Photofinishing: online vs. in-store.(ANNUAL PHOTO GUIDE)

The do-it-yourself days aren't over for digital photography; almost every camera owner still prints some shots at home. But this year photographers will take more digital images to photofinishers than they print themselves.

Using a photofinisher can be cheaper than printing at home, and it spares you paper jams, depleted ink cartridges, and other annoyances. With online services, you upload your photos to a Web site that makes them viewable and orderable by you--or anyone else you choose. (In some cases, visitors can even download your images.) With in-store processing, you use a terminal or kiosk to order (and even edit) prints stored on a memory card. If the ...