as it's faster than the web upload, and I've had it before where I've uploaded my photos at midnight, and they've arrived in the post two days after (so upload midnight Wed, arrived in Fri's post).

And I adore the matte finish and white border options on photos in this country!!
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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2010, 12:06:27 PM »
I think Photobox have really gone downhill in quality over the past year, everything comes back flat and dark, so I've had to stop using them.

I've been using RGB labs and they're ace, as a test order I used the same sRGB profile as I do with Photobox and the RGB labs prints are definitely brighter with much better colours

http://www.rgb-prints.com/amateur-services-18/online-photo-printing-26.html

Also, if you don't mind paying the extra, get your photos printed as postcards from moo.com, their print and card quality are amazing and everything you get is super cute, also direct import from flickr etc :)

http://uk.moo.com/products/postcards.html
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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2010, 01:25:54 PM »
I actually need to find a place in London to purchase some good quality wedding photos.  We got married in the States in January and I moved here in March.  I need to start thinking about putting together an album.  I don't know where to start to find a print shop here though.
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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2010, 09:07:45 AM »
Snappy Snaps?

http://www.snappysnaps.co.uk/

I can't vouch for their quality, but they do do things like wedding photo prints, and they are on every other street corner.


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Re: Printing photos?
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2010, 01:52:05 PM »
I used Jessops this weekend to print up some pictures for a relative who is not computer savvy. 

They did a great job, and they offer all kinds of photo-related services, such as photo books and prints on canvas as well.
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