Printing options

Do you print your photos at home? If so, printer recommendations would be good.

Do you use an online service? Do you use high street shops?

Jonesy recommended http://www.photobox.co.uk/ to us, which we've used a couple of times and have been very happy with. Used Jessops a couple of times before then, and they're not as good (not as much control over precise dimensions and finish - we like a nice matt finish).

I've got hundreds of prints from Photobox now (and calendars and stickers too, though I think Moo are better for unusual products) and, as much as I like them, I would advise people to do a test order first. Your filename should appear on the back of the print*, so it's easy to track your experimentation. I think Photobox prints are a touch dark - Amateur Photographer magazine tested them and they reckoned they're consistently 1/3-stop too dark - and I keep meaning to set up a preset in LR so I can "Export for Photobox". A little +0.3EV boost.

(* - Photobox have a link to Flickr now, which means you can drop files straight in without having to upload for a second time, but unfortunately this seems to strip the EXIF data, so date/time/shooting info no longer appears on the back of the print and you just get the nonsensical Flickr filename).