tidbits: hawaii wedding finds: professional prints vs. costco prints

nothing like a tsunami warning to cancel your days plans, and let you catch up with things! i've been meaning to post about professional prints for a while. i had an experience in which my local costco did not live up to its billing. up until now, i have been happy with the quality and pricing of prints from costco and even longs. support our local photography labs, ya know? but i had a photo that just wasn't coming out as brilliant as on my screen. (now, there is that whole thing about your monitor being off color from your prints, but mine is calibrated and pretty accurate and this is a whole 'nother story...)
luckily costco has a return policy on their photos. if you are not happy, for any reason, you can return it with your receipt and get a refund.

i sent the picture off to the professional lab that i use on the mainland and the results were amazingly different. more brilliant, better clarity. i urge you to use professional labs to print your images that you will be displaying, or giving as gifts. the cost is somewhat higher than costco, and often times, you will have to order through a professional (me) but the images and photographs are worth it. i knew this was the case, but it has been reaffirmed. please let me know how i can help your images be better!