Matte or glossy??

It's really just personal preference. I order Snapfish prints frequently, and I always get the Matte finish. Their "matte" paper is actually kind of a luster paper - It's not super shiny or glossy, but still reflects a little bit of light. B/W pics look great on snapfish's matte paper.

Glossy

If the scans are good, it is a personal choice. Matte paper can hide small imperfections while glossy won't. My personal preference is a semigloss paper. Semigloss paper does not have a lot of glare like glossy paper and looks a lot like a darkroom print on fiber paper.

I have found that matte seems to have less detail in the blacks (in fact we even had to stop using it in my color management class because of that), so I think glossy would be a better choice. I personally prefer to use lustre.

I personally think that if you are going to put them in silver frames then matte would definetly be better. You will not have glaring shine from both photo and frame and will draw your eye into the picture and on the subject. glossy you tend to lose the subject because of the glare you have to tilt and angle to see past the shine where light might hit it.

I work at in a photo lab. Matte is MUCH better. Glossy seams cheap to me. Matte haves better quality, and makes the photographs look more professional.

Read this:

http://www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Photography/Photo_...

Gives pros and cons of glossy versus matte finish.

I would prefer glossy.

Snapfish Posters

Matte, more crisper, i don't like glare from glossy prints.