Those first days with a new baby are so precious and so fleeting that the photographers among us tend to go wild taking photos of their new baby. I know when my first child was born I had a whole album worth of photos within his first week. The very first thing you can do with your baby photos is create a unique personalized birth announcement as a photo card, to share your baby’s first portraits with the world.
Photoworks has a great selection of birth announcement photo cards, where you can upload one or more photos, to create a special card with your own message, to let friends and family share your joy in your new baby.
As a photographer my favorite is the graphic filmstrip design, which has space for three photos within the strip of film pictured on the card and room for captions underneath. The simplicity and black and white graphic quality appeals to the photographer in me., but there are also plenty of softer, cuter designs in the traditional pink and blue baby shades.
You have to register with the site to create your card but registration is free, and once you are a member you can use the site for all your future photographic needs, from photo gifts to canvas prints, as well as online photo sharing. The great thing about this is that you save so much time, and time, when you have a young baby, is a scarce and precious commodity, as all parents know well. Once your photos are uploaded you can use them again and again, for personalized photo gifts, photo albums, photo books and more. With easy instructions and the ability to edit as you go, it sure beats messing around with glue and scissors when you have young children around!
Having a baby is not only a complete life-changing event, but it will also completely re-focus your photographic passion. Your lens will be on your new baby day by day as he or she grows, recording every change, every expression. You’ll discover how wonderful it is to capture the curl of a baby’s fingers as they grasp yours, or the delicacy of a tiny foot with its miniature shell-like nails. All these wonderful pictures will make such great images for photo cards, that you’ll want to send out more than just a birth announcement card, your baby photos are bound to feature on your Christmas cards and birthday cards too.
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