What a Mess

I just got four pictures that I sent in as a test to York Photo. It took them a day to process and ship out my order, and they arrived within two days. Winkflash, on the other hand, just this minute sent me an email informing me that my order had finallybeen processed, even though I placed both orders with both companies within minutes of eachother.

The quality of the prints that York Photo gave me? Kick ass. I’ll let you know how the Winkflash prints came out whenever they show up. But I can tell you already that I’m going to be doing my business with York Photo. I’ve read some pretty awful reviews of Winkflash online, their site’s interface SUCKS (it took me 18 tries to order my prints because of errors on their site), and it takes them three days just to process my order? No thanks. When my prints arrived in the mail they also got a positive review from my mother, who apparently used to send her film in to the company by mail back when I was a kid and was always happy with the quality. Congrats, York, you’ve got another generation’s business.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with the prints. I should buy frames or something. Odds are I’ll be buying this neat thing called a Photo Rope. Seems like a fun way to display my photos, and we’ll be lacking a fridge at university, so this is a welcome alternative. But I should still buy frames. Anyone know where I can get stylish yet inexpensive frames for my photos? Nothing fancy, just some wood and glass would work.

This is so cool. I know, I know, I’m freaking out about my photos existing in meat-space, but it’s so cool! Woo!