I recently found Picture Perfect when I had a 50 year old picture that I wanted reprinted with perfect color matching. They did a superb job, and were very helpful and consultative during the whole process. I recommend them whole heartedly to anyone that wants quality work from a professional crew.
Then, I saw a comment somewhere on the internet (I thought it was here) where someone said, "I could go to Walmart."
I never would have created a Yep account, but I created one anyway just to 1) recommend Picture Perfect and 2) to respond to that person's comment. So, to start - Yes, you can go to Walmart and pay less. And, you will get a much lesser quality scan, printed on a lower quality paper, using an inferior laser print or ink jet technology that will create a print that will not have the durability or lifespan or a traditional print, and maybe you get proper color correction, or maybe not. And, for sure you won't have the advice and guidance of professionals that have been doing this all their lives for some of New Mexico's top commercial, retail, and art photographers. So, you'll get what you pay for.
Have you ever seen an inkjet or laser print after 30 years? Go pull a 20 to 30 year old ink jet or laser printed picture out of a drawer somewhere. Then, compare it to pictures from a family album of your grandparents or great grandparents from the early 1900s to 1940s. Assuming you didn't keep your great grandparents' pictures on the dashboard of your car, they will have faded less than the inkjet or laser print from only 20 to 30 years ago. That's been my experience.
In contrast, if you pay a little more - you get the highest quality scan, with perfect color correction (or adjusted to your taste if you want to alter the picture), prints that are made using traditional photographic printing (something that lasts longer and no one else in town can do anymore), all on high quality paper that will last more than a lifetime lifetime. And, you get the advice and guidance of professionals that are the photography lab for some of the New Mexico's top art, retail, and commercial photographers.
If you want perfect color matching to an original, restoration to "like new," faithful archival quality reproductions of vintage keepsake photographs, copying of slides to film or digital archiving, or any type of photographic development or correction need, and great service - Picture Perfect is where to go.
I was so pleased with the work they did for me, I will be bringing in a boatload of slides for digitizing, and printing to archival paper. read more