Need a Great Holiday Gift? Give People Your Photography!
- Photography as a Holiday Gift
- Holiday Gifts - Photo Books
- Holiday Gifts - Wall Art
- Holiday Gifts - Photo Calendars
- Occasions Beyond Holiday Gift Season
- Giving Photo Sessions as A Holiday Gift
- Recommended Photography Gear
- What Is a Lay Flat Photo Book?
- 5 Tips for Starting a Photography Side Hustle
- How to Organize Printed Photos
photo by LightFieldStudios via iStock
The holidays are coming!
Photography gifts are a fantastic holiday gift idea. Besides those holiday gifts, photography gifts can be given any day of the year.
Using some high-quality printing examples from Photo Book Press, let's take a look at what kind of photography products may qualify to be your next holiday gift. We'll also discuss some ideas for photography gifts outside of the seasonal holiday gift-giving time period.
Let’s get to it!
Table of Contents:
Photography as a Holiday Gift
photo by svetikd via iStock
Giving your photography as a holiday gift is a fantastic choice, with so many options vying for your consideration every holiday gift-giving season. Sometimes, we get a little jaded, overwhelmed, or both.
How many ties, sweaters, or monetary gift cards can be sent in a few short months anyway? If you're willing to look beyond the regular, there are many ways that you, as a photographer, can bestow on someone a special and memorable gift: your own artwork.
Photography gifts are perfect for holiday gift-giving for several reasons. They don't take up a lot of room, they are often beautiful art, they can be personalized to the gift receiver, and they are definitely personalized concerning the gift giver, you, the photographer.
And while those sweaters get packed up in vacuum-sealed bags, and those ties end up in a box in your closet or a box on its way to charity, the gift of photography can last all year long, several years in fact. Unlike a monetary gift card, which is greatly appreciated but often used for a very short time, sometimes in one purchase, photography gifts can be appreciated for a long, long time.
Photography as a holiday gift is an awesome idea for anyone who loves photography, works in photography, or is seen by others as the photographer they know. So let's see what type of holiday gift you can give out of your own photography.
Holiday Gifts - Photo Books
Photo books are some of the most treasured holiday gifts that can be given by a photographer or anyone interested in photography. Photo Book Press makes several levels and styles of photography books that can be used as a holiday gift.
Softcover Photo Books are inexpensive and simple to design. They are printed on premium silk paper, and you can add any number of pages to each book and arrange the images in all sorts of arrangements and layouts. Softcover photo books are seen as fun gifts, too, highlighting your beautiful photography in a very accessible fashion.
Hardcover Photo Books are a level up from softcover books and are also a little more permanent since the covers are more durable. They can be made with a variety of cover options, including printing your own photo art right on the cover. You can make them themed for the specific holiday gift or create your own theme that fits the photography.
Premium Sewn Photo Books are a lovely blend of old-world craftsmanship and modern photography processes. Though more expensive, this is a holiday gift that will become a treasured heirloom time. Use their online tools to fashion your digital images into a classic sewn photo book.
Holiday Gifts - Wall Art
Acrylic Wall Art is another good idea for being used as a holiday gift. The acrylic print is 3/16ths of an inch thick and is printed with an ultra-high-quality printing process that results in brilliant colors, clean whites and other highlights, and deep, rich black tones. In sizes from 6x6" to 20x24", these can be hung on a wall or propped up as a desktop display.
Holiday Gifts - Photo Calendars
Photo Wall Calendars are an excellent holiday gift since they can be used all year long. After the year is up, the individual photos can be kept and displayed. It’s a nice way to give multiple images as one holiday gift.
Occasions Beyond Holiday Gift Season
Photo by PeopleImages via iStock
Beyond the holiday gift-giving season, there are many more occasions that a photographer can use for making items from their images. Anniversaries are a great time for photography gifts, either as wall art or photo books. So are graduations, work achievements, or other personal and family milestones.
Giving Photo Sessions as A Holiday Gift
Photo by Wirestock via iStock
Another idea for giving photography gifts is to make the holiday gift a session for photography that you're giving out. Giving a portrait sitting, for instance, family or individual, is a holiday gift that will be greatly appreciated.
By the way, all of these holiday gift ideas of photography gifts can also be used as business promotional ideas. Here is a very good YouTube video from Michelle Nichols with some more simple and effective marketing ideas:
Offer your clients the opportunity to give their loved ones the gift of photography, perhaps as books or prints of the family portraits you made for them. Try it out for yourselves or for your photography businesses!
Recommended Photography Gear
Heads up: Clicking on our affiliate links and exploring our sponsored content helps us at no extra cost to you, and we only recommend gear we're absolutely crazy about!
