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Why Quality Matters in Acrylic Printing

Cheap Acrylic Prints = Distracting standoff bolts, diminished vibrancy, color gamut, and color accuracy.Ok maybe beware is a bit strong, but the old adage holds true in print just like any other industry.  You generally get what you pay for.  We’ve heard all the horror stories from customers that have come to us over the years of missed deadlines, inferior quality and awful customer support.  If you’re looking for cheap acrylic prints, you won’t find them here, but what you w..

Bumblejax Temporary Location Update

We’re moving! Friday, June 20 will be our last day operating out of our Seattle location at 3663 1st Ave S. Starting Wednesday, June 25, all orders will be fulfilled and shipped from our temporary facility in Kent: Bumblejax 19002 72nd Ave S Kent, WA 98032 If you plan to visit us in person, please come to the new Kent location beginning June 25. This is a temporary move while we prepare a brand new, state-of-the-art facility designed to take everything you lo..

Bumblejax vs Canvas Champ

Bumblejax Vs Canvas Champ Acrylic PrintsSee More Details About Our Acrylic Prints Here Why Choose Bumblejax Over Canvas Champ For Your Acrylic Prints? The popularity of acrylic prints has exploded in recent years so many companies who don't specialize in them have gotten in to the game to capitalize due to the ease of printing directly to acrylic with very little skilled labor.  Canvas Champ is one of those companies that as you can tell by the name specialized i..

Bumblejax vs Pictorem

Bumblejax Vs Pictorem Acrylic PrintsSee More Details About Our Acrylic Prints Here Why Choose Bumblejax Over Pictorem For Your Acrylic Prints? Acrylic prints have become an extremely popular choice in recent years due to the modern and vibrant aesthetic it offers.   It's important to know, though, that not all acrylic prints are created equally, and most companies are producing them as cheaply as possible by printing directly to acrylic vs reverse (or face mounting) to acry..

Bumblejax vs Shutterfly

Bumblejax Vs Shutterfly Acrylic PrintsSee More Details About Our Acrylic Prints Here Why Choose Bumblejax Over Shutterfly For Your Acrylic Prints? You've probably heard of Shutterfly.  They're the big 800lb gorilla in the personalized photo industry creating everything from mugs, to t-shirts, to calendars to ... yep, even acrylic prints.  They were recently acquired by a private equity group which also purchased Snapfish to merge them together to create a massive photo comp..

Bumblejax vs WhiteWall

Bumblejax Vs Whitewall Acrylic PrintsSee More Details About Our Acrylic Prints Here Why Choose Bumblejax Over Whitewall For Your Acrylic Prints? Whitewall is a quality print lab out of Germany (recently bought out by the largest print company in the UK) that has a pretty good reputation and has been around for several years.  We have even referred customers to them in certain situations where we felt the shipping costs would be far more reasonable (for example, customers in Euro..

Fine Art Printing Buyers Guide

“Help, I Have No Idea Where To Begin” Buyers Guide. Hopefully, this guide will provide a helping hand to understand what is the best option for you. Of course, we’re just an email, live chat or phone call away too if you need some additional help. Before we begin the buyer’s guide it’s helpful to see a bird's eye view of the various products in a table form. Once you’ve reviewed the table, go through the detailed guide to confirm your product choice. The guide will finish up with ..

Introducing Semi-Gloss & Matte Metal Prints

NEW!  Our customers can now order the popular Chromaluxe metal print in two additional finishes.  The glossy finish is the most popular and what we’ve offered for a few years.  We’ve added a semi-gloss and a matte finish for those wanting less reflection in their metal prints.  It’s difficult to show the differences between finishes but the video here does a decent job of showing the reflection levels of each finish.  If you’re still unsure which finish is right for yo..

Costco vs Bumblejax Acrylic Prints

Bumblejax Vs Costco Acrylic Prints IMPORTANT: Costco is no longer offering acrylic prints and have pushed all their customers over to Shutterfly. Please be sure to read our comparison article of Shutterfly if you're considering a Shutterfly acrylic print! Why Choose Bumblejax Over Costco® For Your Acrylic Prints? Here is a quick look at a comparison between Costco® acrylic prints and our acrylic prints. We'll go into each one in detail below to give you a better idea of which co..

Acrylic Prints & Acrylic Photo Blocks Buy Guide

[Updated March 2019:  Acrylic Photo Blocks Buy Guide Added] [Updated September 2019:  Production Time & Packaging Sections Added] [Updated June 2022:  File Prep & Enhancement Section Added (Question 9)] Not all acrylic prints are created equally, so we thought it was important to write up a complete guide to help those looking for acrylic printing services and make an apples to apples comparison when looking at prices.  It’s a guide to help you in forming questio..

Acrylic vs Metal Prints: A Photographer’s Review

A little while back we sent Keith (aka Captain Photo) a complimentary sample of our acrylic face mount product since he hadn’t seen this kind of presentation before.  He was under no obligation to provide a review and certainly not to review it positively.  We simply just wanted his feedback on how the acrylic compared vs metal prints. We’re very confident in the quality of our products, but you never know how someone might feel about it.  Fortunately, Keith was very impressed sa..

Diptych & Triptych Prints as Featured Wall Art

So you’ve just moved into a new place or maybe you’ve just always had a big white wall and couldn’t decide what to put there. There are many options to choose from and it’s difficult to decide what to do. What material, how large, which photo, maybe a painting instead? It can be paralyzing to think about all the options, but here is one idea that some of our customers choose and that’s the diptych or triptych art option. Maybe it’s an option for you as well. We can create these for you usin..

How to Capture Drone & Newborn Photos

Here’s another round of nice articles for you photographers out there! How To Photograph An Airshow https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/airshow-photography-tips-techniques/ Most articles regarding airshows only highlight the various technical aspects involved. This article is different in that it brings into focus, quite literally, several different ways to maximize your efficiency and get spectacular shots. It tells you what kind of lenses will give you the best shots of these aerial events, w..

The Basics of Digital SLR Cameras

Digital cameras come in all colors and shapes today, but a serious photographer may feel himself drawn to the Digital Single Lens Reflex, or DSLR. This type of camera functions much the way the older film SLRs did, allowing you to control the aperture and the shutter speed, giving you a place to seat a flash, even choose the “film speed.” When I teach a photography class, my students are most often stumped by the aperture settings. The aperture allows you to set the depth of field and is usuall..

FractureMe vs Bumblejax

Comparing Fractureme Glass & Bumblejax Acrylic PrintsSee More Details About Our Acrylic Prints Here What Are The Differences Between Fractureme.com Glass Prints & Bumblejax Acrylic Prints (Face Mounted) Sometimes we get questions from customers asking if we print to actual glass and the answer is no we don't. There are a few companies who do with the most well known likely being Fractureme.com. I think the confusion lies in the fact that acrylic prints look like glass and even those th..

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