Photo memory books are a beautiful and creative way to display and preserve photos of special times, people and places in your life. They also make wonderful gifts for others and are a lot of fun to create. There are many different subjects for photo memory books. If you want to make a photo memory book as a gift, you could create a biography telling the story of that persons life. This could be a really fascinating project, especially for a parent or other older relative. You might end up unearthing all kinds of fascinating family history and photographs! You could create a photo memory book that covers your entire family instead of just one person. Other types of photo memory books you could make are books which record a year in your family or child’s life or perhaps a book recording a special trip or vacation.

Scanning Old Photos

Older photos that you do not have in digital format can be scanned in, either on your own scanner at home or by a scanning service if you don’t have one of your own. Not only does this allow you to use the photos when you make your photo book, it also allows you to preserve those images permanently in digital format, safe from fading and other wear and tear. Shutterfly partners with ScanSafe to offer a photo scanning service at very reasonable cost. You simply ship your photos to them (with door-to-door tracking of the package), they will scan them and perform red-eye removal, color correction and dust and scratch removal if needed. Your photos then get automatically uploaded to your Shutterfly account where you can organize and share them. And of course, you can add them directly to a photo book if you create it using Shutterfly photo book software. Visit the Image Services section of the Shutterfly Store for more details. You can also have photos scanned at most large office supply stores and at Kinkos.