Photo kiosks are the devil

I meant to post this blog a few weeks ago but forgot.

Photo kiosks - the kind where you put your photo CD into the machine, press a few buttons and a few seconds later it start spitting out photos - are pure evil. Seriously.

I used one of these kiosks for the first time the day before my road trip. I was printing a bunch of screenshots to use as reference photos to find film locations. The 1 hour lab was closed and I knew I wouldn't have time to wait somewhere else, so I decided to use a Kodak kiosk. Ugh.

The photo "quality" of the prints is just deplorable. The paper is thin. The colors are all off. The brightness/contrast was automatically adjusted by the computer in the kiosk, etc. etc. Oh, but I could spill grape juice on them and wipe it off and they'd be fine. (picture me rolling my eyes)

I sincerely hope none of my clients who receive their photos on disc are using these kiosks to get their photos developed. If you are - STOP DOING IT. I know the average consumer doesn't have access to a professional lab, but the photos spit out by those kiosks are beyond terrible. Please, use a 1 hour lab if you need them quickly. Better yet, use MPix or Adorama. The quality will be a million times better than that of the kiosks.

Okay, that's the end of that rant. :)