Comments on: Size is definitely important, or -the trouble with cropping photos http://stamfordphotoexpress.co.uk/blog/2007/08/25/size-is-definitely-important-or-the-trouble-with-cropping-photos/ Weblog of a quality processing service you can trust Sun, 20 May 2012 04:56:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: TC http://stamfordphotoexpress.co.uk/blog/2007/08/25/size-is-definitely-important-or-the-trouble-with-cropping-photos/#comment-7 TC Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:11:15 +0000 http://stamfordphotoexpress.co.uk/blog/?p=8#comment-7 You're most welcome! Albert Heijn store is one of the biggest supermarkets in this country. They're offering their photo print services for many years now. Let me keep you posted how they're going to respond to the letter I've sent to them by e-mail. I think their response will be sort of like "can you send us your printed images as an example?" While I'm convinced about the fact they already know for sure how their software works. Or should I say: does NOT work?! Anyway, my pleasure sharing this with the staff and it's customers. Indeed, time for action doing something against lack of service/software and photo quality world wide my friend! You're doing good things @ SPE. I much appreciate it. I should send my images to you soon so I can show SPE prints to Albert Heijn! How 'bout that? from Rotterdam, TC You’re most welcome! Albert Heijn store is one of the biggest supermarkets in this country. They’re offering their photo print services for many years now. Let me keep you posted how they’re going to respond to the letter I’ve sent to them by e-mail.

I think their response will be sort of like “can you send us your printed images as an example?” While I’m convinced about the fact they already know for sure how their software works. Or should I say: does NOT work?!

Anyway, my pleasure sharing this with the staff and it’s customers. Indeed, time for action doing something against lack of service/software and photo quality world wide my friend! You’re doing good things @ SPE. I much appreciate it. I should send my images to you soon so I can show SPE prints to Albert Heijn! How ’bout that?

from Rotterdam,
TC

]]> By: AS http://stamfordphotoexpress.co.uk/blog/2007/08/25/size-is-definitely-important-or-the-trouble-with-cropping-photos/#comment-6 AS Tue, 28 Aug 2007 15:47:12 +0000 http://stamfordphotoexpress.co.uk/blog/?p=8#comment-6 Thanks for your feedback T.C it will help us greatly to have people's experiences listed as responses to each of our topics especially international examples such as yours. It would seem that poor quality and untrained staff are not just a UK only problem in this industry!! Andy Thanks for your feedback T.C it will help us greatly to have people’s experiences listed as responses to each of our topics especially international examples such as yours.

It would seem that poor quality and untrained staff are not just a UK only problem in this industry!!

Andy

]]> By: TC http://stamfordphotoexpress.co.uk/blog/2007/08/25/size-is-definitely-important-or-the-trouble-with-cropping-photos/#comment-5 TC Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:09:26 +0000 http://stamfordphotoexpress.co.uk/blog/?p=8#comment-5 Today I picked up my photo print order here in Holland at the well known Albert Heijn store in The Netherlands. Seems they don't know what cropping means! I ordered in exactly 2:3 format (1920x1280 pixels) however, their upload software doesn't allow you to select the whole image despite of the fact they're advertising on their site about 2:3 format pics! You can crop your photo by sliding this box (excuse the English folks!) and slide it untill you think you've slected the full image that was 2:3 format. I stared at the printed pictures from the AH store and then I wrote them a letter. Lack of good quality ladies and gentlemen! The prints aren't 2:3 at all. Prints don't show the beautifull borders/frames I included in the pictures. Albert Heijn store.... well, well, well. Bottom line: be careful with cropping and sizes, leave it to the expert. Please listen and learn from Andy's Stamford Photo Express! Because I'm sure HE would print the best results instead of this automated 'push the button, have coffee' systems for the masses... That's my opinion. Thanks for reading. Great blog, good thinking here. Keep up the good work! cheers from Rotterdam, NL *TC* Today I picked up my photo print order here in Holland at the well known Albert Heijn store in The Netherlands. Seems they don’t know what cropping means! I ordered in exactly 2:3 format (1920×1280 pixels) however, their upload software doesn’t allow you to select the whole image despite of the fact they’re advertising on their site about 2:3 format pics! You can crop your photo by sliding this box (excuse the English folks!) and slide it untill you think you’ve slected the full image that was 2:3 format.

I stared at the printed pictures from the AH store and then I wrote them a letter. Lack of good quality ladies and gentlemen! The prints aren’t 2:3 at all. Prints don’t show the beautifull borders/frames I included in the pictures. Albert Heijn store…. well, well, well.

Bottom line: be careful with cropping and sizes, leave it to the expert.

Please listen and learn from Andy’s Stamford Photo Express! Because I’m sure HE would print the best results instead of this automated ‘push the button, have coffee’ systems for the masses…

That’s my opinion. Thanks for reading. Great blog, good thinking here. Keep up the good work!

cheers from Rotterdam, NL

*TC*

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