Had walmart print some photos....disapointed.

[NikonDude]

I had Walmart print about 10 photos I took. Really disappointed.
http://i833.photobucket.com/albums/zz257/Phototaker_2010/IMG_0667.jpg

They are MUCH darker then being viewed on my monitor.
This is not the same photo, but just an example of how bright the series of photos I took were.

 

[DennyCrane]

Yeah, you'll get that. Try Adoramapix.com. Amazing quality and far better pricing.
Walmart is fine for Aunt Tilly to get 4x6 prints of her bridge club's monthly luncheon.

Edit: Also- get bigger frames and matte your pictures.

 

[Tomasko]

They are MUCH darker then being viewed on my monitor.

And you have a calibrated IPS monitor, right? (not those cheapest ones)

 

[NikonDude]

Yeah, you'll get that. Try Adoramapix.com. Amazing quality and far better pricing.
Walmart is fine for Aunt Tilly to get 4x6 prints of her bridge club's monthly luncheon.

Edit: Also- get bigger frames and matte your pictures.

These pictures are matte, however the glass might add some gloss to it.

 

[cgipson1]

Yeah, you'll get that. Try Adoramapix.com. Amazing quality and far better pricing.
Walmart is fine for Aunt Tilly to get 4x6 prints of her bridge club's monthly luncheon.

Edit: Also- get bigger frames and matte your pictures.

These pictures are matte, however the glass might add some gloss to it.

He means use a mat to place a colored border around the photo to help emphasize it and set it off. He is not referring to the finish on the photo (i.e. Glossy, Matte, Satin, etc...)

as in Custom Matting | Pictureframes.com

 

[ann]

what color space did you use vs what color space they print with, along with calibrating your monitor. All these things come into play when printing.

I believe mat is referring to a window over the print which protects it from the glass and wood frame, not paper type

 

[ann]

what color space did you use vs what color space they print with, along with calibrating your monitor. &nbsp;All these things come into play when printing.<br><br>I believe mat is referring to a window over the print which protects it from the glass and wood frame, not paper type

on my monitor which is calibrated i find I like the darker version as it sets off the white flower. In the second one your show as to brightness is just like a hundred other flower photos.

 

[NikonDude]

I think I'm going to slap $15 on that and take it to a flea market and see what happens.

 

[DennyCrane]

<chuckles>

 

[cgipson1]

I think I'm going to slap $15 on that and take it to a flea market and see what happens.

sure, why not.. like they say, there a sucker born every minute!

 

[KmH]

How many other labs have you had print your photos?

Computer monitors need to be calibrated.

There are several types of computer display. The inexpensive (Twisted Nematic, TN) displays have fairly narrow accurate viewing angles, and aren't the best for critically guaging image quality.

The sought after display type for critically viewing digital image files is the In-Plane Switching (IPS) type.

 

[DennyCrane]

Guys... seriously... I'd trust the image from a $99 Walmart generic PC monitor over the results of their photo "lab". Walmart... WALMART! Come on, they are notorious for screwing up their prints. Assume that first before ANY questions about monitor calibration.

 

[ManhattanShutterBug]

Guys... seriously... I'd trust the image from a $99 Walmart generic PC monitor over the results of their photo "lab". Walmart... WALMART! Come on, they are notorious for screwing up their prints. Assume that first before ANY questions about monitor calibration.

Agreed. Walmart sucks. If your looking for something similar to price as walmart that you can pick up in an hour try Costco they are better. But for professional prints I would suggest a professional lab,

 

[thereyougo!]

Guys... seriously... I'd trust the image from a $99 Walmart generic PC monitor over the results of their photo "lab". Walmart... WALMART! Come on, they are notorious for screwing up their prints. Assume that first before ANY questions about monitor calibration.

Doesn't matter where he takes them, if his monitor isn't calibrated, he won't have much of an argument. My colours were off when printing before I calibrated my macbookpro.

 

[tirediron]

Even the best labs vary by location and staff. My local Wal-mart Photo Centre produces very good quality images. Granted, I wouldn't get a client's 16x20 main wedding image printed there, but for anything 8x10 or under, the quality is excellent. They do print slightly darker than my calibrated monitor, however, a few trial prints and I figured out exactly how much I had to adjust brightness by to account for that.