It’s so easy to create something amazing with your pictures and share them in award-winning photo books, cards and stationary, prints, calendars, photo gifts and personal website. Picture the possibilities – all on one site.

• Free shipping on orders $30+ (Enter code SHIP30) valid 7/1 – 8/1
• Take up to 30% off Photo Books valid 7/15 – 7/26
• 20% off Notepads, notebooks, magnets, mouse pads, and Canvas Tote Bag valid 7/15 – 7/26
• Sign up with Shutterfly.com and receive 50 free prints!

Relive the stories of your life – big or small – with a professionally bound keepsake that you’ve personalized from cover to cover. A photo book is a unique way to remember the joy of an afternoon at the zoo, the accomplishments of school years past, and the family milestones of birthday bashes, reunions, and summer vacations. All it takes is your favorite pictures and an afternoon of fun.

Use these helpful tips to make your photo book easy and fun:

- A time saver: Select “auto-fill” to automatically fill your book with any unchecked pictures from your picture strip. You can then review and modify each page at your convenience.

This is an easy way to jump start the selection of pictures for your photo book. Now all you have to do is adjust a few and add your personal captions.

- Explore the possibilities: test different page backgrounds while you create your photo book by selecting alternative designs using the Background tab.

This way you can quickly see how to customize your photo book to suit your story. Go with bold stripes for birthdays, or textured colors for travel.

- Resize your books for gifts: Visit My Shutterfly, highlight the book you want to create in another size within the My Projects section and select “make a copy of your book in a different size” to easily convert your book. For example, change an 8×8 photo book to a 12×12 book, and vice versa.

This is a great way to choose the right size for the person you want to delight with the gift of your story.

Your first step should be to select the photo book size that’s right for your occasion–portable 4×4 brag books take about 30 minutes to create and are great mementos for Dad’s office, while 12×12 photo books can tell longer stories and will look perfect on your coffee table.

I signed up for the 2 week free trial. This is the best way to get most of your questions answered. No credit card required. You get complete access to all Zenfolio Premium features for 14 days including uploading full size photos (up to 1GB total with the trial). When you upgrade to a regular account, you will keep your site URL, all the uploaded photos, and account settings.

Some of the features that really convinced me to sign up for Zenfolio’s Premium service are:
Easy to use shopping cart designed for photographers
Zenfolio offers the most powerful and flexible Shopping Cart of its kind built from the ground up for photographers. The Cart features such innovations as ordering products from multiple labs, adding services such as mounting and framing, and precision cropping.

Your complete e-commerce solution
You can create Coupons, including percentage and amount based discounts. And you can review and download detailed sales reports compatible with any spreadsheet program.

Turn your passion into a business
You can create your own price lists and earn profit on selling your photos. There is a 12% service fee applied to profit only on orders fulfilled by our partner labs, this fee includes credit card transaction charges and customer service.

Offer for sale your own custom products
You can setup and offer for sale your own custom products. If you do your own printing, or use a local lab, this is the most flexible option. There is a 6% service fee charged on all custom orders and you will need to collect payment directly from your clients.

Customize pages by replacing Zenfolio name and URL
For additional customization, you can replace Zenfolio logo and links with your own name to make it look more personalized. Combine that with your own domain name, and this powerful option makes the site look completely yours.

*full overview of services

You can check out my Zenfolio page here.
And if you sign up, you can use my referral code: 4M5-136-HDE to save some money.

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I downloaded the trial version of Portrait Professional, and it’s super simple to use and produces pretty cool results.

Here are my contest submissions:
My B&W submision:

My color submission:

my tip:
I like to capture kids (but it works the same for adults) at really natural moments for personally meaningful images. So, I join them in their environment where they are most comfortable and take tons of photos of them playing with their favorite toy, making their typical cute faces, capturing the look of wonder when investigating…

Thanks for the cool opportunity, Udi!

These words are my wedding day vows to you. I meant each one and still do. I love you more and more each day. Thank you for being such a great husband, Jim.
xoxh

love, as i reflect upon the moments that have guided us to this day, i am fascinated by the phases through which our relationship has already passed. looking back, i smile as i remember our walk through vet’s and how quickly we connected, the bet that sparked the passion, and each conversation that showed me who you really are. standing here now, know that i love you deeply and you are the perfect compliment to me. jim, without reservation, i pledge my unwavering faithfulness to you and our relationship; i pledge simple honesty and ease with it; and i pledge my unconditional love to you, my husband, lover and friend. today is the beginning of an exciting new journey; with an open mind and open heart i am honored to share it with you and to become your wife.