San Francisco Photography Stores & Services

Great for Gifts

1. Schein & Schein

Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

perusing antique maps and photos and checking out framing options.  They sometimes even offer you wine.  Their maps and photos make great gifts.  I bought a couple of old photos of San Francisco...

2. Photograph

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

Great customer service. Friendly staff. Came here looking to frame some of my photos and some Christmas gifts.   I know, I'm already shopping for Christmas, I'm no idiot to wait last minute....

3. RayKo Photo Center

Neighborhood: SOMA

What a great place!!  I started coming here to practice processing and printing outside of class and their facilities are top rate.  Organized, functional and clean.  They have pretty much all...

4. Golden State Legal

Neighborhood: Financial District

Wow - These people are GREAT!!  Knowing Kinko's couldn't handle my job and not wanting to spend 5 hours in their black hole, I contacted Golden State to help me print out some complex blueprints...

5. Rose Restorations…

Yelp comes through again!  I had two very old, irreplaceable photographs of my great-grandmother.  Both were taken in the old country and showed lots of "character," including a missing corner...

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1. Photograph

Neighborhood: Marina/Cow Hollow

local photographers.  Kate gave me the lowdown on their services, and while it isn't cheap, the quality, service and selection are solid. You won't find anything edgy or overly abstract here as most...

2. Schein & Schein

Neighborhood: North Beach/Telegraph Hill

This is such a great little shop! I came here to look at their selection of antique maps. And, wow! The store is so charming, I cannot wait to go back and do some more digging around. The owners have...

3. Photographers Supply

Neighborhood: SOMA

this is one of the awesome old-school photo supply places in the city. they have an awesome selection of all the things that other stores are missing (glassines, mounting boards, slide mounts, cello...

4. Pro Camera Rental &…

Neighborhood: Potrero Hill

The staff here is always friendly and helpful.  I love the fast responses I get from them via email whenever I have inquires about renting lenses.  They have a great selection of lenses and the most...

5. Calumet Photographic

Neighborhood: Mission

time to browse their very abundant selection of camera bags, etc. Overall, a great store with great prices and friendly staff. I'll visit anytime I'm visiting from San Jose!...

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