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New Challenge – It’s Time to Get Printing Your Photos

New Challenge – It’s Time to Get Printing Your Photos

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Well the first challenge on Digital Photo Mentor, Showcase Your Best Images, had such a huge response I couldn’t have been more impressed! That one is now over. Way to go everyone, it was so great to see you putting your work out there and taking action. We randomly selected 10 finalists from all 62 qualified entries. These ten were randomly selected:

  1. Funkylfc – http://funkycritzman.zenfolio.com/
  2. Heather Lowewen – http://heatherloewen.zenfolio.com/
  3. Stephen Trowell – http://stephentrowell.zenfolio.com/p329997875
  4. Dave Kramer – http://dkramerphotography.zenfolio.com/
  5. Christophe Broult – http://christophebroult.zenfolio.com/p685470253
  6. Terri Schulze – http://terrischulze.zenfolio.com/
  7. Jim Ruse – http://jrphotoart.zenfolio.com/
  8. JohnnyB53 – http://johnjosephphoto.zenfolio.com/p812321115
  9. Lyn Stockdale – http://lynstockdale.zenfolio.com/p223354048
  10. Sean Cawley – http://www.corinactus.zenfolio.com/
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Taken with my iPhone and processing using Snapseed.

We wanted the selection process to be as fair an unbiased as possible. So we had our cat, Munchkin (isn’t she cute?!) pick the winner. She’s totally unbiased unless of course you give her cat treats!

Big congratulations to Christophe Broult for winning the year of Zenfolio Premium membership! We’ve already been in touch by email but if you haven’t received it please reach out using the contact form and we’ll make sure you get your prize. Zenfolio may be in touch to let you know you’ve been upgraded to the premium status no charge. Congratulations to you and everyone that participated. We were overwhelmed with the response.

Now it’s time to take on the next challenge.

Printing your photos

In this age of digital photography I find that printing your photos has almost gone the way of the Dodo bird. Your photos live on hard drives, memory cards, on social media, and if you participated in the last challenge in your new portfolio. But when was the last time you printed anything?

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Image by James Morley

I have many students in my classes who’ve never actually printed a single one of their images. To me that is sad and if you are in the category you’re also missing out on some learning experiences. By making prints and holding them in your hands, it gives you a completely different experience and feeling than looking at images on a screen. Here are just some of the benefits of making prints:

  • Touch: You have five senses and touch is a powerful one. You engage your sense of touch by making prints.
  • Longevity: Putting a print on the wall makes it a bit more timeless.
  • Enjoyment daily: Putting one of your images on the wall you are able to see it every time you are in that room or walk past it. You will get daily enjoyment and feel pride for something you created.
  • Accomplishment: Prints give you a feeling of having accomplished something, like somehow you’ve made it or at least taken a big step in the right direction.
  • Share your joy: If you have other family members in your home or live with roommates you get to share that little piece of you with them. They get to also experience your image.

Back in the days of film I used to do a lot of my own darkroom work and printing was a much more time consuming and arduous task. Now you just upload your files to an online printing service and it comes in the mail, or you do it at a store and have your prints minutes later. For me some of that magic is gone, but if you have not done a lot of prints from your images this is the challenge for you.

The challenge

So your challenge is going to be a bit more specific than just – print something. These are the parameters of the challenge and yes there will be a prize again for one lucky random winner.

  1.  Step one: Select a photo you would be happy to see on your wall every day. One that makes you happy just looking at it. One that brings back a memory or gives you fuzzy warm feelings. It MUST be an image you took!
  2. Step two: Order a print with a minimum size of 16″ on the shortest side. So a 16×24″, 20×30″, 24×36″ are all good sizes. You can choose a regular print, canvas or something fancy like metal or acrylic but your cost will go up with each one of those options. If budget is a factor just stick with a regular print.
  3. Step three: Get it framed or mounted to hang up. This may be an option when you order the print. I’ll list a few websites below that do online printing so you can get some ideas. The benefit of a canvas print, or gallery wrap as some sites call them, is that you don’t usually have to frame them so while the print is more to begin with you save the framing cost.
  4. Step four: Hang it up and display it proudly in your home.
  5. Step five: Take a photo of your print on the wall. Make sure you can see some space around it and what it’s next to so the size of the print is obvious. Placing it over a couch or sofa and including the furniture in the photo will do the trick.
  6. Step six: Share the photo you took in step five with us in the comments below as well as just the original image you got printed.
  7. Step seven: Give yourself a pat on the back. You done good!
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The Grotto on the Wall by Trey Ratcliff

I’m guessing now your inner voice is doing some talking. Is it saying any of these things?

  • But my work isn’t good enough to print or make large
  • I can’t afford it
  • No one will want to see my photos
  • I don’t know how to do it

Some of that is fear, some is excuses – you know which is which. The only thing you can do it push past them all and just do it anyway. The most fearless people in history didn’t conquer their fears, they just took action in spite of them. As for cost and being able to afford it I’ve listed some resources below that you can do this for less than $20. If you truly can’t afford that then get the largest print you can afford – just participant in the best way you can.

Deadline to enter

The cutoff date and time to post your comment and enter this challenge is November 23rd at midnight EST.

The prize

If you just do this challenge you’ll already be a winner because you’ll have a great piece of your own art proudly displayed in your home. But if you want to enter to win just share a photo of your print hanging on the wall, like Trey’s image above shows. Upload it in the comments below and one random winner will be selected from everyone that does the challenge and comments below. You can win:

A $50 gift certificate of your choice

With a few limitations, you can choose from:

  • An Amazon gift card (if you are outside Canada or the US I may not be able to get one for your country)
  • Gift card from an online printing service so you can order more prints (I have to be able to buy a gift card from them from Canada)
  • A $50 gift certificate for either of the Digital Photo Mentor courses or towards one of our photo tours if you want to come along with us on an adventure.
  • A $50 gift card to Kiva which helps entrepreneurs by providing micro loans. So by using your winning in this way you would get to choose who you want to help out and once the loan is repaid you can lend it again or withdraw the money. So you’d be giving back with your prize if you choose this option.
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Photo by Delete

Here is a list of places where you can order prints. I am not affiliated with any of these, nor do I get anything for suggesting them.

  • Shutterfly – they often have sales so if you sign up just wait to get an email from them and you’ll likely get a big saving discount. Regular price for a 20×30 print is $22.99.
  • Snapfish – you can pick up prints ordered online at Walmart or Walgreens. Price for a 20×30 is $19.99.
  • Mpix – this one is a little more expensive but is more of a professional lab so quality will likely be higher. A 20×30 is $26.99 but you also have a choice of Pearl paper, gloss or the regular lustre.
  • Adoramapix – online print ordering from NYC photo store. They offer different paper surfaces also, and a 20×30 is only $18 here.

Those are just a few, check your local area as well. Most Costco stores offer printing, local camera stores, drugstores, etc. Compare local to online and make sure to verify any shipping costs too. Just keep in mind that the cheapest is usually not the best so going for quality is usually a better choice. Make sure to also send the correct file size and format required for that lab and check with them if you aren’t sure as each printer is slightly different. If you get a print back you aren’t happy with contact their customer service so see how they can help.

Good luck and GO!

Cheers,

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  1. As promised Darlene. My 16×20 Aluminum frame came in a day late for the challenge. Picture of me holding a Jamaican Sunset on our 25th Anniversary.

  3. Not sure if this will work today, but one last attempt to upload image.
    Here is my 16 x 20 hanging on the wall.

  7. This is frustrating. I can’t seem to get the image to upload.
    Maybe it is the new IO Yosemite.

    Here it is posted as both jpg and png both less than 400kb

  8. This is really frustrating.
    My image will not upload and I have reduced the size to less than 400Kb.

  12. After much debate, I decided which image I wanted to print and hang. I decided on this shot of a tree at the top of a small mountain close by. I hike here very often and this spot is a favorite of mine to sit and reflect, or just get away from the rest of the world for a bit.

  14. Hi Darlene and all the others who have posted their fantastic images here. Wow is all i have to say. What great work. I want to take the time to share my Blue hour photo. I was inspired by Darlene and others who shared their blue hour photos on Google Plus. I chased the sun for some time before I was able to capture this awe inspiring sight. It is the first photograph I have ever made large. I will have to hide it when Mom and Dad come for the holidays. I know Mom will want to have it. So here is my share. it is 20×30 framed in a ultra-slim black metal frame from MPIX which I ordered from my Zenfolio site. And what is this 2MB limit? Yikes

    • Nice Robert! The 2mg limit is from the Disqus system. You don’t want to put images that large online anyway. Something you share online doesn’t need to be more than about 300kb.

      • Well shoot. By the way how do you properly size a photo for the internet and not loose any resolution? Just a question I have always had.

  15. Dear,
    I accepted the challenge. The first print out. I never shown my pictures.I am from Belgium but lives in Sri
    Lanka.
    To frame a photo with a passe-partout is unfortunately not possible in SL. Passe-partout are not sold here.
    Therefore I first enlarge a photo to all. Printout a picture with a digital frame and finally a frame with a drawn shadow. Drawn shadow, I think is the best solution.
    I printed 5 photos and I hung them in the smallest room of the house. A place where everyone makes time to admire them.

    Sabine V.

  16. Attached is one of my images taken in the mountains about 30 minutes from my home. I had a 30×40″ print made and framed it this past Spring. It is displayed above my couch in my living room and generates a lot of conversation. Thanks for all of your emails, Darlene, I enjoy reading them.

  18. Hi, Darlene,
    This challenge was interesting for me. I had not made an enlarged print of any of my photos since the days of shooting film and slides.

    I chose a 20 x 16 format and BayPhoto to process a metal print.

  19. Hi, Darlene
    It was an interesting challenge. Thank you.
    The last time I printed any of my photos was when I was still shooting slides/film.

    I chose a 16 x 20 format on metal. The image was one of my top 20 photos introduced in the first challenge.
    I used BayPhoto to process the metal print. They are wonderful people and very helpful.

    Looking forward to the next challenge.

    Sean…

  20. Finally it worked to get the original photo showing, but it is not next to my printed 16×21 (?)

  21. I love taking Pictures of my best friend. Couldn’t not decide which one is the favorite so I got all three printed together

  22. I love taking Picture of my best friend. Couldnt not decide which one is the favorite so I got all three printed together

  23. Being “of a certain age” I know more about prints on paper than about blogs & digital sharing. I regularly print my photos, on the home printer for the family album, and by the pros when I want something special, but I’ve never had anything printed this large; 20 x 30. This photo is of the south end of Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen, NY in September of this year. It was warm and humid, just ahead of an approaching cold front. I usually love sunshine & bright colors, but the steely, metallic light that morning was haunting.
    I had to learn a couple of new things for this challenge. The 1st shot of the hanging photo showed me that I needed to work on white balance, at least as regards the mix of CFL and natural light in my living room. then the photo I took was too big for this blog & I had to learn what “save for web” does. Ain’t technology grand?

    • Thanks for your comments about printing large. I do have an image that might work well at 16×20, a landscape in which I also made enlargements of portions of the big picture. That “picture within a picture” thing… Anyway, those parts still looked good, which is encouraging.
      Wish I could figure out how to find things on this thread – Nothing seems to be in chronological order! That is why I am replying here instead of where you replied to me.
      Susan

      • I’m stumbling through learning how to follow these conversations, but I found that at the top left, just below where to discussion starts and the # of comments is shown, there’s a (small print) drop down box that allows you to choose the order in which the comments appear. You can choose oldest, newest, and “best”, whatever that means. If it is set on best, it will appear completely out of chronological order…. Also, apparently it takes longer for a photo to post than for text, which caused some folks to think their picture hadn’t posted, so they duplicated their posts, making it a bit harder to follow, because you see the same thing twice. I probably would have duplicated mine, except I read over Darlene’s replies to some of the earlier posts, and gave mine some extra time.

        • Thank you! That “Sort by” totally escaped my notice. Partly because it is that light gray color, but also because I was not looking for something like that. Eventually I want to buy a new printer – one that will print larger pictures. Have my eye on Epson 3880. But a new tripod came first, then my car died and had to get another… Life goes on! Susan

          • Glad It was helpful. I live in MD; was in Watkins Glen on vacation. I understand about prioritizing ones equipment purchases; I have limited discretionary income, many “surprises” that require $$$, and a wish list I must be very choosy about.

    • Oops, just re-read the directions & realized I was supposed to post both the picture of the print, and the original picture. Here it is:

  24. This shot was taken on a rainy, foggy day at the pier in Monterey, California. It is a 24×36 poster size print from Costco. I am not happy with the quality of the paper as it shows the roll marks from the paper roll. I’ve had no quality issues with smaller (16×20) prints. I prefer this shot on paper versus canvas because it incely shows the wet reflection and depth. I am fortunate to have a photo printer, so I tend to do my own samplers before placing orders. My Epson 3000R prints up to 19″, but I tend to use it for 8×10’s or smaller. I recently fell in love with glossy metallic paper for a series of 8×10 winter shots (that don’t qualify for this challenge).

    • Nice image! Yes Costco is not by any means a great lab. For small prints they might be fine but I’d look at better options in your area or some of the ones I mentioned in the article.

  26. A canvas of a gorgeous spot in Parque Nacional Tayrona in Colombia.
    It is hanging in our cottage on Georgian Bay.
    Now I just need to figure how to upload the photos. I guess it went sideways.

  27. This is my first time responding to a challenge as well.
    This photo was taken in Colombia’s beautiful Parque Nacional Tayrona.
    I had it printed on canvas and it is hanging in our cottage

  28. Thought I posted here the other day, but don’t see it! Maybe I didn’t do something right… I have a question about how to tell if an image will retain its sharpness when printed large. Is looking at it zoomed in at 1:1 in LR a good enough measure? My printer will only print up to 8×10, and for the challenge I have a frame that will hold a 16×20 with mat, so the size I usually see my prints will be doubled. Also was wondering if there are characteristics of a photo that will make it a good candidate for a large display. Thanks for the help. Susan

    • Susan, there are others that would do a better job than I explaining the technical part of “how big can I make it?” I think you’ll find that most good, clear photos that have not been cropped down much will look good enlarged to 16 x 20, but here’s a couple of aesthetic points I found helpful in choosing mine. Enlarging exaggerates everything – small flaws, slight blurriness, wrinkles on faces, but also all the tiny, lovely details that are lost in a small print; reflections in drops of water, the structure of a feather.. but some things, no matter how technically perfect, look a bit weird when blown up really big. I love to photograph dragonflies, but somehow, having a 2 foot long one on my wall sounded like it would look a little creepy..

      • You are right – a 2ft dragonfly might just be a bit intimidating! That is, unless you have a ballroom sized living room… All a matter of scale. About where you live, I should not have assumed that you lived around Watkins Glen! Funny thing, though – I lived in Maryland until high school. Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Rockville (it was a small town then!). It does help to go new places to get photos, gives the brain a fresh shot of inspiration! Susan

    • Susan – what makes a good larger print is whatever YOU like. Art is so personal you and only you can choose what you want to look at day after day on your walls. As for sizing 16×20 is actually 4 times the size of an 8×10. If you lay out four 8x10s in a rectangle you get 16×20.

      • Thanks Darlene. When I was saying 2x, I meant the outer perimeter dimensions. I did find an image that I would like to have printed large, but procrastinated and now the deadline for the challenge is past! But I am still going to order a 16×20 print and frame it so I can see how it looks.
        Susan

          • Won’t get the photo until I order it! That will be some time this week… Not a problem, even though I am not in the challenge, I still was inspired to consider ordering a print. Eventually will get a wide printer, and won’t have to wait. Susan

  29. Hi Darlene. I would like to join the challenge, but have never had a photo printed larger than 8×10. Actually have a frame that would hold a 16×20 with mat! However, this is double what I have done previously. Will zooming in at 1:1 in LR give enough of an idea that a photo will remain sharp when printed twice as large? After that, choosing an image will still be difficult, because I have so many in my library… Thanks for any pointers you can give. Susan

  30. I captured this Great Blue Heron at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary near Vancouver, BC. There were a number of photographers shooting this guy from better vantage spots, so I shot this hand-held at 500mm – very lucky to have avoided motion blur. I had placed 1st runner up in a photo contest in Canadian Geographic (with a different photo), and part of the prize was a credit at Photohop in Calgary, Alberta. I was very pleased with the Heron shot so I had it giclée printed and framed at Photohop. They provide great service and I highly recommend them.

    Mr. Heron now hangs over our fireplace here on the Quay in New Westminster, BC.

  31. Today is better…able to upload both photos. Photo is 30 x 40 cm mounted on paperboard and framed it is 40 x 60 cm. ” Plum Perfect” was taken in a small village outside of Seville, Spain in October 2014. I chose to hang it in the reading area of my bedroom and when the door is open I can also see it from my living room.

  32. OK… somehow the photo-upload did not work in the first attempt… so here the photo of the print: (hopefully)

  33. The photo I choose to have as a big print was taken during my last days of a holiday in the USA, when my friend took me to the Great Smoky Mountains. On our way to watch the sunset from Clingmans Dome we stopped at Newfound Gap, where I was able to take some good photos. I had known for a while that I wanted a big print of one of my photos but the decision between a couple of US based photos and some I had taken in New Zealand was hard. The print is at 60 x 90 cm (23 x 35″) in size and based on this photo: http://www.lilleulven.com/TravelPhotos/USA-Photos/SouthEast/i-Jhd96fR/A and the only regret I have about it is that I did not read about how to use Softproof properly to get the print version as bright as the version one can see on a backlit screen… Next time 🙂

  34. The photo is 30 x 40 cm and framed it is 40 x 60 cm. It is in the reading area of my bedroom and with the door open I can see it from my living room which I like a lot. I took the photo in a small village outside of Seville, Spain.
    I tried to upload the original photo but even reduced to 1.2 MB it is rejected. Is there an email address I can send it to?
    nancy

  35. This is a picture of my son taken this June as he was celebrating the sunny weather and playing with his kite in our front garden. I could not resist shooting him as he was so happy and immersed into his joyful activity.
    I know that this kind of picture is not as perfect and beautiful as of others contributors but I appreciate it hanging in our TV room and each time I sit in our sofa I must smile at this photo as it brings me back the memories of that cute happening in the beginning of this year’s summer 🙂 I simply love it! So with this first picture I plan to make a family wall.

  36. This a picture of my son taken this June as he was celebrating the runner weather and playing with his kite in our front garden. I could not resist taking him as he was so happy and immersed into his joyful activity.
    I know that this kind of picture is not as perfect and beautiful as of others contributors but I appreciate it hanging in our TV room and each time I sit in our sofa I must smile at this photo as it brings back the memories of that cute happening in the beginning of this year’s summer 🙂 I simply love it!

  37. Hope I didn’t double post. First time didn’t seem to load. I took
    this photo while visiting a monastery in Catalunya. It was made into a
    32″x23″ canvas print by Easy Canvas Prints.

  38. Thanks for the challenge. A first time posting for me as well. I took
    this photo while visiting a monastery in Catalunya. It was made into a
    32″x23″ canvas print by Easy Canvas Prints.

  39. This is a series of lighthouse pictures I combined panorama-style in Photoshop Elements and then printed. The print is 36″ x 10″ and framed it’s 41″ x 14″ and hangs in my living room. I had originally intended to combine all 11 lighthouses I shot that day, but then realized the print would be well over 6 feet wide!

  40. I have a series of canvases up on the wall in our master bedroom. These are of one of our (my wife and I) favorite places to hike… Point Lobos park near Monterey, CA. These are especially valued right now as my wife is battling end-stage liver disease and is bed bound most days… she can still enjoy seeing the park even if she can’t go there right now.

  41. What if I don’t happen to have a camera with the resolution that cannot deliver a 16″ print? My camera’s limit is approximately 12-14″ I guess. So,will that qualify for this contest?

      • It’s a point and shoot camera from Canon, ELPH 300 HS. Maximum resolution offered is 4000×3000. So printing @240ppi leads to 16″x12.5″.

        • That’s plenty! My Canon 10D only had 3,072 × 2,048 and I made 40″ wide canvas prints. Maybe try a canvas printer, they usually only print at 150dpi and are more forgiving. And the place you order from can upsize the file just send it full size.

          • Ok, I’ll try if I can get a canvas print. But of don’t get that, then what are your suggestions? I want to know because I am printing my photo for the first time and I have practically no knowledge about it.

  43. Just ordered a 16 x 20 High Definition Glossy Aluminum frame of our 25 Anniversary Silhouette picture of me holding a Jamican sunset in the palm of my hand. Have the perfect spot to put it. Thanks for push Darlene.

      • Hi Darlene. I ordered my 16×20 metal framed print on Oct 31 and it’s still not here. Very disappointed I was really hoping to be apart of this challenge/ contest. It apparently is due to be delivered on Nov 25. Sucks to live in Northern BC, you would think we were in 3rd world country in Fort Nelson. I will take a picture of it anyway when it arrives and post it.

  44. Last time, then I’m gone.
    Sorry, I did NOT notice the photos uploaded OK at the bottom of the comments and submissions.

    Jim Curione

  48. This is my first time responding to challenges but excited to get involved. This photo was taken on our trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina where we had the thrill of seeing these wild horses on the beach. Over the top was the fact my photo was chosen for their 2015 Corolla Wild Horse calendar. I so loved the picture that I decided to get it made into a large canvas which now hangs above the bed. My neighbor loved it and asked to purchase one too! This canvas measures 20 x 48 and created by CanvasPeople.

  49. Hi Darlene,

    I have three places in my home where I display my photos.

    The first is a canvas wrap of a shelf in a shop in the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. It also includes my corner where I have ten photos arranged in wooden frames.

    The second is a canvas wrap of Howard Hughes’ grounds at a house of his near Red Rock Canyon, Nevada.

    The third is a canvas wrap my took of the interior ceiling of the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

    Sincerely,

    Jim Curione

  50. Do you think that adding the lustre coating to the print would change the quality/colors of it? Has anyone done this done to a print? Mpix has this option but I’m worried it’ll change the print’s results.

  51. Hey gang – great job getting on this already. “Technically” this needs to be a new print but as long as you post a photo of it hanging on the wall (not just the photo) you’ll be entered in the contest.

  52. I took this picture last year during and early morning ride. I had it printed on canvas 24″ x 42″. My sister liked it so much she asked me to have one made for her.

  53. Hi, Darlene
    I took this beachy scene last year near where my Rehoboth Beach, DE home is. Since my son is in the printing business, he enlarged it for me to 20 x 30 to match the old beat up frame I purchased.

  54. I recently set these out in our family room. The desert scene on the wall is a photo taken in Tuscon. My mother gave me the easel, so I framed a print of hydrangeas that bloomed in our garden all summer. Prints came from Walgreens, but I know there are better places to get prints.

    • as long as you are happy with the final results that’s all that matters – I like that you have them so nicely displayed, that easel is gorgeous and goes with the floral image really well!

  55. My mom gave me an easel, so I recently framed a photo taken of hydrangea blossoms that have been blooming in our back yard. The desert scene on the wall was taken in Tucson. For this one, I stretched painter’s canvas over a frame, then glued and sealed the photo to the canvas. Prints came from Walgreens, although I realize there are better places to get prints.

  56. A canvas of the Holland Lighthouse (Big Red) on a crystal blue morning. Part of the decor as we begin a beach-themed bedroom setup. The second photo shows the print between a pair of ceiling fan pulls to show location.

  57. Here is a picture that I took in Hurricane, Utah. It is a pano (actually my first pano) where I stiched 6 pictures together to get the shot. I had the print made at CG Pro Print which is out of Longmont Colorado (you can find them online at cgproprint.com). The size of the print is 20×60. It is a canvas wrap and when it arrived from CG Pro Print is was ready to hang including the hangers on the back. It is hanging in our home in Hurricane. Here is a link to the original photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/judebaker/13874069754/in/set-72157634893771102 The file is too large to upload here.

  58. I hung these pics just 2 days ago – maybe cheating. 🙂

    BTW – IKEA has some great frames for reasonable prices.

    Can anyone comment on print quality from the different stores? I got these done at Walmart – they offered a Metallic finish – which looks nice but they are definitely not professional quality prints. I would definitely pay extra for Mpix if someone can say the results are better.

    • I’ll accept it. 😉 What size are the prints in the frames?

      As for using Mpix what I would suggest is order one of the same image in the same size from them to compare to this one. It’s really hard to take someone’s else experience because there are so many variables. Just test them out and see which you like better.

      • Each print was 16×20 but the frames from IKEA are in metric so the opening is slightly smaller.
        I think for my next print I’ll order from Mpix and see the quality. I’ll try to get that done this weekend so I can be within the rules 🙂

      • I did what Darlene suggested. I found that in some cases my home Epson Printer printed the best 8×10 and 11×14’s. However, I ordered my large print from MPix and am thrilled with the results. I suggested looking on line for coupons to save a few $$$ and compare.