Digital Photos Make Great Gifts From Post Cards To Calendars
Although I have always enjoyed taking photos, it wasn’t until the advent of digital photography that I really started appreciating photography as a whole. I believe the main difference is two fold. Firstly it has to do with the cost. Previously I had to take great care with the photos I would take, because it wasn’t until after processing them that I found a lot of photos didn’t work out, resulting in lost opportunities and a waste of paper and money. Digital photography on the other hand allows me opportunities to try different techniques, exposures, framing and gives me instant results to see how they turn out. I can now take as many shots as I want without worrying about whether or not they will turn out as the LCD image shows me exactly what I’ve taken.
The second aspect is that I can now download all the photos on my computer, and using software such as PhotoShop I can crop, remove red eye, adjust the colors, hues and even add digital effects. I would have never attempted doing this with normal photos but with digital photos everything is possible.
Digital photos opens so many doors for the average Joe and professionals alike. There are places available on the net that enable you to upload your favorite photo and then use it for printing a whole range of projects, from personal calendars, which are a great gift idea, to postcard printing! Postcard printing is a fantastic idea. Imagine being on holiday and taking some fantastic shots; Instead of going to a store and buying your mundane postcard, all you do is upload your favorite shots and have them printed out ready for you to fill in your details and post to family and friends. Honestly this is as simple as you can get and the beauty of it is that you can use any photo that you’ve taken with your digital camera. You can even edit it to give it that extra personal touch. If you were into marketing you can even have them printed and then offer them for sale as postcards in gift and tourist shops in all your tourist hot spots. Man, if your lucky you can even get discovered and be offered a job as a professional photographer. Heck, I can dream can’t I?
Digital photos also offers opportunities for the businessman. You can use photos of your choice as part of your letterhead or even as the basis of your business cards. Imagine, having your own photos on your business stationary means that it’s 100% unique and nobody else can possibly have one like it.
Digital photos are certainly a great boon as far as I am concerned and I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels this way. It’s so obvious by the amount of people sporting digital cameras from your compact point and shoot to your professional Digital SLR’s.
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I normally take photo’s of my son and I throught the year and create a calendar or a mug and give it away for Christmas. The one year we even dressed up!
Everybody loves gifts like that and it makes me happy too :)
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Hey John, I actually have a mug with a photo of my son and daughter on it, and guess what? It’s my favorite mug.
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I love this image, Sire. I’d steal it and add it to my Webshots if it didn’t have that watermark on it. lol
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Lol. Thanks Mitch. I kind of like it as well. If you look closely you can even see the clouds which is pretty cool for a night shot.
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I think you should send me a copy of the picture via email so I can, uhhh, look at it better; yeah, that’s what I think.
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Yeah, maybe I should, so you can put your glasses on and have a decent look at it lol.
Nightshots of city skylines may just be my favourite subject matter for photos. Love this one!
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Thanks Jonathan, I kinda like this shot myself.
wahat a nice effect. blur effect under the water….
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Again,lovely photos.
The obvious work involved to be positioned in a way to obtain these perspectives, and the care with which the scenes are framed point to the soul of a professional artist.
Ann
Thanks Ann. Just so you know I removed the link in the comment as it had nothing to do with the subject and was nothing more than blatant advertising. In fact there are many bloggers that would consider it spam. That could be the reason that you’ve found Akismet is eating your comments.