Why It’s Worth It to Get Your Photos Professionally Printed
Let’s talk about prints and printing your photos! Printing photos is not as common as it used to be because of how easy it is to download photos directly from your gallery onto your phone. But when you do decide to print photos, whether it be for a gift, a photo album, a Christmas card, etc, there are so many options to choose from. But mainly, you choice is this: drugstore print shop or high-quality print shop.
Today I want to talk about the pros and cons for each option, and hopefully, convince you to choose high quality so you can make the most of those beautiful photos you just received.
Drugstore Print Shops
These are your Walgreens, CVS, Walmart etc. Printing places like these DO NOT have high quality printers. What I mean by this, is what used to be a high resolution image will possibly print blurry, pixelated, throw off colors and just all together produce an awful representation of your digital download. These prints are often not true to color and do not show the true quality of the image.
No hate to these places at all because they’re great for printing photos you’ve taken with your phone and super convenient if you’re needing fast and affordable prints, but not the best option for the professional photos you just spent money on! The pro to printing at stores like these is that it will cost less money, but the con of low-quality prints outweighs that fact in my mind.
High-Quality Print Shops
These are your shops that are designed to test color, tonal range, and are able to handle high resolution images. Shops like these will produce products that best represent your digital download. High quality print shops are what I will always recommend to clients when they are wanting to print their photos. They might not be the most cost affective or fastest but is totally worth the investment!
Some shops I like to use are, Bayphoto, Mpix or Artifactuprising. So, the cons are that the print shops will most likely be a little pricier and it may take a bit longer to receive the prints because the shops aren’t local, but the pros of high quality, true to color photos is absolutely worth it.
As a reminder to my clients, whenever you download your photos and then re-uploading them to any printing service or any social media platform, the quality does start to deteriorate. If you’re interested in purchasing prints, I have high-quality print shops linked to my galleries for you to order prints, calendars, canvases, books, and albums to help eliminate this issue!
I hope I convinced you to opt for a higher-quality print service for those gorgeous photos. If you’re interested in booking a session with me, click here, and let’s chat! For more tips and inspiration, click here!
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“I have worked with Madison for grad photos and a photoshoot with my sister. She is absolutely incredible, welcoming, and makes the experience so enjoyable! She is extremely timely and communicative. Her work is outstanding. I would recommend Madison to anyone I know and I’m looking forward to shooting with her again this Spring!!!”
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She is kind, patient and attentive as she strives to create not only beautiful photos, but memories that last a lifetime. My fiancé and I had never had a professional photo shoot together before but Madison made it so much fun and really helped us get creative with our engagement photos. She made us feel so comfortable, it felt like she was an old friend! The pictures were beautiful, the turn around for photos extremely reasonable and I am beyond excited for her to shoot our wedding. Thank you, Madison, can’t wait to work with your further!
-Elizabeth L.
"I had the best experience with Madison taking professional pictures for my graduation."
She made me feel so happy and photogenic which made all of my pictures come out so natural. The communication leading up to the big day was amazing. She made sure I had all the props I wanted and went over the plan so I knew exactly what to expect. She was so quick to edit the photos and get them to me. My family members fell in love with how well she took my pictures so we booked her again to take photos for a graduation brunch I had with my family. She was so helpful and creative with each photo she took. I definitely recommend booking with her and will be booking with her again next year for my Master's graduation photoshoot!!!
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"Madison captured our engagement and wedding beautifully."
She met with us in person whenever we needed to make sure we had all the details just right. I never had to worry if the photos would turn out, even our sneak peaks were perfect! We moved our engagement session to 8am with short notice just to avoid the rain. She was so patient and very flexible with us! I recommended her to my recently engaged friends, and I would recommend her to anyone looking for a professional photographer.
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She helped us loosen up during the photoshoot, guided us on poses such as what to do with our hands, and she's great with kids!! My kid loved the experience and all of our photos turned out excellent. She is also responsive and did a great job with all the editing taking into account any concerns such as dark circles. I can't wait to do more family photoshoots in future with her!
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My girlfriend and I were having a hard time finding an open and LGBTQ+ inclusive photographer and a friend recommended Madison to take our pictures.She made us feel so comfortable and make our session a memorable experience. She was able to perfectly pose us and came prepared with everything we needed. When it started to rain at the end, she even had clear umbrellas for us to use!! She was able to work with our schedule and the turn around time to get our pictures was quick. I cannot recommend her enough. Thank you Madison!!
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