Your Digital Life

If you’re looking for a unique piece of wall art, consider SizzlPix! The company transforms digital images into a lightweight, aluminum piece of decor (a “SizzlPix!”) with a high gloss, scratch-proof and waterproof coating.  SizzlPix! can be had in sizes from 18-inches up to 45-inches with introductory prices ranging from $199 to $699. The price includes [...]

We all know mom has a soft spot for her family photos. This Mother’s Day, we rounded up five of our favorite photo-themed gifts for mom: 1. A Photo Book: This is fast becoming a holiday favorite, and for good reason. Photo books are easy to make and create long-lasting photographic statements that mom can [...]

  When we started Your Digital Life, we had a fairly simple goal. We knew that there were plenty of excellent outlets for learning about what camera to buy or how to take a better photo. What was missing was a site focused on everything that happened after you pressed the shutter. So Your Digital [...]

Digital photography has transformed the photo album from a binder stuffed with plastic pages to a hard-bound photo book that could be displayed proudly on any bookshelf. But as more of us make photo books – especially with an eye toward preserving these photographic memories for future generations – there’s an obvious question: how long [...]

Hallmark and Shutterfly have embarked on a unique partnership that will combines unique frames from Hallmark with custom print templates from Shutterfly. Here’s how it works: Hallmark will offer 13 frames in their “One-of-a-Kind Creations” line. When you purchase the frame, there’s a unique code which you can enter into Shutterfly. This code ensures that [...]

Sure, the one hour photo lab of old is long extinct, but Polaroid is back with a 21st century take: the Fotobar. Step inside a Fotobar and you’ll be able to transform your photos into a wide variety of wall art — from metal prints to posters, framed canvases, acrylic prints, bamboo prints and even photos-on-Lucite. [...]

MailPix is one of the newer online photos services and they’ve recently announced a partnership Artsy Couture to expand their offerings to include  Sweet Frames, Gallery Blocks and Cube Décor products. Prices start at around $55 and combine designer borders with matte surfaces and a UV coating to resist fading. You can view all the styles here.

Ancient alchemists were prized for their ability to turn ordinary metals into gold. Today, there are a number of digital alchemists who promise to turn your digital photos not into gold, per-se, but into a range of exotic material like aluminum, bamboo, glass or acryllic. In short, they promise to turn your photos into eye-popping [...]

As a parent with two young children, I’m innundated on an almost daily basis with their school projects. Now, I’m not the overly sentimental type so I’m usually inclined to quietly deposit these creative masterpieces in the trash after an appropriate (brief) period of public display on the fridge. My wife, however, has a lot [...]

While we’ve been big fans of turning images into photobooks we have to admit the quality of some of these photobook services aren’t always top notch. Often, when it comes to making photo books, you get what you pay for. So we’re happy to report that there’s a new high-end offering on the market courtesy [...]