How we used to get pictures

When they mattered and were limited in supply.

I used to work at a 1hr photo lab. Best customer service job ever.

PayLess, RIP

I used to ride my bike to take my parents' film to the Fotomat which was about four blocks from my house.

Boy does that PayLess logo bring back memories of the Warrenton, Oregon, location for me.

No substitute for the feeling of picking up photos. Maybe it’s 15 pictures of your thumb. Maybe it’s the only photo of you and your cousin and it is perfect.

That film is entirely quantum until you open that envelope of prints.

@rogrtheshrubber https://mltshp.com/p/1QJGE

@not_on_display used to work in a Fotomat too!

Ha, I've been slowly going through a shoebox of old photos to transfer the negatives from the 1-hour-photo sleeves to proper archival binder pages. Seem like they've held up remarkably well over the past 20-30 years. Unfortunately, I also have all the "reject" prints in the box with the negatives (and I don't know where the acceptable prints went, probably in an album somewhere) - not sure what to do with the prints, I might just chuck them. Most of them are crap.

I'd love to get a closer up look at that Snappy Snaps turtle!

@trey A little blurry but here you go https://mltshp.com/p/1QXYF

@backseatpilot I have been chucking a LOT of old bad images.

@jessamyn bless you