So...I'm thinking

[suzanne]

about printing all my photos and put them in 6-up photo albums until I can get around to scrapping them. Who do you recommend for printing photos? I already know where everyone gets their pages/books printed, but do you us the same place for just photos too?

I think it is ashame that all these photos are just sitting on my computer and not being out where they can be looked at and enjoyed until they are scrapped. I don't scrap anywhere near as quickly as some of you do. In case anybody is wondering why I'm considering this option.

Thanks!

[dugarner]

Suzanne, I do the same thing. When a photo lab that I like has a great sale, I print 200-300 pictures and put them in my regular old sleeve albums. I buy archival albums at Kohl's or Target and use those. Since I have digital negatives, I don't worry about the pictures lasting forever. And my family can see the photos before I get them on a layout.

I personally use a small local lab in my hometown, severnaparkphoto.com

Prints are 19 cents each plus shipping, but every couple of months they have promotions for as low as 8 cents a print. They do amazing work and their prints are very professional, on heavy Fuji paper. I signed up for the email list and that's how they send out coupon codes.

But other people probably use the more mainstream labs. I have not been pleased with Shutterfly for print quality, to be honest. If you are willing to pay more for quality, Creative Memories has hands-down the best quality photo printing I've ever seen. Better than Kodak and competitive with, if not better than, WHCC and mpix. But they're expensive. I don't know if you can still order a pre-paid plan or not.

I'm sure there will be lots of other good ideas!

[Gabi]

We print our photos in Costco and the quality has been amazing so far