Fun Digital Photo Calendars |
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| By David Peters | ||||
| Are you leaving your finest photographs collecting digital
dust on your hard drive? Do you have vivid, 'precious
moment' images that you'd like to look at more often? If so,
how about turning them into a one-of-a-kind, custom digital
photo calendar? To be realistic, not all of your photographs are going to be masterpieces, but you will have the handful that every time you see them will remind you of a special moment or place. These are the photos that you will want to not only see more often yourself, but will also want to share with others. Let's put these photos in the spotlight that you create to show them off to the world. For an abundance of good reasons, it's great to share our family or 'good times' images with others. In fact, you're naturally inclined to want 'everyone' to see them... But how? And 'what's the best way to do this?' One fun and yet practical way is through a simple digital photo calendar. Of course in this case we're not talking about literally an actual 'digital photo calendar' (even though it is one in its own right). In simple terms we are making an interesting and personalized wall calendar using your own digital photos. In other words... a 'photo calendar' which you can then print up, give to your friends or family, hang on your wall, promote across the Internet, sell on your website or photo blog, (or even on eBay), etc... So let's go ahead and actually build ourselves one of these cool little photo calendars. Let's take a look at the steps. Naturally you are going to start with selecting your favorite photos. The next step involves some homework, but don't worry, I've done a bit of the research for you. Here is a sample listing of a few places where you can transform your photos into a calendar Check out a few of the websites that will do this for you: www.bighugelabs.com, www.desktopwallpaperphotos.com, www.snapfish.com and www.cafepress.com. The first two listed can give you a free digital version of your calendar that you can download to your hard drive and then print out or save to a CD/take to a print shop. The others provide a 'real' wall or desk calendar that you can purchase and then 'send' to yourself, or even a friend. The only real 'trick' to turning your photos into a calendar is knowing which sites to use. The rest is actually pretty simple. The only other challenge you might face is how to prepare your photos before printing. There are many programs and tutorials that can help you edit your photos for print. If all else fails, should this prove to be a problem in time or effort, get someone to help. Then just a few more simple steps... a) upload your photo/s to one of the photo calendar web sites above. 2) Pick a specific calendar size and other details 3) Settle on a month and a year you want your calendar to have 4) Hit the 'create' button or order your own calendar Not too hard is it? Now that you are finished you can enjoy your photo calendar that you can download onto your hard drive as a .PDF, or even a .jpeg image file. If you are printing your calendar through a service, you can expect your finished product in about a week. In the end, it's not too bad for a few minutes worth of work! Now you can take your digital photo calendar masterpiece out to impress friends and family. Be creative with it and print it out on a card, e-mail it to everyone, or just hang it on your wall for your own enjoyment. Photo calendars make a great gift and every time someone looks at it they will be reminded of you and be able to share in your special memories. |
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