ofoto vs shutterfly vs dotphoto experience

I uploaded the identical 15 digital images from a recent family vacation to ofoto, shutterfly, and dotphoto. Shutterfly seriously underexposed, and dotphoto overexposed, ofoto got it just right. Dotphoto took over two weeks to ship. Ofoto was the best.

--Paul Alivisatos

Paul...I did sort of the same thing. I uploaded to dotphoto and it took over 3 weeks to get my pictures. Mine were a little muddy and skin tones were off...they seemed a little yellow to us. The wife said flatly "No way" and after their service, I said "Never again."

Photoaccess was a much better experience. Good prints and fairly good delivery time. Was a little more expensive, but I guess you get what you pay for.

Just my thoughts. Cheers...Bill, the FoosBallKing

Paul Alivisatos said:

I uploaded the identical 15 digital images from a recent family
vacation to ofoto, shutterfly, and dotphoto. Shutterfly seriously
underexposed, and dotphoto overexposed, ofoto got it just right.
Dotphoto took over two weeks to ship. Ofoto was the best.

--
Paul Alivisatos

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I started another thread on this before realizing you started this.
My experience between ofoto and dotphoto was similar.
I had 1 4 X 6 and 1 8X10 done at each.

dotphoto 4X6 was just OK - good for family snapshots only
ofoto was excellent - almost too good for family snaps.

dotphoto 8 X 10 was a waste of money and time
ofoto was superb

dotphoto tool 3 weeks - bye dotphoto

Des

I found that DotPhoto was very slow to ship and skin tones were way too pink. Won't use them again even if they were free.

Paul Alivisatos said:

I uploaded the identical 15 digital images from a recent family
vacation to ofoto, shutterfly, and dotphoto. Shutterfly seriously
underexposed, and dotphoto overexposed, ofoto got it just right.
Dotphoto took over two weeks to ship. Ofoto was the best.

--
Paul Alivisatos

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--Blue http://www.pbase.com/image/859189

Just a question - did you do any corrections on the photo before sending. I correct my photos in photoshop to my liking and have gotten good results with both Shutterfly and Ofoto. I had a large 24 X 36 poster collage done at Club Photo and the results were outstanding. I haven't had a chance to try 4 x 6 prints with Club Photo yet.

Blue said:

Paul Alivisatos said:

I uploaded the identical 15 digital images from a recent family
vacation to ofoto, shutterfly, and dotphoto. Shutterfly seriously
underexposed, and dotphoto overexposed, ofoto got it just right.
Dotphoto took over two weeks to ship. Ofoto was the best.

--
Paul Alivisatos

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Blue
http://www.pbase.com/image/859189

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--Nikki