The Evolution of Photos to Photo Cards
Family photographs used to be something taken with our 35mm cameras – the film developed periodically and the pictures put lovingly into photo albums. And posed family portraits were something left to the professionals in a studio when the holidays rolled around. But today, in many cases, the traditional portraits are left to amateur photographers within the family – those with a love of taking pictures and a desire to create personalized photo cards.
Over the years, photo cards have become more and more popular – announcing the birth of a baby or the purchase of a new home, thanking wedding guests with a picture of the newly married couple, and, of course, the holiday photo cards we all receive each year. It used to be that in order to create something attractive – and create it quickly – consumers were forced to rely upon the studios that had already charged them for a portrait sitting and were now going to charge them to create photo cards from one of the chosen pictures.
Once computers became a staple in every household, the trend became to create photo cards from home – uploading a picture taken from a digital camera and creating photo cards from a publishing program. The challenge, as most people quickly realized, was that photo cards were not as simple to create as we all would have thought. But more importantly, by the time we were done purchasing the ink and the photo quality paper, we had spent a significant amount of money. Clearly, we were in need of another option.
Enter the photo sharing sites that have revolutionized the way in which we can manage our family’s photography. In addition to having the option to upload and share online photo albums with family and friends, photo sharing sites are able to offer some of the lowest prices available on a photo cards, photo prints, and other photo products.
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