Where is the best place to get your digital photos printed? If you’re really keen you can print at home and it’s kind of fun to watch your images appear. But you have to calibrate your printer to your already calibrated monitor and that’s a lot of faff.
I wanted to see who does the best digital photo printing out of high street photo shops and the two professional photo printers I use for work.
Before you begin printing you must have a calibrated monitor so you know your colours are correct – Join me as we take a photo, prep it in Photoshop and send the same image file to my pro printers and the high street outlets to see who prints it best.
In part 2 we’ll look at the results…
Mike Browne
Just shows – I would think it best to send one in first as a tester – if the results are good – stick to it…
Just had some pics developed by jessops and they look crap, the colours look as if they've been coloured in with felt tips… What happened to the lovely crystaline photos you used to get in the eighties?
Ok, 5 year old video. I come back and watch these older videos from time to time. Don't get hung up on the older software or that Mike isn't using reading glasses. The information is still really good. sRGB vs AdobeRGB still holds true. Thumbs up.. keep 'em coming!
I made a video of some photographic series I have made from taking pictures of nature.
I hope you like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h69Bggp20QM&t=31s
nice bike
So I'm not the only Triumph riding photographer then. Cool!
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WINDOWS XP?
Hi Mike I am loving your vids and have learnt a lot from watching you, just about to get my 1st set of prints done by proam. I was just wondering do I set my resolution to 300 as you say in the vid, or 402 as proam say on their site, just a bit confused and thank you in advance, keep up the great vids.
It is my pleasure to see that you also enjoy riding a motorcycle on your way to shooting! Or the contrary! Nice classic naked, Mike. What are you riding? I had an 883R carburated and an FX 2003 with a tall ape hanger.
Nice one:-)
My mom works at a university that has a very nice print shop and I can get awesome prints for about $6.00, Its awesome!
Yup – you're a local then!
Cool – go for it…. Pictures deserve to be printed and enjoyed.
I just printed an 18×24 today. Turned out good! But its was my first print of my work so I'm sure as I continue I will get better prints
East Street!!! 🙂
Thank you
you are the best teacher,and my inspiration….
It's an old 18-70 Nikon f5.6 zoom. The lens won't affect the image resolution that's down to the camera sensor but it will make a difference to the image quality / clarity. I can't tell you ehich lens is best because i don't know every lens on the market and to be honest you don't need professional f2.8 lenses to take great images and get them printed. If you can afford expensive glass then buy it – but you don't need it.
Sorry (he said looking at the floor sheepishly)
I'm disappointed you didn't safely remove your hardware..tut tut 🙂
Sorry I missed your post – only to be quick, and because most enthusiasts and beginners shoot Jpg.
Hi Jenny – If you're calibrated and following their instructions for their ICC then it should be perfect and trouble free. Are you managing the light levels in your computer room? If you're working in a very dark room your pupils can dilate which will fool you into thinking your screen is brighter than it is, then you compensate by making the image darker. It's a long shot – but it happens. I keep room light about 20% below the monitor and ensure the monitor is shaded so there's no flare.
Ah – Thanks Leigh. truhoustonbabygirl – watch our 'How to calibrate a monitor' video. That will explain. – Mike
I would imagine it is a MacBook Pro.
Why did you shoot in jpeg…
Sorry – what is an mbp? – Mike
also i use a mbp how do i adjust brightness to mach prints
need u to clarify rgb color space for working & output right……..i dont want to lose color so same way rgb in camera too right
Holy s old photoshop
Weren't you cold in that shirt?
Quality programming, like beer brewing, takes time.
Thank you – Mike
Another brilliant video-Thanks
You'll have to be quick to get your prints back from Jessops!!!!!
Great vid Mike, but we are all sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for the conclusion ?
Looking forward to part 2
Oh and the Paul Williams web address is incorrect. It should be paulwilliamsdigital-poole.co.uk.
Any sign of part 2 yet?