Bonusprint
Bonusprint has been around for more than 50 years; remember the envelopes you used to send off your films in to be processed? They now offer a fully digital service, converting your snaps into a range of prints, photo books and wall art. While many ‘online printing’ services offer dubious colour matching and paper quality, Bonusprint offer a 100% no-quibble satisfaction guarantee. Whilst unfortunately they can’t fix your shaky camera work or thumb over the lens, if you’re not entirely happy with the print quality of your new pics, they’ll refund or reprint.
Snapfish
Snapfish can convert your family holiday snaps into a range of photographic products – a calendar, to add a little bit of sunshine all year round; clever reusable water bottles and their latest product, a panoramic print - allowing you to capture that tropical sunset, perfectly. If you’re a social media fan, they have a handy tool that allows you to import your snaps directly from Facebook or Instagram, too.
Photobox
One of the first print services to set up an online-presence, back in 2000, Photobox still offer a ‘human touch’, checking the quality of each order by hand before dispatching. They often run ‘free print’ incentives, but even at full price (15p) they’re hardly going to break the bank. Serving millions of customers across Europe each year, they offer one of the widest range of photo products on the market – from smartphone covers to jigsaw and the usual prints for your home.
BobBooks
If you’re looking for a photo and album in one, creating photobooks is a popular way of producing a sleek, visual reminder of an event or holiday. Bob Books offer some of the highest quality books we’ve found – for colour vibrancy, sharpness and paper quality. They’re hard to beat on price too, choose from a small handbag sized flip-through book (perfect for proud grandparents), to a weighty coffee table tome that is the perfect solution for wedding albums or special holidays. There is a range of paper stocks and finishes to choose from and the online book creator is intuitive and easy to use. There’s an iPad app, desktop software or even a professional design service if you want that added extra polish.
Whitewall
Whitewall is another online book creator that can turn your camera roll of snaps into a beautiful, table-top book to treasure. They have beautiful linen and leather bound options for a luxury gift, as well as more affordable soft-cover options. Use their automatic layout function and it will design your book in minutes, all you have to do is tweak the final look and add your captions, to bring those memories to life.
CEWE Photoworld
Warwickshire based CEWE have won ‘best photo printing service worldwide’ for the last two years running. Needless to say your snaps will be in safe hands, whether you choose to have your digital images converted into print copies, or transformed into a range of gifts, cards or wall art. Their ‘how-to videos’ and tutorials will help you get the most out of your photos and they are FSC-certified, meaning they only use sustainably sourced materials in their printing and they’re carbon-neutral, too.
The Print Space
The Print Space is the online destination for art photographers, as they offer a range of professional photographic printing. Their colour matching is peerless and their live chat customer service makes ordering a breeze. They can offer framing and mounting too, taking your digital shots to gallery-worthy masterpieces with ease.
FreePrints app
It may sound too good to be true, but the Free Prints app in the iOS store gives you 500 free 6x4 prints – with no catches. It’s capped at 45 free snaps a month and you pay for duplicate prints, different sizes and postage – but if you want a low-cost way of getting your holiday snaps off your phone, we can’t argue with this budget option.
Lalalab app
The photo app for the Instagram generation, sync the two and with one click you can print your feed into retro Polaroid-esque prints. It’s not just paper goods, there are magnets, posters and gifts too. There are fun photo strips too, like the old photo booth snaps, for a fun way of displaying happy memories.
TouchNote app
TouchNote app was The Good Web Guide ‘App of the Year’ winner 2018, so needless to say we rate it highly. It allows you to turn your photos into customised cards – there’s a great selection of ‘wish you were here’ designs (a clever alternative to postcards), thank you notes and birthdays too. Simply choose your snaps, personalise your card and Touchnote will print it and send it on your behalf. Genius.
July 2019
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