This article about digital photo gift is appealing
for those interested about this topic is written by Steve Nash
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What do you buy someone who has everything, or doesn't seem to be interested in anything?
How do you come up with thoughtful gift ideas for those people that you don't see that often, that you really don't know what they're into anymore?
More specifically, how can you use technology that nearly all of us have in ways that easily enable you to create personalised gifts to suit almost anyone?
The answer to all three questions: use a digital photo printing service.
Let's face it, what's the point of using your digital camera (or camera phone) if the digital photos are just going to stay on the camera! Family, friends, colleagues, even your Grandma -- they all want to look at your photographs, and they all want to do so without having to squint.
And the great thing is, once you've taken your photos on your camera or mobile phone, these gifts are so easy to create.
Now not only do these digital photo printing services let you print your photos, they also let you create an ever-growing list of personalised gifts too. So you get to share your photos and come up with unique gift ideas that show you care. A win-win situation if ever there was one.
For example, everyone likes calendars but a professional-looking calendar containing photos of your own family, or of your friends, or of your pets etc. -- isn't that so much better, so much more special? Yes, it might be a little cheesy, but surely no worse than a calendar of Justin Timberlake, Robbie Williams or Britney Spears, and if you add individualised captions, these gifts can be lots of fun too.
Another example of a unique gift idea is a digital photobook or memory book. Digital photobooks are hiqh-quality versions of those photo albums you used to stick your photos in by hand and then force people to view. In this case a) you choose only the best photographs, and you can add funny or informative captions and b) your photos are bound, and printed in, high-quality books.
These so-called memory books make compelling gifts that people are proud to show to anyone and everyone.
After all, who wouldn't want a book filled with carefully edited photos of their friends and family, accumulated over a year, together with witty comments?
Personalised gifts like this don't have to contain photos of other people, though, they could feature photos of the person themself, or of something that they were really interested in; e.g. a local landscape, their own garden, their own car, or step-by-step photos of their home improvement project, etc.
The uniqueness of the gifts are limited only by the imagination of the gift-buyer.
Here are some more ways that digital photographs can be combined to create unique gifts:
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Personalised birthday cards or Christmas cards,
- Cushions and bags
- T-shirts (obviously)
- Jigsaws
- Etched glass
- Canvas prints
- Framed photos
- Posters
- Wallpaper
(Imagine how easy it would be to create something special for a wedding gift, from this modest list of gift ideas.)
So be different with your gift ideas. It works as long as what you create doesn't look cheap and tasteless and shows that you put just a little bit of thought into it.
Personalised gifts like these are unique, and so much better than socks, books or CDs.
However, if you're still just going to send socks, CDs, books or T-shirts at least try and personalise them first with a funny photo or just a nice photo that will make people smile. Or at least send them a personalised digital photo card.
Come on. It's the 21st century now, so get with the personalisation program.
Who doesn't want to receive a unique gift?
Steve M Nash is owner of http://www.Photos4.co.uk - an impartial guide to