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KovacsC
 Post subject: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 20:28 
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I want a few photos printing large or on canvas.

What are the go to places?

Thanks

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Cras
 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 20:31 
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I've used Photobox before, they were decent. I think there's a ton of services with little to choose between them.

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Kern
 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 20:37 
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I usually Photobox for my printing needs, but I got the canvases hanging on my wall from https://www.canvasdesign.co.uk/ a few years back. I agree with Cras in that these services are all pretty similar.

Just don't get over excited when they are delivered and repeat my mistake of starting to slash away at the packaging with a penknife before swiftly realising that that's not really a good idea. Nothing was harmed, thankfully!
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 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
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 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Mon Nov 05, 2018 20:46 
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Don’t most of the main photo printing places use exactly the same industry standard printing machine, so are mostly interchangeable apart from price?

I’ve seen Asda and Tesco branches with photo print services (and Boots) with canvas printing, but YMMV and they aren’t exactly photography specialists.
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Kern
 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 9:20 
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If they're on the wall you also get the benefit of viewing distance.

I recommend scrutinising your pictures for any imperfections before ordering. I didn't pick up on a little splash of white in the corner of a photo I got blown up to 32 inches, only to see a very large streak on the final canvas. Only then did I realise that I'd taken the shot through a car window and had caught a bit of reflection.
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 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Tue Nov 06, 2018 11:42 
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Whitewall are pretty dang good, doing anything up to exhibition quality or archival paper. They're a bit pricey but have a great range of options.

For exhibition prints I've used Davis Photo ProLab down here in Cardiff, they're good and do delivery.

uk.whitewall.com

photoprolab.co.uk

If you want you can send me the files and I'll soft-proof them in Lightroom to make sure they'll print right, cure any dust spots or anything and send them back to you.

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KovacsC
 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 2:41 
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Whitewall are pretty dang good, doing anything up to exhibition quality or archival paper. They're a bit pricey but have a great range of options.

For exhibition prints I've used Davis Photo ProLab down here in Cardiff, they're good and do delivery.

uk.whitewall.com

photoprolab.co.uk

If you want you can send me the files and I'll soft-proof them in Lightroom to make sure they'll print right, cure any dust spots or anything and send them back to you.


That would be awesome.

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KovacsC
 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:42 
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Had a photo printed.

It looks good.


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 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 9:56 
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Nice! It's good that the photo is much better than the photo of the photo.
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And way better than the photo of the photo of the photo.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:25 
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 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
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And way better than the photo of the photo of the photo.

No where near as good as the photo of the photo of the photo of the photo, though.


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:28 
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I'd say it's as good as the photo of the photo of the photo of the photo of the photo, though.


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 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 12:45 
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That is acutally a nice photo though Kov! Where is it? It looks Scandiaviany.
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KovacsC
 Post subject: Re: Photos Prints and Canvas
PostPosted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 13:13 
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Squirt wrote:
That is acutally a nice photo though Kov! Where is it? It looks Scandiaviany.


It is a long boat sculpture in Iceland

https://www.icelandtravel.is/attractions/sun-voyager/

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Kern
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Looks ace!
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