Ordering The Right Service

Satisfaction with our work begins with careful placement of your order. Please take a few minutes to become familiar with our various print services and turnaround times.

During the ordering process, you will be presented with various options including print quality (Hobby, Pro, Custom, Exhibition), Borders, Dry Mounting, and available turnaround times (ranging from Multi-Day, to Next Day, Same Day, and 1 Hour).

Carefully selecting the options that are best suited for your order will help insure that the quality, price and turnaround meet your expectations.

We Offer Four Print Services...

We offer four print services to suit various requirements for accuracy in color, exposure and other visual aspects of photographic images. 

Hobby, Pro, Custom, and Exhibition Print Services are described below.

...And Several Turnaround Times

For print sizes up to 10x15", you'll have several options including Multi-Day (typically 3-4 working days), Next Day, Same Day, and 1 hour. Be sure to select the turnaround time you need.

Due to the volume of large prints we produce, and the additional time we spend preparing files for large print output, prints larger than 10x15" are only available on Multi-Day service, typically 4-5 working days.

Hobby (Snapshot) Prints

Inexpensive printing of everyday snapshots.

Pictures are printed as received without correction for exposure or color.

Also a good choice for experienced Photoshop users wishing to have their files printed without adjustment.

Pro (Album) Prints

Affordable prints for use as gifts or placement in albums. Best choice for weddings, products, events, vacations.

Pictures are visually corrected to improve overall exposure and color.

Custom (Display) Prints

Hand crafted prints for framing and displaying.

Each photograph is individually hand-corrected by skilled Photoshop technicians for overall color, exposure, contrast, saturation, and sharpness.

Also a good choice for moderately poor quality images in need of marked improvement.

Exhibition Prints

Our highest quality print service. Precision prints for display, sale and competition.

Custom Display Print procedures accompanied by local corrections targeting specific areas (dodging, burning, masking) for individual correction and enhancement.

For high quality photographic images where maximum quality is desired as well as very poor quality images needing substantial improvement.

Color: FAQs

Will Hobby Prints Match my Monitor?

When predictable print quality is expected, digital photo files must be viewed on a calibrated monitor. Without calibration it is unlikely that prints will match.

This applies to all monitors regardless of brand, quality or cost. Calibration involves the use of equipment and software that is separate from the monitor.

If you are using an un-calibrated monitor, we highly recommend ordering Pro (Album) Prints or Custom (Display) Prints which are corrected to industry standards for overall color and exposure (brightness) and are likely to provide a closer match to your monitor than uncorrected Hobby Prints.

For detailed information on this subject see the following article on our website: Display Calibration.

What is Color Space?

"Color Space" gives meaning to the numbers in a digital picture file. It defines color and is used in translating color from one device to another such as from camera to print.

Identical numbers mean different things in different Color Spaces: Red in one space is different from red in another.

For the best print quality, digital picture files need to be in the correct color space when submitted for printing. The most common color space used in digital cameras, monitors and printers is "sRGB".

Many digital cameras allow users to record images in a variety of different Color Spaces. The safest choice for beginners is sRGB, and is the default Color Space for most consumer-level digital cameras, camera phones and scanners. Files shot in sRGB will always print predictably.

Alternate Color Spaces

Intermediate and advanced users may choose to capture images in an extended Color Space such as 'Adobe98', converting files to the appropriate 'Printer Color Space' before ordering prints.

The conversion is important...: When ordering prints  10x15" and smaller, files must be submitted in sRGB Color Space.

Files submitted for prints 11x14" and larger may be in any RGB color space, such as sRGB or Adobe98, but MUST be tagged for predictable results.