2 part Q: Where do professional photogs dev. film?

Question:Where do professional photographers develop their film if they do not have a dark room and do not develop themselves?
Also, (silly question I'm sure), how do you sell prints online; do you make prints as orders come in? or how does that work? I'm clueless! and curious!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Where do professional photographers develop their film if they do not have a dark room and do not develop themselves?
Also, (silly question I'm sure), how do you sell prints online; do you make prints as orders come in? or how does that work? I'm clueless! and curious!

Where do I develop film: www.mpix.com

I do not sell a lot online, but do have times where people might want to order items from events. For this I use www.photoreflect.com
I put samples up on the site and if someone wants to order, they can from the website. I have it setup so that PhotoReflect takes care of sending me the order(I fullfill it myself - through MPIX and do a direct ship), they process the payment for me and send me the profits.

Normally, though, I work with people/companies face to face and get payment up front.

professional labs

I will just hit on the first question for now as I have to make an appointment.

There are still plenty of good film processing labs doing good business. I use A & I. I actually purchase film mailers for A & I at the same time I purchase film from B-H.

I use 120 medium format film and have always been pleased with the results from this lab.

http://www.aandi.com/

steve