Printing: At home or Lab

[Mad Aussie]

I use a franchise called The Camera House where I bought some of my photographic equipment. We recently went to a lab and printed a photo that we had also got printed at Camera House. The lab was much more expensive (twice the price) and the result was identical to Camera House.

[GregL]

Thanks for the good feedback. I thought maybe more people would be printing from home. I use a lab myself, but thought 'maybe real photographers print their own!'

Iguanasan, I love the idea displaying a Photo of the Week in your office. Not sure I could get organised enough to do it every week, but I like the idea. I might try it as well. Thanks.

Marko, when you get your experimentation with inkjet printers and different papers done, you might have a topic for a podcast!

[Marko]

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So I cannot see how a print shop can do much better. All depends on the paper and ink quality. I use prints I do at home in shows and sell them and never had anyone be able to tell I print at home. I print so much it is cheaper over the long run since I only usually do one or two prints at a time. If I need a run of over 20 of the same image I would just go to a printer. It also means I do everything from taking the photo to the final print and thats what I find satisfying.

That's the artist in you speaking, and personally I agree. It is far more satisfying to do all the work yourself...though it can be a pain in the butt when things go wrong.

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Marko, when you get your experimentation with inkjet printers and different papers done, you might have a topic for a podcast!

Yup that's the idea and I already have really cool papers to test.