Printing Photos (US)

[bjarvis]

The last chemical film I'm planning on ever using is currently being developed; I'll collect my prints this afternoon on my way home from work.

The Olympus digital camera Kent gave me for xmas is an absolute delight! Well, except for the damage to sensitive electronics and the DNA of everyone within the blast radius when the nuclear-powered electronic flash goes off. Outside of that, it's fantastic!

Since I like keeping prints & photo albums (albi?), now I have to determine the most economical way of printing my photographic treasures. CVS, Ritz and Moto Photo all seem to charge $0.26-$0.29 USD per print for small numbers, $0.19 USD for batches of 50. Clark (www.clarkcolor.com) is charging as little as $0.11 USD for 4"x6" prints in batches of 50.

Is there some other service I should check out? Anyone have experience dealing with Clark (my current front-runner)?

All advice gratefully sought and will be rewarded in either appropriate or inappropriate ways, as is (in)appropriate.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

My choice isn't the most cost effective, but it works for me. I have a membership to Ritz Camera, so I get discounts on everything. I like to give prints as gifts at the theater, so I can usually be found in the Ritz/Wolfe/Kits Camera Stores in whatever city "Evita" is playing, editing the digital pictures myself. I like to crop, play with contrast and color, etc ...

I've filled 14 albums with photos since the tour started in October 2004, plus I have most of them on my laptop or home computer. I know it's excessive, but it's been my way of chronicling the experience, giving my co-workers a memory of an event and learning to be a better photgrapher. Enjoy!