Best way to order prints of your digital photos?
Hello,
I have an Android phone with way too many photos on it. I would lIke to print some of my digital images in order to frame them but I am lost as to the best way to do so since Costco stopped offering this service.
Does anyone have a website that they recommend that you can do this affordably and have them mailed to your home address?
Thanks so much for any tips!
Aug 27, 2024
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If you're on Android and use Google Photos, I believe you can order prints direclty from there. Here's a help document that outlines how to do that: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/9380189?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
If you want to use someone local, I've ordered digital prints from PhotoLab here in Berkeley and they do a great job. Here's more info on that: https://www.photolaboratory.com/prints-from-digital.html
Walgreens also offers this service, and they do a decent job as well.
Hi!
I use Shutterfly. If you start the order on your computer, it'll give you a QR code for your phone to scan and load pictures into your order. You can choose to have it shipped to you or pick up locally.
I use it with an iphone and pick up at a local CVS.
Shutterfly will also run promos and do lots of other personalize products with photos.
Good luck!
Hi,
You could try https://www.freeprints.com/ phone app, you get about 80- 4x6 photos free for a month and they charge you only for shipping. Enjoy! :)
I’ve been using Snapfish for years, maybe almost 20 years. It is very user friendly and super cheap, such as 100 free prints and you just pay for postage. Free unlimited storage if you make just one purchase per year. I’ve been printing about 30 photos per year and keep albums which my now adult child still loves to look through.
Walgreens.
Hi from a photographer! My favorite sites for printing photos are Mpix and Nations Photo Lab - they have excellent print quality for direct-to-consumer options!
Walgreens and CVS will do the same thing as Costco used to. You can do it in store or online and they will mail it to you. That said, I have found their photo quality to be quite poor. If you want higher quality prints, I have used Nations Photo Lab, which is an online photo service. Their photos are more a little more expensive but very high quality. They will also frame the photos for you so you just select the photo, pick a frame, and they mail the photo to you already framed. Frambridge will also do the same thing, and they specialize in framing anything.
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Yes! Photolab in Berkeley on 5th street is excellent. They make proper prints at a professional level on real printers. You can upload from Photolab's website and either pick them up or they'll mail the prints to you. I don't recommend trying something like Walgreens or CVS - the print quality is horrible. I have tried Amazon's photo service and the quality was fair. OK for little snapshots, etc. But not for any sizeable print you want to hang on your wall.
Shutterfly offers a hefty discount for Costco members and I've been happy with their prints: https://accounts.shutterfly.com/costco
I’m a longtime fan of Photolab in Berkeley on Fifth Street — they have an online service on their website, but they’re also a brick and mortar store, and it’s been easiest for me to just walk in and hand them an SD card or USB stick.
I do this often.
I have an iPhone but I bet it is the same. Create an album of your favorites and save it. Then go to rite air or maybe cbs website and look for print pictures. You upload them to their website photo shop, follow instructions.
You could do the same and make a pretty book at Shutterfly app .
I’ve tried using an online photo print service like Artifact Uprising, but honestly the quality was pretty similar and the price was cheaper to print at Walgreens.
You can order them online prettily easily through their website. I believe they will ship to your house, but you can also pick up same day in store and there’s one in Berkeley at the corner of San Pablo and Gilman. It’s not incredible quality, but good enough to look good in a frame and I’ve been happy with my prints every time, especially for the affordable price.
I've used CVS photo for cheap prints in the past.
A photographer friend recommends Printique though: www.printique.com
Costco still offers their photo services online with free shipping for members, and it's still the best pricing around. Here's the link: Photo | Costco
Another enthusiastic recommendation for Photolab in Berkeley!