Custom design for the family stories you want to tell
Our professional designers bring their best-in-class experience to your project
UNIQUE
Work with your personal designer on a one-of-a-kind photo book, slideshow or edited highlight video
MODERN
The best of what the industry has to offer for design software, cover and book options and shareable digital files
CUSTOMIZED
Add captions, family stories, memorabilia scans, letters, movie and audio clips to your custom design projects
LEGACY
The best way to share your family history beyond digitizing and preservation, through the generations.
the gift that keeps giving
Photo Books
Take your images and words and tell the story of a single year or an entire family history that spans multiple generations. We’ve done them all. Each book can be as simple or as complicated as you like. You will do a full consultation with your designer and be as involved as you want, every step of the way.
Slideshows
Combine video, images, audio and writing to tell a story. Make a surprise gift for a birthday, or involve multiple people in creating video for a large family event. Our talented team of slideshow designers will make sure your video is just what you wanted. Share family photos and videos in a safe digital environment.
Edited Videos
Most of us were not perfect videographers, and for every great memory captured, there are also scenes that are not especially memorable. EverPresent will work with you to slim down your digital video archive so that the best videos are easy to view and share. We can do the same with your film reels!
packages & pricing
Slideshows
$599Per Project
Photo Books
$100 /hourVideo Editing
$100 / hourA $50 service fee applies to all orders. This service fee provides for safe handling procedures including: intake, item coding, physical & digital storage, quality checks by senior technicians and packaging.
custom design FAQ
4 moments to decide: photo book or Slideshow?
Every day at EverPresent, we get to see photos and videos, spanning the past and present. From birthdays to anniversaries to retirements, we’ve created custom gifts for every occasion. Through these projects, we’ve had the pleasure of getting to be a part of some truly special moments in our clients’ lives and gotten to know some great folks in the process. By working on these unique projects, we’ve just about heard it all. Here are a few typical phrases we hear, and our suggestions how to decide if a photo book or slideshow suits your occasion best.
1. “I need a slideshow or photo book for my daughters wedding”
Congratulations! We’re guessing you’ve got a million different thoughts spinning around your head right now while you’re juggling all the essentials of putting the big day together. We can help take some of the stress away. At rehearsal dinners or receptions, many couples like to share their special journey from childhood to proposal through slideshows. Set to custom music of your choice with beautifully timed transitions, our talented slideshow team tells the personal story of how the special couple got to this important point. If you can keep a secret, this also makes for an amazing surprise gift to the couple.
Tip: Any time there is a looming deadline, slideshows are the way to go.
A really good slideshow can take anywhere from 1 – 3 weeks to put together, whereas a photo book of equal quality will take a several weeks (sometimes even months) when you factor in the complexity of the book plus printing and shipping.
2. “I’m planning a surprise party for my Dad’s 70th birthday!”
We love birthdays at EverPresent. Creating a custom photo book is a memorable and thoughtful way to show the guest of honor you’re thinking of them on their special day. In the past, we’ve had clients collect a message or notes from family members or friends and included these in the book. It adds an extra dimension of thought and care to the project (plus you can skip the card).
There are so many ways you can utilize a photo book:
Tip: Photo books work great for non-surprise birthday parties as well We’ve had clients work with our designers for months on a book that spans generations and includes not only photos, but stories, captions and sections.
3. “We’re having a family reunion in the fall.”
A slideshow is the easiest way to get everyone’s attention an get an immediate reaction from your family members. Past clients have arranged their slideshows in a number of ways to tell the story of their family:
The possibilities are truly endless.
Tip: Before you get started, ask family members to submit a few favorite photos or videos to you. This way, you don’t need to spend more time than necessary gathering everything and it’s also a great way to re-connect with family and friends that you may not see so often. Don’t forget to take photos to create a photo book post-reunion!
4. “My anniversary is coming up & I just found my original wedding photo album.”
Surprise your spouse with a modern, custom photo book. Most wedding albums (especially from the 80’s & 90’s) had a fairly generic feel on the outside- 8″ x 10″ white leather albums with 1 large matte photo per page. The inside contains the best photos from your special day and they deserve to be seen! Choose to either re-create your album or give it a makeover with a modern feel. Lots of clients bring these in and work with our professional design department to create a unique album to represent your special day.
Choose from a variety of elegant upgrades:
We often hear the best stories from clients about the reactions received when they gave the photo book to their spouse.
If you have any further questions about what the best gift idea is for your occasion, give us a call at 617-505-1132, email us at [email protected] or visit our slideshow page or photo book page on our website or check out some of these posts on slideshows and photo books:
Helpful Slideshow Tips
Turn Your Vintage Scrapbooks into Photo Books
Photo Book Tips From Our Designers
