Top 8 Digital Photo Christmas Gifts for MomsWhat could be a better gift for mom than a chance to take, share or receive pictures of loved ones? Consult this list, which includes a starter camera, advanced camera, hot accessories and cool personalized presents. For more ideas, also be sure to see the Digital Camera Gift Guide. If you aren't sure a digital camera or photo gift will please mom, see Digital Cameras Top Mother's Day Wish Lists Turn a simple photo of the family or the kids into a work of art with this photo canvas. Your digital image is e-mailed to the company, and they then transfer it onto actual art canvas and stretched onto wooden bars. You can hang it as is, or frame it. This is a great gift for the out-of-town mother/grandmother. She can get a view of your kids, possibly with new pictures every day (if you are loyal!). Digital picture frames come in different varieties. Some allow the user to download new pictures anytime through a phone line. Others accept various memory cards, and even play background music for slide shows.
This is a cool gift sure to please mothers. It is a purse, which is always useful, and it features a black and white photo on the side. If mom is already a total photog, get her one of the hottest consumer-priced digital SLRs. The Canon Digital Rebel SLR, retailing at $999 with a lens, delivers 8 megapixel images and can be customized by the user. You will get plenty of happy mom points for this splurge! A great way to please mom is to create a picture CD greeting card. It makes a wonderful gift, it's easy and inexpensive to create if you have a CD burner, and it's simple to use (even the less-tech-savvy mothers). Find out how to please with a picture CD greeting card with this "how to" tutorial linked through this heading above. The photo prints, or even CDs and DVDs packed with picture backups, can quickly get unwieldy. Mom doesn't have to stop shooting, but do help her start getting organized. A good storage box or organizer will keep your photos and discs from getting damaged or deteriorating. It can also allow you to file your photos, so that you can quickly find pictures by date or subject. Here are the top photo storage boxes and organizers. Is mom a total gadget freak? She'll love getting one of the popular new camera cellphone or PDA combos. It'll allow her to combine two popular gadgets into one, and easily shoot on the go. Just a word of warning. If you want to buy a camera cellphone, and she already has a cellphone, be SURE you buy one that is sold for use with her existing carrier. Is mom a tech junkie? Or just a digicam fanatic? Let the hip mom show her devotion to all things digital with this "Death to Film" tee-shirt. Or she can declare "Megapixels Rule" with this spaghetti tank.
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