Another photo share question

doeie04

Which website do you recommend? I usually use Walgreens website to do my photos. I know Shutterfly is popular, but what are the prices per print? I don't want to use a website that is expensive. Walgreens are between $.10-$.19 per 4x6 photo.

Unfortunately, it seems Walgreens isn't going to be user friendly for this.

Kfudge0714

I haven't actually tried this myself but I am sure you can save pictures from shutterfly to your computer and either burn them to a CD or use any online photo companies to get prints if you find shutterfly to be expensive per print.

doeie04

Shutterfly's webiste says you can pick up prints at Target, Walgreens and CVS in as little as an hour. Does that mean you pay that store's price?

CvilleClaire

For wedding photos, I'd go with an online service.  Those 1 hour photo machines don't produce the best quality images.  They're fine for every day, but I'd spring for the better quality paper and processing that comes from ordering online.

Check out the side-by-side images on this page:
http://paintthemoon.net/blog/2011/10/photoshop-actions-why-your-print-lab-is-so-important/

Here is Walgreens vs. Ritz vs. MPIX vs. a professional lab:
http://kristygarceauphotography.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/finally-my-printing-lab-comparison/

Here's Costco vs. Smugmug:
http://www.chichomeschoolmama.com/2012/01/photo-printing-comparison.html

Here is one person's experiences with some of the major online photo companies:
http://photo.net/digital-darkroom-forum/00QnNl

Kfudge0714

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_another-photo-share-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:0f1869fe-b901-478b-a6ad-c2067fa155f7Post:39a80ebc-cad8-4425-b534-979e823cd392">Re: Another photo share question</a>:
[QUOTE]Shutterfly's webiste says you can pick up prints at Target, Walgreens and CVS in as little as an hour. Does that mean you pay that store's price?
Posted by doeie04[/QUOTE]

I would think so. I tried to order prints from Shutterfly which had them on sale and when I choose pick-up at a local store the prices increased. I assumed they were the stores prices at that point. Which would make sense because your using their time and products.

doeie04

OK, so I stalked Krisin's shutterfly. I can't figure out how I would upload pictures as a guest. It shows her one picture that she uploaded, but I don't see an option to upload my own photos. (Not that I was going to, I was pretending I was a guest of hers... Just for the record!)

EDIT: I figured it out. You have to click on the Add button at the top right. If you click on photos and videos it only lets you order them, unless you click add at the top. I feel like an idiot.

kimiandgary

To upload as a guest on Shutterfly the original person has to create a Share Site. We are using this for our wedding because its easy to use, there is not log-in for guests, and we can download all the pics if we choose to not print with Shutterfly. Super easy to do! I compared the other sites and didn't find any that were as simple..

Just my opinion

BrooklynNovia

I'm thinking of creating an album on Picasa Web and inviting my guests to upload.  This way, I'll  own the files myself and can print them however I like.  It seems to be the same steps a guest would need to take to upload to a photo sharing site, and the extra step is on my end: sending an e-mail to invite them as collaborators.

Am I overlooking a reason this wouldn't work?

doeie04

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_another-photo-share-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:0f1869fe-b901-478b-a6ad-c2067fa155f7Post:70432bff-45ca-4fb7-bdc5-0fbbeb0552e0">Re: Another photo share question</a>:
[QUOTE]I'm thinking of creating an album on Picasa Web and inviting my guests to upload.  This way, I'll  own the files myself and can print them however I like.  It seems to be the same steps a guest would need to take to upload to a photo sharing site, and the extra step is on my end: sending an e-mail to invite them as collaborators. Am I overlooking a reason this wouldn't work?
Posted by BrooklynNovia[/QUOTE]

I think it is fine if you want to invite everyone. I have too many people to do this. And I don't know all of their email addresses.

sleblanc72

I agree with Jeannine.  I have had trouble trying to go from Shutterfly directly to one of the stores so now I either download my photos and get them printed or I just wait for Shutterfly to do one of their promotions and order from them, they do the promotions quite often.

Shelly527IN

I use Snapfish.

chelseakopperud

Ok now I am confused.... I just checked my photo share site as a guest and there is no place to add photos. What am I doing wrong? clicky

MMRoberts11

I agree with Jeannine as well.  Definitely take into consideration the quality also instead of just the price.  I'm going with Shutterfly as well likely.

doeie04

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-club-boards_june-2012-weddings_another-photo-share-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding Club BoardsForum:3ae4d68d-f10a-4dec-8810-da13c14a7b86Discussion:0f1869fe-b901-478b-a6ad-c2067fa155f7Post:988885a9-fe6e-4a57-a6be-9dea9e3bc485">Re: Another photo share question</a>:
[QUOTE]Ok now I am confused.... I just checked my photo share site as a guest and there is no place to add photos. What am I doing wrong? clicky
Posted by chelseakopperud[/QUOTE]

Check out one of my previous posts and it explains how. :)