Share Your Pictures and Create Photo Albums Online
August 25, 2009
Taking photos of your kids is great fun and with digital cameras you can snap away to your heart’s delight, without worrying about the cost. But then comes the realization that all these photos are sitting unseen on your computer and suddenly there is the pressure on you to do something with them. You want to share them with your family and create photo albums with them, so that everyone can see them online.
Sometimes though the sheer number of pictures you’ve taken can overwhelm you. There are far too many to e-mail individually to all your family and you want to tell the stories that go with them. Today you can kill two birds with one stone: online photo sharing services allow you to build a photo album with the photos you’ve uploaded to their site, adding captions and laying out your photos into a beautiful printable photo book. You can then email the photo book to your family, so they can flip through the pages online. If they want to they can order a physical copy of your photo album for themselves.
When I was a teenager I used to spend hours making up my photo albums, carefully sticking in the latest prints and captioning them. As a mother of three children though, I found I never had the time to put together albums. My eldest son has a baby album, but the two girls just have a scattering of prints of them as babies, a few enlargements that we framed. The rest are sitting on my computer or on CDs, waiting to be printed out. If only this online photo album service had been around when they were babies! It’s far easier to work with photos on your computer, than to have scissors, double-sided tape and a mass of glossy prints spread out over a table-top when there are toddlers on the loose!
This photo sharing service also means that you can put together photo albums with creative input from your family. This is perfect if you want to create a photo book to commemorate an important family occasion. You can put together a first draft with your photos and send it to the rest of your family for feedback. They can edit it and send it back to you. Or each member of the family can customize it and have their album printed the way they want it.
So use an online photo sharing service for more than just a back up, or a place to share your images. Use it as a platform to create gorgeous photo albums, with very little effort and keep them up-to-date, so that your younger kids won’t ask you one day, “Mom, where is my baby album?”
I think I’d better get to work right now!
There Is No Age Gap Between The Unborn And Baby Photo Contest Genre, Enter As Soon As You See The Second Blue Line.
August 24, 2009
My baby boy, Aiden, turns one year old tomorrow. I can’t believe how time flies. One year ago this very minute I was begging a doctor to admit me and start my epidural. Twenty hours later I finally got to hold my beautiful baby boy. While I was collecting pictures to display at his party I came across many of my pregnant belly that filled the gap in my memory about the unborn baby photo contest I entered.
I think pregnancy is a beautiful, magical time. It thrills me that they hold pregnant belly contests; it’s a real moral booster. I watched my previously twenty-five inch waist expand to a whopping forty-eight, if it weren’t for the sweet adoration that most people give that growing bump I would have cried even more as I outgrew the maternity clothes meant to house it.
My husband took pictures all through nine month waiting period, but around month six I found a very amusing contest that encouraged entrants to compare their bump with their spouses. I had already asked my mother for a photo shoot of us so we could show our son how we happily awaited him. After dozens of photos I convinced my husband to bare his belly against mine, resulting in our very favorite photo from that time.
Bumping bumps.
In fact, my aunts displayed a very large copy at my baby shower and just about everyone begged for their own copy. I even entered it into the contest, but the winner’s had a photo where their bellies matched inch for inch. There are other great traditions for pregnant belly as well, decorating it or making a cast, they are all just fascinating.
How many contests can you enter with a popped out belly button and pants that won’t zip? Not many. If you run across one, whether you are barely showing or about to burst, enter and show off the little one that is on its way.
Just like with the baby, every day provides new and wonderful opportunities to capture memories. You may not think right now that you will want to remember the days when you didn’t fit behind the steering wheel, but trust me someday you will. Even if it’s not until your own little one is having a baby, you still have to take the picture today before the moment is gone.
Where Are The Bees?
August 22, 2009
Well, it was that time of the year again, so off to the Huckleberry Raildroad we went, grandchildren in tow. We got lucky this time. It was a nice overcast day, so the lighting was great for taking photographs.
It had rained early on so not many people were there, another break for the photographer. It is hard some times to get just the right picture when there are a lot of people who seem to care little for the efforts of a photographer.
Another lucky break – “Thomas The Train” wouldn’t be there until the next day, so the crowds held off and we pretty much had the village to ourselves. A quick ride on the train, and then we could stroll through the village. It was a little windy, so we couldn’t take a ride on the paddle wheel boat, but it didn’t matter. Plenty to do anyway.
Where Are The Bees? (Click on image to make larger)
Jennifer and Josiah found a flower bed, and they could hear the bees buzzing around, collecting nectar for the hive. Not to be missing anything, they bent down to find these tiny little honey bees doing their work.
Pretty soon they could see lots of bees working very hard, preparing for the winter and flying off with their gifts for the Queen bee.
Notice the Osh Kosh outfits? See the bright colors?
If you want to get truly interesting photos of your children then think about the activities they will be involved with when you take a short day trip, and spend some time deciding on how to dress them. They say for adults the clothes make the person; why not for kids too?
You can also see that the soft light of an overcast day has given the photograph a gentle look, and that their faces can be clearly seen. If it had been bright sunlight then some fill flash would have been required to remove the shadows from their faces.
A bit of planning, some patience, pre-leading your subjects and you too can capture some great photographs of your children!
Remember, take lots of pictures!
Child Photographer Betty Muscott
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Betty A. Muscott is an experienced child photographer and online entrepreneur for tools to capture great photographs of children by parents and grandparents. Connect with Betty on Google+
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A Baby Photo Album Is Precious
August 21, 2009
All new mothers and fathers should be some of the happiest people on the planet. They are now the proud recipients of a brand new bundle of joy. It is not strange at all for you to be so proud of your new baby that you want the entire world to see the tremendous beauty that all newborns possess. A great way to show your friends, family members, co-workers, and everyone else the majesty of your child is through the use of a baby photo album.
Online Photo Albums Are Precious
One splendid vehicle to drive home the point that your child is priceless is via online photo albums. You can use various internet services such as iPhoto, and shutterfly.com to host many incredible newborn pictures. Users of digital cameras can upload their pictures to popular web properties such as ImageShack.com, Flickr.com, and PhotoBucket.com. Some of the advantages of these types of websites are the fact that they are free, provide an easy access point for your entire family, and can be used by any friend with an internet connection.
Simply put as long as you have an email address, you can become a member of one these websites and create an amazing photo album in hardly any time at all. Due to the power of the internet, many of these photos will never be deleted from these sites. This will provide you and your family many years of enjoyment from the initial baby pictures that were taken. Once your child is older, you can look back at their baby photos and laugh. This will give your children a chance to see what they looked like at an early age. Additionally, they have the opportunity to show these pictures to their current friends and associates via the internet.
In closing, a baby picture album is a fantastic method to store each and every one of your baby pictures. Good pictures are timeless, and good pictures of your baby just can’t be valued because they capture the essence of your newborn’s lovliness. You can harness the power of the internet by using online photo storage services at any time of the day or evening. Also, remember that these photos can be shared with anyone who has access to the World Wide Web. If you have not created an album of baby pictures yet, now is as good a time as any to perform this marvelous task. You and your baby will not be sorry.
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Make Your Kids Happy With Personalized Digital Photo Gifts
August 20, 2009
Up till now I’ve been looking out for great photo gifts to give away, to grandparents and friends, for Christmas and birthdays. I’m sure your kids are really happy to help you pick out photos that Grandma and Grandad would love to have. Perhaps sometimes though, they secretly wish that they could keep some of the special pictures for themselves. After all, most kids love looking at pictures of themselves photographed with their Mom and Dad or with other special adults. A really great personalized way of using your digital photos to create special gifts for your kids is the Light Affection nightlight.
My kids still don’t like going to sleep in a dark room at night, even now the oldest is eleven. We leave doors open to a lighted hall, but they still have a night light on in their room. It makes them feel safe and secure. I love the idea of having a digital photo carved into a night light for a child’s room. The reassuring glow of the night light is made even more warm and calming as it shines through a gorgeous photo of your child having a lovely cuddle with you. You could use any happy image, but smiling familiar faces have to be the best cure for night time worries and fears.
Even if your kids don’t need a night light, these photo lights make great gifts for them or for anyone else in the family. Illuminate a dark corner with a table standing framed photo light displaying one of your best portraits of your kids. Older kids might like to have a shot of the whole family to stand on their desk, or a photo of themselves with a favorite pet.
An important thing to remember as our kids grow, is that they love looking at photos of themselves and their family, just as much as Grandma and Grandad do. So don’t just create gorgeous photo gifts for far-off family. Think about creating special things with your digital photos for your kids too. A young girl would love a handbag or tote personalized with photos of her dressed as a princess, or with pictures of her pets. Simple gifts like keyrings containing a photo of the whole family would also go down brilliantly with most children. Who cares that they don’t have their own keys yet, a key ring can be used for hundreds of things!
So keep photographing your kids. You are compiling a record of important memories for them as well as for yourself. The albums that you create with your photos over time will be just as precious to them and those framed family photos will become prized heirlooms one day.
