From: Graydon
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 01:21:02PM +0900, David Savage scripsit:
[snip]
> IMO, people just like looking at hard copy prints. You can sit in a
> circle with family & friends and deal them out like playing cards, and
> tell the story behind the shot, or the person/people in the shot. It's
> a much more sociable way than just emailing the file or link to the
> same group of family/friends.
But you're old.
Yeah, but if I had to rely on old people printing pictures, my lab would
be out of business.
I can't give you any HARD numbers, but I figure 90% of my business is
females under the age of 25 printing off every photo they can cram into
their memory cards. And boy, they can sure cram a lot of 'em in there.
I know I frequently rant about the quantity vs. quality of what they
print, but they DO print. And they print enough to keep the corporation
happy to keep the photo lab there.
That, and new parents printing baby photos. There ain't never enough
baby photos. The big thing is internet printing. Mama & daddy out in
California can go onto the internet and have the photos printed out in
my lab here in Raleigh, NC for grandma to pick up.
But it's prints ... hard copy on paper that's in demand and pays the
bills that keep the photo lab open.
Which in turn, keeps me there ... and makes the lab available when the
"old people" come in to do something.
The most enjoyment I get from my job is when someone comes in with old
prints, especially old 50s - 60s snapshots of their kids and wants to
make prints for their "grown up" grandchildren.
Sometimes I think the equipment we have is just barely adequate for what
it offers to do, but whatever algorithm the kiosks use for "Restore
Color" works magic.
And it's magic to see how some of my customers light up when those old
faded, shifted colors come to life once again.
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