Arts and Photography tips and guide

Even in this age of electronic devices and hand held computing power, no system better than photo calendars has been devised for setting up and maintaining a list of all the dates that you have to remember. The reasons for the effectiveness of such calendars begin with the simplicity with which information can be 'inputted'. Entering the relevant dates is as quick and easy as picking up a pen and jotting them down. Whether it's something pleasant like the day your holiday in the sun starts or something boring but vital such as the date that a tax bill is due to be paid, it can be scribbled on the relevant page. Accessing the dates is as simple as flicking through the pages and, if anything needs to be changed, you simply pick up the pen, cross it out and write down something new. Those are all the reasons why calendars are so useful and so popular, but they can't detract from the downside, which is how dull and boring most of them actually look.

Usually, they feature tedious shots of nature or 'cute' pictures of animals and only extremely rarely are they the kind of thing which you'll enjoy looking at. Since you'll actually be looking at it on a more or less daily basis, this hardly seems fair. The answer to this problem, and the way in which you can create a calendar which will warm the heart every time you look at it as well as serving its' intended purpose, is to use your own images to create personalized photo calendars. In the past, this idea would have conjured forth images of sticking your photographs onto bits of cardboard and drawing the dates on - personal, yes, but not exactly stylish or well produced. Digital technology, on the other hand, means that you can use your photographs and have them printed up into personalized calendars which are of the same glossy appearance and high standard as those which you can buy from high street shops.

The process of making such a calendar is totally simple - upload the selection of images you wish to employ to the relevant website and then use the software to design your calendar. You'll be taken through the process in a logical, incremental manner, meaning that no experience is needed to be able to design the layout of each page, choose a graphic style and even opt to start the calendar on a month other than January.

The same technology also means that you can pick out individual special shots and have them turned into gallery standard canvas prints. Canvas photo prints utilizing images from your own collection will look stunning on the walls of your house and also make wonderfully memorable gifts, and if you want something even more permanent than a calendar why not have your images turned into stunning personalized photo albums?

Whether you turn your favorite photographs into photo calendars to give as gifts, or one off canvas prints with which to decorate your home, you'll be creating objects which are genuinely personal whilst still being truly excellent in terms of quality.

Albelli is a subsidiary of Albumprinter BV, one of the largest European photo books & photo calendars suppliers active in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.

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