I might be a little biased, but I think photo products make a great gift! They’re personal, you can never have too many and you know it’ll be a unique gift. And, I think we can all agree that they’re a much better alternative to wandering the aisles of a big box store with hundreds of other shoppers the week before Christmas wondering what to get your mother-in-law. (Luckily, mine gives me a list. And she likes photos as gifts!)

While a print makes an awesome gift (especially if it’s framed in one of our new frames!), there are several other great gift options, too. Storyboards are some of my favorites, and the 8×8 storyboards we just added to The Store are perfect gifts for grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. And during this holiday season, we’re including a little stand with the 8×8 storyboards, so all you have to do is wrap them up and place them under the tree for a ready-to-go gift! (But if you don’t like the stand, you can hang them with a matching ribbon or frame them!)

If you’re looking for a bigger gift, our bigger storyboards make quite the impact! I LOVE the 20×20:

and the 10×20 (vertical or horizontal):

So much fun, don’t you think? Oh, and remember our fall specials? If you order before December 5, you could get one (or more!) of the 8×8 storyboards free! Spend $325 on prints and products (not including session fee), and you’ll receive one digital file with print release OR one 8×8 storyboard as a thank you gift. Spend $500 on prints/products, and you’ll get 4 digital files with print release OR 4 identical 8×8 storyboards, or spend $800 on prints/products and get the full set of digital files!

Want more great Christmas gift ideas? How about a:

• Gallery wrapped canvas (ready to hang!)
• Mini brag book (come in sets of three!)
• Gift certificate for a session or prints

All of these items are available in The Store! Happy shopping!

- Heather Maynard, Athens, Georgia photographer

Just in time for the holidays, we’ve added a few new products (now available in The Store!), including frames!

We’ve wanted to offer framing for a long time (and we do work with clients from time-to-time on custom framing), but there have been a few things stopping us – the main one being time! There are lots of great vendors out there that offer framing, but they require a LOT of time to place orders. Some would ship the frames to us and we’d frame the prints ourselves. Others frame the prints for you, but that requires coordinating with our printer and the framer (and the turnaround time can be a little long). All of these things take a lot of time (for which we have to charge), and it just never made since to offer an 8×10 framed print at the price we’d have to charge! That’s why we were beyond thrilled to learn that our lab is now offering framing!

Choose from four shapes: Ornate, Bombay, Tuscan and Hampton, and five colors: Black, White, Baby Blue, Pink, or Espresso.

Print comes framed and ready-to-hang (with saw tooth hangers on back for easy hanging)! There is no glass in these frames, but the prints are coated with a protective coating (as are ALL of our prints).

Print is included in price and does not need to be ordered separately.

Ornate and Bombay frames have openings for 8×10 prints; Tuscan and Hampton frames have openings for 10×10 prints. The overall dimensions for each frame are Ornate – 15.5×15, Bombay – 15×16, Tuscan – 15.5×15, and Hampton – 15.5×15.5.

We’re certainly hoping to offer more shape/color/size options in the future, but we’re thrilled to offer these for now and see how you like them! Check them out:

And just so you know, you can order from The Store anytime – you don’t have to have an active gallery (but for most items, you do need to know image numbers for most items you’re ordering).

We’ll be back in a bit to show off a few other products, too!

- Heather Maynard, Athens, Georgia photographer