Nov 25, 2023·edited Nov 25, 2023Liked by Documentally
Another fab dispatch, thank you! Do you have any recommendations for places to print photos, Christian? You're inspiring me to start printing mine (and so are my empty walls in my new house) ...
Hi Laura! How strange. When I headed in to play records last night I was checking out how you use your photography on your inner sleeves. Were you watching?
And thank you so much for being a supporting subscriber. It means a lot.
For printing my own images I try to use local independents. There is a picture framing place and gallery in St Neots that has a decent Kodak printer and reasonable prices. If you are lucky there might be one near you. If I want to print from negatives I use TheMiniLab.co.uk housed in Skears Photographic. A store I’ve used for over 20 years.
I’ve not used any online services but I bet there’s someone who reads this that can recommend somewhere. :-)
I've been thinking a lot about printing some of my many many digital photos. For a long time I used some of the services like Postagram regularly. The prints themselves are not necessarily high-quality but we could be at a family or friend event and I could take a great picture and right away hit send and everyone in the group would get a postcard with the photo within a few days. Also great for when kids are young and grandparents want anything to hold onto. I do use a few local photo shops now to print on quality paper etc. but would love an online resource that would provide both quality prints and if selected, framing.
I find a framed photo is one of the most treasured gifts these days because we so rarely have prints anymore.
Probably a decade to go on Thanksgiving my daughter had a couple of her friends come to our dinner and one of them brought as a hostess gift something only a darling 18–19-year-old could do, a framed photo of himself. he passed away about five years ago and it's one of my most beloved framed photos, plus makes me laugh every time I see it.
Quite often when I have ordered a framed print, the frames have arrived broken. So I have a little Canon 6x4 printer that does a decent job at a push. And 6x4 frames are thankfully still easy to find at a decent price.
Another fab dispatch, thank you! Do you have any recommendations for places to print photos, Christian? You're inspiring me to start printing mine (and so are my empty walls in my new house) ...
Hi Laura! How strange. When I headed in to play records last night I was checking out how you use your photography on your inner sleeves. Were you watching?
And thank you so much for being a supporting subscriber. It means a lot.
For printing my own images I try to use local independents. There is a picture framing place and gallery in St Neots that has a decent Kodak printer and reasonable prices. If you are lucky there might be one near you. If I want to print from negatives I use TheMiniLab.co.uk housed in Skears Photographic. A store I’ve used for over 20 years.
I’ve not used any online services but I bet there’s someone who reads this that can recommend somewhere. :-)
Thank you! After reading this reply I found one down the road actually, a great way to meet some more local people in my new city :)
Ps I am always watching 😎
I've been thinking a lot about printing some of my many many digital photos. For a long time I used some of the services like Postagram regularly. The prints themselves are not necessarily high-quality but we could be at a family or friend event and I could take a great picture and right away hit send and everyone in the group would get a postcard with the photo within a few days. Also great for when kids are young and grandparents want anything to hold onto. I do use a few local photo shops now to print on quality paper etc. but would love an online resource that would provide both quality prints and if selected, framing.
I find a framed photo is one of the most treasured gifts these days because we so rarely have prints anymore.
Probably a decade to go on Thanksgiving my daughter had a couple of her friends come to our dinner and one of them brought as a hostess gift something only a darling 18–19-year-old could do, a framed photo of himself. he passed away about five years ago and it's one of my most beloved framed photos, plus makes me laugh every time I see it.
Thanks for sharing.
Quite often when I have ordered a framed print, the frames have arrived broken. So I have a little Canon 6x4 printer that does a decent job at a push. And 6x4 frames are thankfully still easy to find at a decent price.