christmas photo cards

Christmas Photo Cards from Overseas

December 29, 2009

I’ve lived overseas for the past three years because of my husband’s job. We keep in touch with our friends and family by e-mail and we’re always sending them digital photos from the holidays and from the vacations we take to other countries. Last year we decided to send Christmas photo cards instead of emailing [...]

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Some Photo Techniques for your Christmas Photo Cards

October 13, 2009

If you decide to send a Christmas photo cards, vary your photo techniques. Choose beautiful backgrounds, experiment with different camera angles, and take candid rather than posed photos. Be the director of your Oscar-worthy Christmas photo cards. Do you live in a cold climate? What’s more seasonal than hills of snow and majestic pine trees [...]

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The Real Value of Photo Christmas Cards

June 23, 2009

I remember a Christmas photo cards that my parents sent of my brother Gary and myself when we were little children. We lived in a modest ranch-style home in Oklahoma in the late ‘50s. I must have been eight years old. Mom put a red flannel shirt on Gary and slicked back his brown hair. [...]

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Photo Greeting Cards Create Memories for a Lifetime

May 12, 2009

Several years ago (I won’t say exactly how many in order to protect the innocent), my uncle celebrated his 60th birthday. My aunt created a very unique and special invitation for his surprise party. The photo greeting cards that my aunt selected to use for his invitation featured space for three different pictures. The photo [...]

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The Joy of Restoring Old Family Photos

March 10, 2009

For the past couple of years, my wife Susan has really been into the studying and tracing of her family history. Genealogical research is a complex process that involves more than affixing a collection of names on a pedigree chart. Genealogy involves identifying ancestral or descendant families by using historical records to establish biological, genetic, [...]

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Christmas Photo Cards – Fun for the Whole Family

February 24, 2009

Every family has one – a mother, cousin, grandparent or aunt who obsessively shoves the camera in everyone’s face at family functions.  This special family photographer is always around for opportunities for family photos, no matter how unflattering they may be. You can run, but you can never hide from the unforgiving lens. As a [...]

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Digital Photo Cards Are Not Just for Christmas Anymore

December 23, 2008

Christmas photo cards have been out there for a fairly long time now.  Parents everywhere have been enthusiastically sending out bright and shiny images of their beloved progeny on their annual Christmas photo cards.  I have fond memories (now that it’s long over) of trying to keep two small children and one shaggy dog to [...]

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Taking Pictures for Christmas Photo Cards can be a Test of Patience

November 11, 2008

Digital cameras are a wonderful thing. Picture the stack of Christmas photo cards you receive each year. Ever stop to wonder how long it took to get the shot that wound up on your best friend’s photo card? The kids are perfectly posed, looking at the camera, smiling brightly. The only question is whether it [...]

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Photo Christmas Cards Tips for the Digital Age

October 20, 2008

Have you ever walked into a convenience store and look at one of those photo Christmas cards? You know…the cards where you can place one of your family photos into a slot?  They always seem to have the same happy family posing for the picture.  Traditionally you send these cards with a studio portrait of [...]

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