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  • Cherishing The Memory Of Loved Ones You’ve Lost

    Cherishing The Memory Of Loved Ones You’ve Lost

    Throughout my life, I have cherished my cameras…

    I’d be willing to say that the camera is one of – if not the greatest – technological invention. Upon its creation, the camera began capturing our life moments, allowing us to hold on to our memories and learn about our ancestors in ways we never could before. They say “a picture is worth a thousand words” and that “the camera never lies” (Photoshop however….. 😉 ). These aren’t just whimsical idioms. They are true statements.

    In fact, I think it’s safe to say that they may even be understatements. Pictures, I’d submit, are worth a lot more than a thousand words. They preserve memories that enable us to recall stories and time periods of our lives that can last for hours. This is especially true when those stories are about our lost loved ones.

    Nothing feels worse that coping with the loss of a loved one.

    Although each and every one of us is guaranteed a life that will end at some point, this in itself does not lessen the pain. It hurts. We miss our grandparents, parents, friends, pets, and the many other relationships that effectively end when those individuals pass away. Naturally, we’ll always miss them and recall the happier times when they were here.

    However, it’s the pictures that contain their images that help us to truly hold on to their memories. Yes, they can initiate a bout with tears. But what would we do without those pictures? I truly cherish the photographs I’ve taken of the people and pets I’ve lost in my life. The pictures mean so much to me, as they represent various times in my life when I experienced such joy with the people I loved. Those moments are important. They deserve to be cherished forever.

    Cherish the memories of your lost loved ones with a professional photo book

    I feel that there’s no better way to cherish the memories of our lost loved ones than to construct Photo Books with their pictures.

    You may be wondering what makes a Photo Book any different than a photo album.  Let me begin by mentioning that a Photo Book can be compared to a coffee table book in that its pages are made up of the photographs themselves. They are high-quality, high-resolution printed pages of your photos that otherwise would experience a lot of wear and tear and other forms of deterioration throughout the years.  As opposed to heavy photo albums, people quite enjoy picking up a photobook and reminiscing over the photographs as they flip through the beautiful pages one by one.

    Photo albums don’t exactly help to prevent such deterioration.  In fact, in many cases, photo albums add to the diminishing quality of old photographs. When kept in dark and dusty places like closets and humid basements and garages, the pictures can endure degradation due to the environmental elements. Not to mention, when the photographs are handled, everything from finger smudges to the adhesive or plastic used in the photo albums can reduce their quality and increase the speed of their deterioration.

    Professional Photo Books help to preserve the quality of your precious photos for the long haul. Not to mention, they can be uniquely designed with text to tell a special version of your lost loved one’s life story. Photos are often arranged chronologically, but you always have the option of telling the story that you think best suits the person you’re commemorating.

    Please don’t hesitate to contact me today so that we can get started on a professional PhotoBook that perfectly preserves your cherished memories!

  • Photo Books Make The Perfect Holiday Gifts For Your Family

    Photo Books Make The Perfect Holiday Gifts For Your Family

    Welcome to the month of December!

    For many Canadians, this month marks the most joyous time of the year. With the holidays coming, many families are planning their get-togethers and parties and will be engaging in the annual traditions of eating hearty meals, singing carols and exchanging gifts.

    I’m willing to bet that, like most holiday seasons, you’re not entirely sure about what should be on your holiday gift list. Depending on the number of people you plan on shopping for, it can be quite the exhausting task to think of the perfect gift for everyone on your list. That’s why I’m also willing to bet that I can help you out your holiday gift ideas!

    How can all of your photos turn into the perfect holiday gift for your family?

    At PhotoWise, we proudly create one-of-a-kind Photo Books that have completely revolutionized the way photos are organized, stored and preserved. PhotoBooks, make amazing gifts for all family members as they uniquely capture your family history through vibrant collages that are created out of the photos you’ve been storing in various places for decades.

    Firstly, let’s start with all of those digital photos that are sitting on your phone, laptop, tablet and/or digital camera. Not only are they taking up all of the memory on those devices, but they’re not providing much usefulness other than the occasional swipe when showing them to friends.

    Many of those photos may have already been shared on your social media accounts. But they’re not exactly organized in a way that tells the story about the various happy moments you’ve enjoyed with your family members and friends. Not to mention, they don’t tangibly exist in a form that can be wrapped…and then unwrapped on Christmas morning!

    Secondly, let’s discuss all of those old photos you have collecting dust somewhere. You know the ones that you have tucked away in shoeboxes or are slowly deteriorating over time in those archaic photo albums? How great would it be to compile all of your most precious old pictures with the digital photos you have stored on your devices in order to create an incredible collection – all in one professionally manufactured Photo Book?

    Can you think of a family member who wouldn’t appreciate a Photo Book?

    I’m a firm believer that Photo Books are among the best ways to cherish the memories that you and your family hold so dear. Similar to coffee table books, Photo-books have pages that are made up of the photographs themselves. So, unlike photo albums, the pages of the book won’t cause any damage or produce deteriorating effects on the images.

    grandparents love to share memories over photobooks

    The Photo-books created by PhotoWise are made up of high-quality, high-resolution reprints of your photos. They preserve the quality of your cherished photos for decades to come. As well, Photo-books are generally accepted as some of the most thoughtful gifts one person can give to another. Especially when gift shopping is such a chore because of the confusion around knowing what your loved ones really want, Photo Books provide ideal gift solutions!

    Please don’t hesitate to contact me today so that we can get started on a Photo Book that will make the perfect holiday gift for your family!

  • A Yearbook To Celebrate Your Family

    A Yearbook To Celebrate Your Family

    Year-In-Review: One Of The Best Ways To Celebrate Your Family

    Happy New Year everyone! I would like to offer you my best wishes and hopes that it will be a year that will provide you with many wonderful new memories!

    Here at PhotoWise, we’re big on preserving memories, and that’s why we offer a number of unique and special custom services that enable you to beautifully preserve your family photos and stories. (Including the family yearbook photo book!)

    We’ve just come off another wonderful holiday season and I’m willing to bet that you posed for family and friends to take photographs – as well as took a bunch of shots yourself.  After all, the holiday seasons are the biggest “photo taking” times of the year. (Those mobile phone cameras are so darn handy aren’t they?!)

    But what happens to all of those holiday photos after they’re taken?

    In years of past, the photos would usually end up in sticky photo albums, cut and glued into scrapbooks, or stored in shoeboxes. Today, they are mainly stored digitally on computers or mobile devices – spread throughout the many smartphones of the people who took the pictures. In some cases, a few of them end up on Facebook and social media but there’s never really any tangible account of the celebrations you enjoyed in each holiday season. All too often, the memories of those happy faces, activities and traditions become hazy as the photos get lost in their respective social media timelines or dropped into a miscellaneous (and eventually misplaced) folder on your computer.

    How can we help you to preserve your cherished holiday memories?

    We recommend the creation of an annual Family Yearbook!  Each year, around this time, we help our clients to collect their favourite photos from the previous year so that they can be edited, organized and exquisitely displayed in a one-of-a-kind hardcover custom photobook.  The family ‘year-in-review’ photobook is a big favourite in our family – everyone wants to turn the pages and reminisce about ‘that time when ….’ and laugh about the ‘out-take’ page that we add at the back for laughs.

    These professionally-designed yearbooks take away the frustration that often accompanies the thought of having to find the time and energy to preserve and organize your treasured photos all by yourself. In addition, the Family Yearbooks we create for our clients are excellent ways to establish priceless family heirlooms that can be passed down from generation to generation.

    Family Yearbooks are excellent ways to preserve your family traditions!  family yearbook photobook

    With our help, you can publish a professionally-bound family heirloom on a yearly basis. Our Family Yearbooks are custom-made to showcase your families traditions and celebrations.

    At PhotoWise, we pride ourselves on relieving our clients of the stress that comes with locating, sorting and organizing all of the photos that you have collected over the years. Allow us to offer you one of the greatest ways to celebrate your family, year in and year out!