Publish A Quality Photo Book With Your Digital Pictures

Most of us know how much fun it is to taketo get old hat!
hundreds of pictures with our great digital cameras.So, where do you go to get started? There are
Gone are the days that you had to send your roll ofseveral options out there. But buyers beware; not all
film out for processing (film? what’s that?)photo development sites are created equal! The
and then wait a week or two to get them back tomost visible have been CVS, Kodak Easy Share
finally see what they actually look like! Am I aGallery, Shutterfly and Snapfish. They all have a wide
photographer or just an amateur? Well, either way,variety of products from quality single prints to photo
when it comes to capturing those special momentsbooks and gifts. All of these will require you to set up
with whatever is behind the shutter we are all pros.an account and login each time you want to use their
There is just nothing like remembering those greatsites, and then you have to upload all of your
times, be it the birth of a child, or the first bike ride,pictures before you can get started. That can take
a graduation, a once in a lifetime vacation, or thatsome time. But there is another that has come into
night goofing around with friends. Whatever it wasthe picture called RocketLife and they have made
that brought real meaning and fulfillment to our lives itsome significant improvements over the others.
is captured for us in those pictures. And when we digRocketLife has won two prestigious DIMA (the Digital
them out and take a look, the reliving and the storyImaging Marketing Association) 2009 Innovative
telling is just as much fun!Digital Product Awards for RocketLife Touch™
Now, thanks to some new technology there are newand RocketLife Mobile™ at the PMA convention
and fun ways to save those precious memories andheld recently in Las Vegas. PCMag.com, October 2008
even make some pretty unique gifts out of them aswrote, "What sets (RocketLife) apart is its
well; the kind of gifts that are really special for thoseability to add more than a handful (even hundreds) of
we love. I’m talking about photo expressionphotos at a time from your computer or Phanfare
software or digital photo publishing and it is a greataccount." After testing by InfoTrends,
way to create your own special gifts and mementosRocketLife proved to have a lot more going for it
that are about as personal as it gets. Think how cooland overall was just easier, faster and more fun to
it would be to take all those pictures from youruse that all the others.
family vacation and have them sorted and organizedRocketLife’s technology allows you to do all
into a beautifully bound book with your own captionsof the fun stuff from your computer and select
and comments set with a theme that you choosewebsites that have the software. After the free
and create yourself on your own computer. Thesedownload, you launch the software and work on
types of “photo books” are not youryour computer with your photos saved on your
ordinary photo album where you stick a picture on acomputer. The software has a host of powerful
page and replace the transparent plastic sheet over itcreative and editing tools ready for you to play with.
to hold the photo in place. These are quality booksOnly after you are done designing your photo book
like the books you buy in bookstores. Only theseand personal creations are your pictures uploaded
photo books have your photos and captions printedwith your order. With RocketLife stores there is no
right on the high quality pages and bound just forlogin and you work with the software on your
you. You can have them bound in soft cover or hardcomputer, not on the web server. This makes for a
cover with or without a dust jacket, even withfaster, carefree and fun experience. And, it is all free
premium leather – a great choice for a phototo use for as long as you want. You only pay for the
book you want to have as a family heirloom. Theyproducts you order.
really are nice as a keepsake for your family or givenWell, I hope that this article has given you some new
as a gift. Of course with these photo books theideas for what to do with all those digital pictures
pricing will vary depending on the amount of pagesyou have stored on your computer and discs. You
and the binding selected. Because you do all of theowe it to yourself to look into this fun way of saving
design and picture selections, you can keep it atyour memories for your family and friends.
whatever price range you want.You’ve taken all those great photos, now
Not only can you create custom photo books butisn’t it time to publish them? Even your
some other really fun and unique items for gifts andbusiness could make some very affordable
keepsakes too, like key chains and luggage tags withpromotional items such as a photo book of your
your picture on them. Spotting your luggage on theprojects or drink coasters for your clients with your
carousel at baggage claim just got a little easier!logo and their name on it. The possibilities are only
There is, of course, the old stand by coffee muglimited by your imagination! By the way, all of this is
with pictures of the kids for the Grandparents, andquite affordable; multi-image coffee mugs are about
t-shirts, mouse pads, drink coasters, even jigsaw$15.00, t-shirts are around $16.00 and photo books
puzzles! How about a calendar with pictures of laststart at around $20.00 and go upward of $175.00 and
year’s family vacation, or a refrigeratormore, depending on the number of pages and the
magnet with a picture of the family pet? Wow, justtype of binding. Now, go have some fun!
when you thought taking digital pictures was starting