Phototech of Midland, is a locally owned, custom photo lab, providing the highest quality work in the permain basin of west texas. we specialize in custom photo processing from both film and digital sources. We service both amatueur and professional clients, as well as the average consumer who demands high quality printing. photoaffections.com specializes in creating custom photo christmas cards, photo birth announcements, photo wedding announcements, photo engagement announcements, photo graduation announcements, and photo cards for all special occasions. With over 100 standard and exclusive designs, photo affections.com is a trusted source for service and quality and creativity.

Orders placed online are received by our personnel Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. central time, however, a confirmation e-mail will be sent within moments of the receipt of any order.

Although orders cannot be canceled, if at any time it is discovered that you may have personalized your item(s) incorrectly, or you have changed your mind as the the design selection, please e-mail or call us immediately, as production may not have started. We want your complete satisfaction; therefore, we will hold your order until we hear from you again.

Phototech accepts Visa, MasterCard, Discover & American Express. Orders placed online, are verified and charged immediately at purchase. Phototech also offers "in-house" accounts to our local professional customers for orders placed in our store. Of course, we also accept local checks, in addition to credit cards for orders paid in person.

Orders placed online by Texas residents will be charged sales tax of 8.25% If you are part of a tax exempt entity, please provide us with a Texas Resale Certificate or a Certificate of Exemption. In the interest of your time, please present these forms at the time of order placement or before. Forms must be signed by the appropriate party, and will be kept on file for future orders.

We use UPS Ground for standard orders. We also offer UPS Second Day and Next Day Air. Orders placed are charged standard UPS rates, in addition to a nominal charge for packing materials. This total amount is indicated during the placement of an order.

We pay close attention to the packing of all items to insure that they arrive intact! In the rare instance an item is broken or damaged, please notify us within 5 business days so we may begin a claim on your behalf. DO NOT DISPOSE OF DAMAGED ITEMS or any packing materials; they will be required for claims processing. You will also receive a prepaid shipping label for the return, when you receive your replacement. Damaged items not returned within 30 days will be billed to the credit card on file.

Customers that place orders online are just as important to us as customers that come into our store. Quite simply, if you are not satisfied, neither are we. All orders are produced with this thought in mind. However, if for any reason you feel your order did not meet your expectations, we want to hear about it so we may have to opportunity to resolve the situation promptly. Do not hesitate to e-mail or call us with your concerns.

We guarantee the quality of every order for 30 days. However, due to the personal nature of the items we produce, we do not offer refunds. If the quality of any item should be of a concern, please bring it to our attention. In the event any personalized order was produced incorrectly due to an error on our part, we will promptly re-produce the item(s) and ship them free of charge; the return of incorrectly personalized items is not required. Additionally, there may be an occasion where you made a mistake during the ordering process in regards to the personalization. In this instance, we will offer to re-produce the item(s) at a 40% discount, not including shipping fees.

Phototech respecst and uphold the legal rights of photographers and image authors. It is UNLAWFUL for us to reproduce images that are copyrighted without the express written permission of the person or entity that created the original work. If you have a copyrighted image and wish to use if for personalizing your item(s), please contact the photographer to request a signed copyright release; once provided, we will keep this for our files. We cannot provide additional copies of this release once submitted. Please respect that the photographer or image author is not under any obligation by law to provide this release.

If you have a studio image (particularly cruise pictures, sports photos and school portraits) that does not indicate who created the work and you are not aware who created the work, you may be able to claim that the work you are requesting is for "fair use," and that you are unaware, or are unable to contact the photographer.

(Copyright Indemnification) Purchaser agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Phototech of Midland for all costs, expenses, attorney's fees or judgements resulting from any claims or lawsuit made against Phototech of Midlandfor any grounds claiming that the work produced violates any copyright or proprietary right of any person or entity.

Phototech, Fastframe and The Digital Gift are located in Midland, Texas. We are conveniently located on State Loop 250 in North Midland, in Midland Plaza. Other merchants in our center include Mervyn's, Pier One Imports, Bed Bath & Beyond, Michael's and Family Christian Bookstore, along with many other locally owned businesses.

Our mailing address is 3001 W. Loop 250 N., Suite C-109, Midland, Texas 79705. Our phone number is 432-689-3456.

 

Phototech opened in November of 1997 and has been in the same location since. We opened Phototech because we saw that the traditional photofinshing market was being taken over by mass merchants, which in our opinion and experience, has led to substandard quality and ineffecive customer service.

Upon opening, Phototech quickly gained a reputation for quality, knowledge and service. Our current employees have a combined 24 years experience in the photofinishing environment. Additionally, we posess and utilize the greatest amount of knowledge of digital imaging and image editing, of any photofinishing business in our area. As you may guess, this includes web-site design experience. (Sorry... we don't offer web-site design as a service.)

Phototech "went digital" in March of 2002. The benefits of this transition has exceeded our expectations; we are able to offer better quality along with expanded services. Additionally, we have had the opportunity to fill a void, by offering assistance to people dealing with the complex issues and problems that revolve around using digital cameras. Regardless of using digital equipment, the pictures we produce are "real," meaning that are printed on true photographic paper, that will last for your lifetime and beyond.

In May of 2001 we opened Fastframe, which is a custom framing franchise based in Thousand Oaks, California. Fastframe offers the same services as most other framers, with a twist; we can provide custom framing within 48 hours, and if need be, in the same day! We have many mouldings in stock and also carry a vast selection of upper-end mouldings, including Larson Juhl.

In August of 2004, we started offering some of our products and services to the online public. We revamped Phototech's web-site in order to offer online ordering of our very popular photo greeting cards, both Christmas and year-round greetings/announcements. Additionally, we started an entirely new business called "The Digital Gift."

The Digital Gift is an online store that offers personalization of many items with photos or other images. The most popular items include photo mugs, mousepads, puzzles and T-Shirts; although there are dozens of items we offer. The difference between The Digital Gift and other personalization companies is our experience with pictures. Unlike other companies, we are also a lab, which means that we draw upon our years of experience with photofinishing when it comes to color and clarity. Additionally, we don't offer our photo gifts as "novelties;" rather they are high quality gifts and household items that our customers will be proud to use and display.

We sincerely hope you choose to become part of our "history" by adding yourself to our list of satisfied customers.

PhotoTech  sets itself apart by possessing two basic qualities, a staff that truly cares what our customers think, and a consistently high level of photo and product quality.

Our management and staff  have a combined level of photo industry experience of more than 24 years.  We genuinely care about the customer's photos and treat them as our own.  Contrary to mass marketers, we make sure every order that comes through our doors is given the time and attention required to produce a quality product.  The result is a superior photo, and a much more satisfied customer.

PhotoTech  has one core function, which is to provide quality photo finishing on every order.  We operate on a smaller scale, offering digital imaging, basic photo finishing, true photographic reproductions from prints and slides, and of course, reprints and enlargements, and many options for photo greeting cards, custom bordered prints, photo gifts, etc. Focusing on these services allows us to achieve our goal of providing the highest quality product, and a consistent level of customer service.

We invite you to experience "The PhotoTech Difference" on your next photo finishing or digital imaging project!