Your Digital Life

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

From the first homerun to the final win of the season, milestone sports achievements should be remembered for years to come. Whether football, basketball, baseball or soccer, a dedicated sports team-focused photo album will help immortalize the memories that are sure to become regular dinnertime conversation fodder. With big teams and lots of parents taking [...]

It’s that time of year again! Time to shop ‘til your drop, finding all the perfect gifts for your friends and loved ones. While the joy of giving is certainly enough fuel to keep us going through the season, finding just the right presents can be a lot of work. And it can also be [...]

This time of year, we are often surrounded by our families, coming together to celebrate. We pass on traditions in the kitchen, share memories at the dinner table, and enjoy quality time catching up on everything that has gone on in our lives throughout the past year. Why not take this opportunity to start a [...]

There are no more excuses left for not turning your digital images into some very cool photo merchandise as there are now literally thousands of website s and retail locations just dying to help you turn your digital memories into photobooks, canvas prints, photo collages and myriad other unique and creative photo merchandise products. Many [...]

HotPrints.com, which provided free advertising-included photo books, announced on its blogit will close operations Nov. 30. The last day to order books is tomorrow, Nov. 18. “Although the HotPrints service will be discontinued, we have partnered with our friends atPicaboo, one of the best providers of photo books, cards, and calendars on the Web, to give [...]

Did you ever wish you could just hand over your photos to someone and have a professional photo book created without any work on your part? A new service from Krome Photos is hoping you do. They’ve launched a new, streamlined photo book service that removes most of the customization features found on other photo [...]