Photographs
make great presents but are better still when they are nicely framed. Now
you can do it all online. Simply upload your digital photos, choose a frame
– wood, silver, black, etc. – and have your framed photo delivered
to yourself or directly to the recipient.
There's a great choice of frames
available, for wall hanging and desktop. Websites clearly show how your framed
photo will look when finished, and in some cases you can crop and adjust your
image to fit the frame.
Wall
albums are a great idea, they let you make a compilation of photos to hang on
the wall. Ideal for sending as gifts to relatives who live far away – keeping
them up-to-date on the growing children and family activities. Visit Photobox
to buy wall albums.fix & Frame claims to be the only UK online retailer to offer photographic retouching, digital prints, canvases AS WELL as custom framing. "Choose one or more of the services we offer to transform a photo into a piece of art." it goes on to say.
The benefits of using fix & Frame:
Well, we've not tested this service directly yet, but the technology certainly seems to be there to let you frame your photos, but first fix any parts of that photo that do indeed need retouching.
Basically, for the full fix & Frame service, customers simply upload their images to the site and tell the fix and Frame retouchers just how they would like their image to be altered and improved. Next they order their prints. And then get creative using the online framing studio.
You're encouraged to choose the perfect frame and even to match it up to the colour of your living room wall using the site's tools. Worth checking out I'd say.
myPIX
offer a fantastic range of frames that are very reasonably priced. There are stylish
standing frames, frames to hang on the wall, notice board frames which hold numerous
photos, as well as great value plexi frames and
cubes. They also allow you to search for frames by photo dimension which
is very useful.
myPIX also offer reasonably priced digital photo
frames, the cheapest for less than £50.
PhotoBox sell a silver or wooden photo frame, the wooden frames come in natural or black and all frames come in two sizes. There is also a fridge magnet frame and a very good 'Walbum' which in effect is a folding album that can be hung on the wall. It holds up to 40 photos and is made from sturdy plastic.
The Framed Picture Company is a great site for getting your photos framed. As well as being a comprehensive online art gallery this company can print, mount and custom frame your photos in a choice of over 30 mouldings and other media such as MDF plaques and canvas. Upload your photo and use the virtual framing tool. They offer a "Lowest price promise and 100% satisfaction guaranteed on all framed pictures."
Worth a visit, I'd say, especially if you believe this customer testimonial: "Wow... the quality of your output is really high, better than I expected thanks... Ian"
Note: you can find digital photo frames here!