Print of photo WAY too dark

ipaint

I had my photo printed at a commercial printer and the print turned out way darker than the photo. Any idea why? 

Summer

Bummer!  Insist they do it again and tell them specifically why.  imho 

tassieguy

No print is going to look as bright as the photo on the screen of your camera/computer. Your commercial printer might be able to raise the value and chroma somewhat to make the print look brighter.  You could do this yourself in an image editor and tell them to print the edited photo.