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Choosing Your Photo Printing Service

Friday, February 24th, 2012

One of the many benefits to owning a digital camera is that you have access to online digital photo services. If you are a newcomer to the world of photography you may wish to check out such services, as you may be able to get your hands on a number of free digital photos. Here we take a look at some of the many features you may be able to enjoy as a member of a digital photo printing service.

Easy upload of your snaps

Some digital photo printing services allow you to download software to your computer that allows easy access and uploading of your photos. The software requires you to put in your user name and password at the options screen and then when you insert your SD card from your camera, it will automatically upload your photos to your photo album online. This is one of the easiest ways of transferring your photos as everything is done in the background while you use your computer for other things. When you are ready you can go to your account, choose the photos you want to print out and get them ready for printing. If you don’t want software running on your computer then you will have to manually log into your chosen service and upload the photos yourself.

Editing tools

One of the hardest things to do is take a close up shot of a loved one with a flash without getting the dreaded demon eyes. If you have a treasured photo of a loved one with red eyes you may wish to check that the online digital photo printing you choose provides you with free editing software. Look for a company that provides the software online as opposed to downloading it and installing it to your computer. All you have to do then is log into your account upload the photo you want to alter and then add it to your basket for printing. Editing software allows you to easily alter any photograph, you can usually crop, change size, alter colours, and many other things that might otherwise spoil a good photo.

Compare free digital photos

There are so many companies online offering digital photo printing that it is easy to compare their services. Many of these company offer up to so many free digital photos and this allows you to easily compare the quality of their prints. Bear in mind that the colours you see on your monitor screen may differ from the actual colours in real life on the prints. However for just the cost of post and packing you are able to sign up with various companies and for just a couple of pounds compare the quality first hand. When comparing digital photo printing companies you may wish to take into account how much the post and packing is and how much their prints cost for future ordering. Also check out the turnaround time from when you order to the moment you receive your prints. Some companies may offer next day delivery while with others it could be a week or so.

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Can’t Print, Won’t Print, Won’t Wait

Friday, April 9th, 2010

by Neil Mullen

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The Old Way

Digital photography has exploded, exceeding all forecasted figures and many of us have one or more of these great devices, but one of the basic values of photography has been lost in the transfer from film to digital cameras.

Research shows that the majority of digital photo’s are not printed or published in any way, instead billions of photos are sitting on computers and memory cards all over the world, hidden away in cyberspace.

This is a sad prospect as passing photographs through friends, family and generations has been a tradition for many years, reminding us of our ancestors and memories of times gone by. Photographs gain importance with age and there is a pleasure in flicking through old photos. It should be remembered that it may not always be possible to view photos held on today’s digital media, as progress may backdate the media type and the compatibility to read them. We should therefore not overlook the importance of making actual prints of our precious digital snaps.

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The New Way

The major reason for our reluctance to print digital photos is the perceived complications in printing a quality digital print, but with digital photo kiosks, affordable photo printers and easy to use software, it is really not that hard. It is entirely possible for the novice computer user to produce great quality prints from their digital camera using the home photo printer.

Generally speaking, getting a picture from your digital camera to your printer normally involves these simple steps:

  1. Copy images from camera to a folder on your computer.
  2. Load up your printing software and choose the images you would like to print.
  3. Select the size and type of paper you are using (always use photo paper).
  4. Print your photos.

A great new function on many of the latest cameras and printers cuts the process right down. The PictBridge print system is probably the easiest way of getting your images from your camera on to photo paper. This system does rely on having both a PictBridge compliant printer and a PictBridge compliant camera, but most new photo printers and cameras on the market will have PictBridge as standard – but it’s worth checking out if you are about to buy a printer or camera.

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The PictBridge system allows you to print directly from your camera to the printer without the use of a computer. You can select photos, print size and quantities, all from the screen of the camera and process the print with a button!

The great thing about printing your own pictures is that you have total control, choice and discretion. You can print as many copies as you like, choose various sizes and finishes and using photo editing software, you can tweak your pictures as a dark room technician would, or even get creative! In fact half the fun of digital photography is what you can do with the printing of the photo.


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