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In today’s article I’m going to give you a great idea for one of the best photographic gifts you can give, now that Christmas is just around the corner. (If it is you who would like to receive the gift, share this article with the person in question, as well as who does not want the thing 😉 ).
Every year we prepare a compilation with photo gift ideas. And while it’s cool to give expensive gifts, financially expensive gifts bring fleeting joy. Gifts that contain some type of emotional content are candidates to last much longer, and to generate much deeper emotion over time.
A gift that is included in this category is the photo album. In addition to being cheap, it is a type of gift that allows you to capture a number of memories, moments, people, trips and even emotions, give them a physical body, palpable with the hand, and surprise the person who receives it with something original and different, made to measure.
I think a photo album is one of the most “personal” gift ideas out there. In addition, few gifts carry such a good cost-satisfaction ratio.
In today’s article I am going to explain to you how you can order a cheap and good quality photo album and where to do it. I’m also going to teach you some tricks to make sure your album marks the person emotionally for life.
Where to order a photo album online
There are many companies on the Internet to order a photo album. I have been trying several for years and for some time now I have become a faithful user of a photo printing service, relatively new in Spain, but which has given the best results to date. I mean CEWEa German “digital laboratory” originally but which has been operating in many European countries for decades and with many awards behind it, such as the TIPA award in several of its editions, among others.
In any case, if you are going to order a photo album, you want to be demanding about the company or online service where you are going to order it. Whether you order it for your own use or as a gift, you want your album to have pristine quality.
If you live in Spain, my recommendation is that you do it with this laboratory, mainly because:
- They offer an unconditional money-back guarantee 😱. Either because the quality does not convince you (difficult thing, but just in case), or because you yourself have made a mistake when choosing and organizing the photos. It doesn’t matter the reason. In the first 14 days you request a refund and they return the amount charged, or if you prefer, you order another replacement album and that’s it.
Only this point makes it worth trying them, knowing that you have the peace of mind to ask for a return if necessary. - They are the European leader in terms of photo albums. They make and ship an inordinate amount of albums every day, and this allows them to improve the quality of their product.
- They have been on the market for more than 50 years. It’s not turkey mucus.
- This is already subjective but I think they offer one of the best qualities in terms of development, colors, paper, etc. that you can find right now.
Tricks to create a “different” photo album
Below I will show you, step by step, how to order a photo album online. But first I would like to share with you a series of tips and tricks to create a beautiful album that will leave the gift recipient speechless:
- Prepare the photos you are going to use beforehand. Put them all in a folder before starting the process. Otherwise, once you get into album creation, you might waste a lot of time or get bogged down in looking at photos.
- Prepare a slightly higher number of photos than you want to use. If you thought to create an album of 26 photos, prepare about 28 for example. This will allow you to replace a photo if, during the album creation process, you see that the photo looks bad, has low resolution, or has a problem.
- The least page album with CEWE comes with 26 pages if I’m not mistaken, so you’ll need at least 26 photos. If for some reason you don’t have as many photos (for example, you only have 20), you can enter some text in your album.
During the creation of the album, it leaves empty some pages in an interleaved way. Then add text, just text, to those pages. You can put a sentence in large, in the middle of the page, at the bottom or with the layout that you want. It can be a “usual” phrase of the person to whom you are going to give it (so it will make it funny), a verse that is familiar, an inspirational phrase, or any idea. Play around with fonts and sizes to add an interesting aesthetic touch to the page.
How to create a photo album
You can order your photo album from the albums section. And although it is quite intuitive, I am going to show you the process to order a photo album step by step. I thought that instead of describing the process in text and adding a couple of screenshots here and there, how about I order an album for myself, record my screen and walk you through the process step by step?
If you are interested in seeing it, the ideal is that you also get into the album section from CEWE and follow the process with me in parallel.
Before you start, I recommend that you prepare the photos you want to include in the album beforehand. Prepare about 26 photos because it is the minimum number of pages you will have in the photoalbum. If you have fewer photos, above in the “tricks” section I have indicated a way to overcome this situation.
You should also be careful, this selection of photos is tricky. It’s easy to go over and over again and end up paralyzed, not being able to close the selection, making the process eternal. Take your time to select good and representative photos, but don’t get too obsessed either. Sometimes we get stuck hesitating between two photos for a nuance that in the grand scheme of things is not going to change much. So keep that in mind when you start making your selection.
Assuming that you had your photos already prepared in a folder on the desktop of your computer, let’s get down to business. Here I leave the video so you can follow me step by step while you assemble your order.
If you are going to order your album with the quick workshop (through the web), watch the video from minute 2:30.
If you are going to do it through the downloadable software, go to minute 15:22 of the video.
And so far with today’s article-tutorial. I hope you have found it useful and that you leave that person impressed with this gift. Oh, by the way, if you wanted the photo album as a Christmas present, don’t wait too long. If you put it off too long, you run the risk that it won’t arrive on time.
Luck.