Put pics into an online photo book and post it to Facebook, Twitter, blogs
Don’t just post photos, post your family reunion story in photos. Lifephoto has an easy format that lets you upload photos, organize them and add captions. 
Tell your family reunion story online to family and friends in a photo book format — far more interesting that plain old photos — and it doesn’t have to cost you a cent! Here’s a great example of a family reunion story in photo book sharing format.
Open the link and take a look at the “turning-page” format of this online photo book. You can make it and share it on Facebook, Twitter, blogs or Web sites. Order a copy for yourself or let your family and friends order their own from the link you send them. So easy. So inexpensive. So much fun.
Photo Books are an Inexpensive But Long-lasting Way to Save the Memories
Lifephoto offers a number of photo book options and prices, starting at $6.95 — easy on the budget. Photo books make it so much easier to view your memories — no need to shuffle through old packs of developed pictures. No need to paste pics into a scrapbook or photo album. Photo books store easily, too, unlike bulky photo albums. Take a look at the Lifephoto options and start uploading the photos you want to save and share.
Get Your Students Organized with Calendar Tools They’ll Love to Use
Get them organized. Help them stay organized. Here are three organization and scheduling tools that will make daily school scheduling more fun:
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Dry Erase Boards.
Notes and reminders will keep a student on track.
Marker boards fit conveniently in any locker or dorm door and come with an erasable marker that sticks to the board with Velcro tabs. Each board is printed on metallic paper, which gives it a liquid-like finish and subtle reflection. Choose from a variety of designs and include one or more of your student’s favorite photos. 8″x18″ dry erase board — custom designed by your — is just $18. -
Wall Calendars.
Start your student’s calendar with the month of August — the time they need to really begin getting organized for school. Incorporate special dates, birthdays, reminders, personal messages and school events into each month of the school year.
Add one or more great photos to each month. Two calendar sizes are available — choose from 12- or 18-month calendar formats. $14.95 to $21.35. -
Daily Planners.
The ultimate student organizer he or she will take with them everywhere! Here’s another opportunity to make school organization fun — add great photos and lots of notes, reminders or silly comments throughout the year.
Two day planner sizes are available and choose from 13, 27 or 54 photos that can be included. Pricing for a student’s ultra-cool personal daily planner starts at $21.
Get started now. See these and other back-to-school organization tools on Lifephoto.com.
Start your child’s school memory book on the first day of Kindergarten
If you’ve got a youngster starting Kindergarten or first grade, you’ll want to capture 
that first day in photos. With a little forethought and planning, you can get the photos that will tell a terrific story about your child’s first day of school. Here are a few tips to help you get the best shots and give you plenty to work with when you put together that memory book or booklet:
Start Photos at Home
- Get up earlier than normal. Allow plenty of time for photos.
- Lay out the child’s clothes. Snap a photo of the outfit or as the child chooses his/her clothing item.
- Try a Mirror Shot. Position the child in front of a full-length mirror. Stand behind the child, but out of the mirror’s view. Snap a picture of your child looking into the mirror.
- Got a stairway? Stand at the bottom of the stairs and shoot a few pictures of your child coming down the steps. Perhaps have him/her put one hand on the railing.
- Breakfast. Every kid has to start the first day of school with a good breakfast! Snap a few shots around the table. Be sure to include some closeups — maybe some humorous shots as the child “stuffs” some Cheerios into his mouth or some other silly thing that happens.
- Packing the Backpack. Maybe grab a couple of shots as your child checks his/her backback and adds a few last items. A vertical closeup is good.
- Got a Dog or Cat? How cute would a photo be of your child kissing or hugging the dog good-bye?
- Ready to Leave. When your child is all set, backpack and all, have him/her stand on the front porch or next to the car for one last shot before leaving for school.
Photos at School
When you shoot these photos depends on your school’s first-day procedure. If your school offers a pre-first-day visit at which the children meet the teacher, sit in a desk and generally get familiar with the classroom environment, you might prefer to get a lot of photos there. Then capture what you can on the actual first day of school. Here are some ideas:
- Get a shot of the front of the school. You can take this one after you’ve gotten your child settled in the classroom.
- Walking up to the door. Grab a shot or two of your child alone or with other children. Call to him/her to shoot you a quick wave and grab that shot.
- Your Child’s Teacher. Be sure to snap a photo of the teacher on the first day of school. If possible, as she greets your child.
- The Classroom. Take a few photos around the classroom. Maybe the desk in which your child will sit.
- The Chalkboard. Any notes on the chalkboard for the first day of school? Grabg a photo of that.
- The Bulletin Board. Teachers usually have these spiffed up for the first day of school. Snap a couple of photos.
- The Coatroom. If there’s a coatroom, check it out to see if there are coats/backpacks hanging on hooks — might be a cool shot.
- Go home.
- School Pick-up. Try to capture your child as he/she walks out the door from school on that first day.
- New Friends. How about a shot of your child with his/her new friends as they come out of school?
- After-School Snack. Taking your child for an ice cream cone or snack?Grab a photo to help wrap up the day in photos. Or if you go straight home, snap a shot of after-school snacktime at home.
Back Home. Try to catch a cute shot of your child walking up to the door at home — maybe the shirttails are hangout or the backback is dragging. Maybe your child is warmly greeting the dog after a long first day at school. Watch for cool photo opps that wrap up that first day!
Then What?
Upload your photos to lifephoto.com and start working on a memory book or booklet. Once your photos are uploaded, you can work on the project at your leisure, saving drafts online as you go. When your project is complete — and even before you have it printed — you can see an online flipping-page version of it. Better yet, you can e-mail that version to all your friends and relatives right from the lifephoto.com site — at no charge to you! How cool is that?!!
Post Back-to-School Photos Directly to Facebook, Twitter or your Blog
Lifephoto also gives you a lot of options for sharing those precious photos. Check it out now!
Check out Lifephoto’s FAQs to ensure photo quality
Personally, I never read instructions. I simply jump in and start “doing.” Sometimes I need to go back and find out if I’m doing it correctly. That’s why I recommend you review the FAQs on the Lifephoto site before you upload your photos. Only takes a minute, but will help you get better quality photo reproduction for your photo gifts. You’ll find the FAQs and other good information about Lifephoto by clicking “ABOUT” at the bottom of any page.
.JPG and DPI Matter
- Be sure your photos are saved in the .jpg format before uploading.
- Use 300 DPI for images smaller than 12″x12″.
- 150 DPI for images larger than 12 × 12″ with an sRGB color profile.
- Try to upload your photos in the order in which you think you will use them– if including them in a photo book, journal, calendar or day planner. You can always rearrange them later, but it’s faster if they are already in the order you’d like.
A 12″x18″ photo poster makes a great gift, too!
Have a few terrific photos you’d like to have blown up and framed? 
Maybe for your own wall. Maybe for gifts? It’s easy to do and relatively inexpensive.
Upload Your Pictures to Lifephoto.com
It will only take you a minute or two to upload your photo, select the poster size you want and order. Add a caption if you like as I did in this photo of a Great Blue Heron that I took last year in my backyard. Read my original post about creating this personalized-sized poster.
Add an inexpensive mat that brings out one of the subtle colors in your photo. Then an inexpensive frame and you’ve got a beautiful framed photo.
Start thinking about photos you’d like to see blown up and framed. Then upload them to lifephoto.com for high quality, value and personalized service.
Share Photos and Thank You’s on One Easy-to-Make Photo Thank You Card.
Wedding thank you notes take time — time you may not have.
Lifephoto offers you an easy, quick alternative to handwritten notes — yet very personal because you include one or more special photos from your wedding with a brief printed thank you message. Just mail.
Metallic Photo Thank You Cards
Want an elegant yet fun and memorable thank you to send to your family and friends? Yet one that doesn’t require long hours of handwritten messages? Go to Lifephoto.com and quickly make up a thank you note on metallic photo paper — complete with matching envelopes. Your recipients will love getting the photos and special message from the happy couple!
Choose from a number of card designs and photo options. Personalize it with one memorable message from the bride and groom.
Start your Lifephoto daily planner any month of the year. Base it on your life’s activities.
Think a calendar or day planner has to begin on January 1? Not at all. Often it makes more sense to structure it based on your lifestyle. And don’t forget, you can include all the photos you love on your day planner pages.
Teachers, Students and Moms
Your lifestyle year most likely begins in August. Start your day planner on August 1 and be sure to include all the important dates you’ll need to remember throughout the year: holidays, teacher’s convention, field trips, spring break, last day of school!
Brides-to-Be, Mothers of the Bride
The biggest day of your life (or your daughter’s life) begins on the wedding day. Two suggestions:
- Start your day planner a full year before the wedding month. Get all the important dates, appointments and decision dates loaded into your pages.
- Start a day planner for the bride beginning with her wedding month.
Check out the day planner options that Lifephoto offers you.
And don’t forget, FREE SHIPPING through August 2, 2010. Use coupon code PLANNERS10.
Easy photo cards to make and send after a family reunion
Keep the family reunion memories alive all year with a “Treasure the Memories” photo card. 
Gather up the best photos, upload them to Lifephoto.com and easily create a photo memory card that every family member will love. Don’t forget to send them to those who didn’t make it to this year’s reunion — they’re sure to be there next time!
Accordion Photo Cards.
An accordion card is probably the best choice for conveying warm family sentiments and displaying a number of fun reunion photos. Expandable 8-sides cards, accordion cards give you plenty of room to share your reunion story in photos and text. Come with matching envelopes. You can even include the date for next year’s reunion.
Everyone will treasure the memories of this year’s family reunion — just because you cared enough to capture the event on a special card for them.
