Fotomax

In this day of iphone and digital technology, there really isn’t much reason to have to go to somewhere like Fotomax any more– photos are rarely printed out anyways. To think of the last time I actually had to go and run my photos, I think it must have been something 10 or more years ago. Back then even though I had the short lived APS camera, you still needed somewhere/​someone to actually print the photos out.
With the advent of facbook, iphones and professionals turning to digital cameras, I thought that most of these photo printers would be out of business by now. their numbers have certainly dwindled compared to the old days when they were everywhere and you always had to wait for ages for your photos to be done.
I recently had to update my passport and found that there is still a reason for these shops to carry on– passports do not accept digital photographs. I found myself running around like headless chicken for somewhere quick passport photos and I came across this place. They were cheaper than you would get at photo booths and the fact is more care is taken as opposed to the booth where you are your own photographer. To keep up with the times though, they have expanded what they sell here– accecories for digital cameras, service to burn photos and data onto CDs, small electronics on sale at cheap prices.
For the time being they may still survive but come the day when digital photos are accepted everywhere I would presume they will die off as well. It is only the enthusiast who print their photos now and I suspect that number will fall eventually as well.