There are 2 ways to order:

1. Send photo and payment through the mail: Please print the following form, fill it out and send it to us along with the payment and photo.  Please read the following How to: section for submitting photos.  

2. Order through our online catalog, process the credit card payment through our secure server and upload or email the image file : Just follow the steps below, when you are done processing your order, you will receive information explaining how to get the photo to us (uploading an image file or sending it by regular mail).  Please read the following How to: section for submitting photos.  

How to:

• Sending Pictures by Snail Mail
• Sending a Digital Photo
• Digitizing your Photo
• Photography Tips
• Important Notices

Sending Pictures by Snail Mail

• Snapshots submitted should be of high quality. 3½ x 5 or 4 x 6 35mm photos work well. We do not recommend that you send your only copy of your photo. Print your name on the back of your photos or attach a post-it note to the back with your name on it so they can be returned with your order, unharmed.
• Be sure your snapshot is a good quality photo, well-lit, sharply focused, and subject is well composed. Most of are tiles are square, so cropping will be required to fit to size. 
• Send your snapshot to us at:

Best Friends Grooming
3386 E. Gulf to Lake Hwy.
Inverness, Florida 34453

Sending a Digital Photo

• As with snapshots, be sure your digital photo is well-lit, sharply focused, and well composed.
• Please send the largest file size (highest quality) available for your digital photo (preferably a minimum of 300 DPI). The larger the file, the better the final result. We may need to crop your photo to fit the tile. 72 DPI photos do not print well and are not recommended. 
• If possible save as a high quality (.jpg, .jpeg) file but other formats (.psd, .tif, etc.) can be processed.
• Attach file to your email and send with order. Send to .

Digitizing Your Photo

• Rather than sending your snapshot, digitize your photo and send it via email along with your order form.
• Scan your snapshot at least 300dpi and set the size 6.5x6.5 (depending on the size of the item). If item is larger than 6.5 x 6.5, the image size will need to be larger.  DO NOT USE YOUR PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE TO ENLARGE PRINT. This will cause pixelation and make the image appear blurry.  Use the scanner's software at the time of scan.
• Send the scan to good quality software (i.e. Adobe, Corel etc.) and save as high quality (.jpg, .jpeg) file.
• Attach scan to your email and send with order.  Send to .

Tips

• Photos with a glossy finish reproduce best. 
• DO SCAN IMAGES AT A MINIMUM OF 300 DPI – DPI, or dots per inch — means the difference between sharp, crisp images and a cloudy, muddy finish. Your scanning program should default to 300 DPI and “Color Photo” as the default settings. For smaller photos, scan at 600 dpi to increase the resolution of the image and help minimize the effect of pixelation in the final enlarged image. 
• DO USE LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS - The size of the original image makes a difference when enlarging images to fit on the products. In general, the larger the original photo size, the better the final product will be. We say “in general”, because some of the products are actually fairly small. The 4” x 4” tile is small enough to accommodate even wallet photos. Larger products, such as the 8X10 plaque require the process to blow up the small photo to fill the printable area. This can often distort the scanned image giving the product image a broken, or pixelated, appearance.
• DON’T COPY A PHOTOGRAPH FROM A WEB SITE FOR REPRODUCTION – Most photographs used on Web sites are 72 DPI, a photo resolution that will reproduce very poorly. Always make sure you’re working with a photograph that is at least 300 DPI.  Not only will they reproduce poorly, but many images on websites are copyrighted and it is illegal to reproduce without permission from the owner of the image. 

DON’T USE COPYRIGHTED PHOTOGRAPHS WITHOUT PERMISSION – For example, if you’ve had a family photograph taken by a professional photographer, you’ll need to ask the photographer for permission before reproducing the photo. It is illegal to reproduce (i.e., scan and print) without permission, any photograph or image that is copyrighted or has the "©" Copyright symbol on it. Many professional photographers place this symbol on their proofs and final photo prints. We will not print any image that has this symbol on it unless you have a signed release form from the photographer. 

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