10 Unique Ways to Give a Photograph as a Gift

If you are looking for something that will standout and perhaps become someone's favorite gift this year, consider creating a unique gift from a photograph?

Pictures can be a great gift for anyone on your list from a girlfriend of three weeks, the man you love, the in-laws wanting a copy of the wedding pictures, grandparents wanting a grandchild's brag book, or the hard to shop for friends and family.

Whether you already booked a session with a professional photographer for your family Christmas photo or you want to give that special someone in your life a sensational photo of yourself, a professional photographer can help you achieve the perfect picture and turn it into a great photo gift idea.

There are a number of unique and individualized gift ideas to choose from:

1) Hardbound Books:

With a hardbound book, you can tell a story with photos for an important person in your life. Use personal photos, favorite moments with your family, a professional photo session or some combination. Consider creating a personalized grandparents brag book.

2) Buttons:

Rather than having to drag out the grandkid's pictures for all to see, give the grandparents a picture button with their grandchild's picture on it. Or, maybe you have a proud parent or sports mom or dad that would love to wear the button at their child's game or school play.

3) Calendars:

Instead of a calendar with birds or flowers, create a distinctive calendar this year with pictures of the children, family dog or cat, best family memories, or whatever you know the receiver will look at affectionately over the next 12-months. It may become the first calendar they'll keep after the year is over.

4) Ornaments:

Many people collect ornaments of the places they visit, vacation trips, momentous occasions, or to celebrate another passing year. What better gift for an ornament collector than a specialized ornament with a loved ones picture precisely placed inside. Picture ornaments can even be a great addition tied on a Christmas box or tucked away in a Christmas stocking.

5) Key chains:

Rather than the boring keychain off the rack, create a customized picture key chain. A picture of the grandkids, a wedding day or a special photo on a key chain may have them pulling out their keys more often to look at the picture than using them to unlock the door.

6) Magazine Covers, Posters and Baseball Cards:

If you have the child or person who has always wanted to be a star, these unique gift ideas will help them take center stage.

7) Glamour Session:

Treat a loved one to a glamour photo session. Have a make-up artist and hair stylist pampered them, capture their personality with glamour photos, and make them feel like special.

8) Puzzles:

For the one in your life who loves to always have their mind teased and tried by puzzles, give them an exclusive one of a kind puzzle this year created out of a special photo you'll know they'll adore.

9) Canvas Prints:

Let your photos become a work of art this year. Rather than placing the wedding photo or the family picture behind a piece of glass or in a book, that special photograph can become a canvas masterpiece hung proudly on the wall.

10) Photo Restoration:

Maybe it's not a new photo but an old photo your loved one would like to see restored. A professional photographer can help you restore that imperfect or degraded photo without damage to the original print.

With a visit to a professional photographer, you can create individualized, irreplaceable gift ideas and you don't have to search through stores or fight the traffic to find them.


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Rich Winslow has 30 years of experience in the photography industry and specializes in portrait photography in Asheville and throughout western North Carolina. By mentioning this article, you'll get a 15% discount on your portrait session. Learn more