I get prints made at Shutterfly (www.shutterfly,com). They are reasonably priced and I often get promotions from Best Buy purchases. They have a variety of sizes, finishes and savings options. It's nice to have prints available to give to relatives and friends. I am always pleased with the print quality and the quality of the image to be printed is the most important factor.
During the pandemic I used my time wisely. I had Shutterfly print some large canvases for Christmas gifts - for each trip I selected the best portrait of me and my partner and arranged them into a nice composition. These turned out great and get plenty of compliments. Their floating frames turned out better than those I've done myself for my own paintings. OI contacted them once when one of the canvases was not stretched as tight as I would have liked. They didn't ask me to return it for adjustment - they sent me a brand new one that was perfect. Of course I could redo the original myself so I have 2 perfect canvases of that piece. They sent the remake within 2 days and it was just before Christmas. I was very pleased with that.
I also used Shutterfly to make a hardbound book of photos from our first "honeymoon" trip decades ago - I labeled each location carefully and arranged them in their itinerary order to help us remember it in our hopefully far off dotage. We did the entire "Path of Progress" in western PA which coincided with both of our heritages. Our base was the Historic Summit Inn on the National Highway near Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob. My partner's occupation and our membership in the conservatory enabled us to have full access to all aspects of Fallingwater's site. I'm glad we had documented our visits well.
I was glad I spent the time and money on these documents. They are priceless now,
Oh...and.....backup, backup and redundant backup. These multi-Terabyte drives are bargains now. You can even get a 2 Terabyte micro SD card for < $200.
