Creating Perfect Spring Photo Mementos and Gifts

SEATTLE, WA, February 17, 2009 — Spring is the ideal season to snap that perfect family picture. The warmer months are filled with holiday-related opportunities such as Easter, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, when adults and children are dressed in their best outfits, creating perfect opportunities to capture a great photo. With advances in digital cameras and digital printing, even the most amateur photographer can produce archival quality photos with a few simple tips in mind.

“Springtime, as flowers come to full bloom and families gather for festivities, is often an opportune time to take beautiful photos of loved ones at their best,” says John Perez, CEO of RPI (www.rpiprint.com), which handles the manufacturing and fulfillment for consumer print-on-demand products for many of the leading ecommerce photo product websites. “Once you’ve captured that perfect picture, it’s simply a matter of finding a supplier with a strong reputation for high-quality and on-time delivery to create a lasting and highly personalized photo product.”

Simple Tips for Special Spring Shots:

• Tip #1: The Early Bird Catches the Worm. In this case, the early photographer catches the complimenting light. During Spring, early morning sun or early evening as the sunsets is the ideal time to capture soft, natural lighting that is most flattering. To keep the sun from causing squinting, it is best to position family members with the light source behind or slightly to the side of faces.
• Tip #2: Stick with Solid Simplicity. Selecting suitable backgrounds is essential. Stick with simple and uncluttered backgrounds for the cleanest shots, and take advantage of Spring’s fresh flowers as a seasonal prop. Similarly, coordinate the clothing colors of family members. Solid colors are a safe bet, and stay away from strips, dots and designs that clash or distract.
• Tip #3: Natural and Non-traditional Makes it Memorable. In many cases, the most comfortable shots are often candid. The easiest way to accomplish this comfort is to have family members interact with one another. Chatting, laughing, silly shots and soft actions, such as wrapping arms around each other, puts families at ease and that comes through in photos.
• Tip #4: Always Be Prepared for That Perfect Impromptu Photo. Keeping a digital camera or camera-enabled cell phone readily available means never missing those perfect and often unplanned opportunities to capture a great photo of children creating a Mother’s or Father’s Day gift from scratch or participating in an Easter Egg hunt. This simple tip will often prove to be most rewarding.

Turning these digital photos into spring mementos and gifts can be done quickly and conveniently from the comfort of home. With the right e-commerce photo product website, creating a family photo collage on the cover of a day planner or using a photo of the kids on a Mother’s or Father’s Day card is an easy and affordable gift. Four reputable suppliers that RPI highly recommends for personalized photo products are Snapfish by HP (www.snapfish.com), Multiply (www.multiply.com), blurb (www.blurb.com) and Tiny Prints (www.tinyprints.com).