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Online photo printing service Qoop has added photo wrapping paper to their list of products. The list was already quite long and included calendars, mugs, wooden puzzles, posters, greeting cards and more. Now you can wrap the photo mug you bought in the photo wrapping paper you made. How very meta.
An update to my post about Qoop now offering postcards. The fine people at Qoop emailed to let me know that while supplies last they're offering a free postcard, mailed anywhere in the world for Flickr, Photobucket and Facebook users. How cool is that? Hurry, cause you don't want to be one of those people who says "I coulda been a contender had a free postcard made from one of my photographs.
Last month I said "While stickers are very cool and I can come up with several cool uses for them what I really want Moo to start making are post cards. I'd love to take some of my shots and turn them into nice, solid post cards. Is that on the agenda Moo people?." Turns out Moo has not stepped up to the plate to fill that void but Qoop has.
We've discussed the very cool Moo cards and notecards before. Now they've stepped up their game and are now producing stickers. While stickers are very cool and I can come up with several cool uses for them what I really want Moo to start making are post cards. I'd love to take some of my shots and turn them into nice, solid post cards. Is that on the agenda Moo people?
AdoramaPix is bringing the treats instead of the tricks this Halloween. For a very limited time they are offering 50 free 4x6 prints. To get this very special offer you need to login to AdoramaPix, upload your fantastic digital images and place your order using the super secret special code PXHAWE06. This offer expires 11/07/06.
Beautiful! Simple! Cylindrical! All the qualities you look for in the finest photo frames, now available in the CanFrame — a simple DIY photo frame project from Photojojo.Our tutorial will step you through an insanely simple way to show off your photos for the price of a 79 cent can of beans. All you need is the aforementioned can, some glue, a photo, and 15 minutes!
The DIY CanFrame: Transform a Tin Can into a Simple Photo Frame in 15 Minutes at Photojojo
Tags: photography, photojojo, diy photography
New printing startup MOO is offerning 10 free mini cards to Flickr Pro members as a way of introduction to their new service.
MOO has joined forces with Flickr, the world’s largest online photo sharing community, to offer members a new way to share their Flickr information and photos offline. Hooray!Flickr MiniCards use MOO’s revolutionary multipack technology to produce sets of small, customised calling cards: each card featuring a different photo from the last.
Tags: photo sharing, moo, photography, Flickr
Do something different with your images. Make personal photo cards with as many as 25 of your images. They are a fun and inexpensive way to show off your images. Available single- or double-sided, with the capability to add images as well as text.
This is a tool I'm excited about. I love the idea of personal calling cards and for photographers this is a great way to show off your stuff. QOOP is integrated with Flickr, Photobucket and other popular photo services so it's super simple to grab your images.
Tags: photo sharing, QOOP, photography, Flickr
Photographer Doug Plummer just got a brand new Epson Stylus Pro 4800 Color Inkjet Printer and it sounds like he's in love with it.
Wow. What took me so long? The Epson 4800 is an amazing printer.Color prints, of course, look fabulous. Black and white, however, is awesome. I am now a big step closer to shutting down the darkroom for good.
Read Doug's First impressions of the Epson 4800
I received prints today from Shutterfly. This is the first time I've used this online lab so I was anxiously awaiting my order to compare Shutterfly's work to other online labs I've used. I'm generally pleased because the prints work fine for the purpose I bought them for (namely being framed or even just magnetically tacked up for display in my own home). However if I had a less specific or more formal need for these prints I'm not sure I'd be so pleased.
The color prints have phenomenal and true color. Deep greens, true reds and pure whites. I have absolutely no complaints about the color quality. The black and white prints are another story. The contrast that I had both on my screen and in some samples I printed with my low end photoprinter was exactly as I wanted it. The black and white Shutterfly prints are muddled. The contrast is weak and shadows and shades of gray just seem inadequate. I'm sure a combination of less than high end post production on my end and lack of calibration on Shutterfly's end is probably to blame but the black and white prints definitely aren't where I'd like them to be.
The main issue I have with the Shutterfly prints though can be looked at in one of two different ways. Either "it's such a minor thing you should let it go and not make a big deal out of it." Or "this is such an obvious detail I can't believe they don't have better quality control in this area." I fall into the latter camp. On each of the dozen or so prints I got one edge of the print was rough to the touch. The roughness is from an unclean cut in the paper. Imagine you used a paper cutter on photo paper that was clearly not sharp enough. Instead of making one, swift clear cut instead the cut is ragged with tiny bits of fiber left over that weren't separated. I would never give a print with such an obvious defect to a client or a friend. I'm proud of my photography and want to be proud of my prints as well. If I'd made the prints at home I'd never hand one out if I'd failed to get a clean cut on the edges so you can be sure I wouldn't hand one out like that when I've spent money on it.
To be fair to Shutterfly I'll mention a couple things I really liked about their service.
1. The service was incredibly fast. The order was printed and shipped within less than 24 hours.
2. You have the option of adding a caption to the back of each print.
So would I use Shutterfly again? Yes absolutely if I was only ordering color prints for either my own private use or if I was going to frame them before delivering them to anyone else.
Tags: shutterfly, onlinelab, prints, photo prints, photography
