I’ve been shooting lots of photos lately. I’ve had a few cameras over the years. I’ve taken photography courses and played around in the darkroom. Frankly, I love to take photos of just about anything. I recently acquired (and quickly destroyed, but that’s for another day) a 35mm Canon EOS Rebel camera. It was a great craigslist find and I started shooting everything I could point the camera at.

I’ve since moved up to a Canon EOS Elan IIe. It was a great move and I’ve enjoyed the broader feature set on the camera. I found this one on craigslist for only $90! The problem came when it was time to develop the film. Frankly a lot of the pictures I took were destined only to be passed around the web and never printed. I looked around at the local photo labs and people could offer Photo CD’s (actually Kodak Picture CD’s which aren’t nearly the quality of Photo CD’s) and almost all included prints and were pretty high cost.

Then came my discovery that changed the way I looked at film: Photoworks.com They offer an amazing deal called “Develop & Scan” that’s only 5 bucks a roll (including 36 exposure rolls!). They send you a free, postage paid envelope, replacement film, and an order form every time you place an order with them. You shoot the pictures, toss them in the envelope, drop it in the post, and voila you have scanned 3 mega pixel copies of your pictures online in a few days. Shortly after that you receive an index print and your developed negatives in the mail for archival and larger prints.

For prints I find their quality excellent and you can use your online scans to order prints up to 5×7 instantly online. You can upload your own digital pictures for printing quickly and easily, too. If you get started today you can get 25 free prints. Just follow the link below.

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(Photos by Andrew Jacobs. All Rights Reserved. Developed and Scanned @ Photoworks.com