You can get a serving of fantastic photos from PPG users, competing with each other for votes and winning positions at www.PhotoPrintsandGifts.com/photocontest

Once you are in the above page navigate through the most popular entries or, the most recent entries to get your hands on the contest pulse. Contest votes are generated by PPG users like you.

To vote for your favorite contest entries click on the vote button. In the following page, navigate through the film strip (a strip of thumbnail sized contest entries) and select a contest entry that gets your eye. A larger preview and details of the entry load up in a jiffy. Move your mouse along the 5 starts and watch the stars fill up with color. Fill up the right number of starts and click on the star – now that is your rating. Loved the picture – give it a 5, not so much, give it a 2 or 3.

One more step to complete your vote – we want to be absolutely sure that the vote came from a genuine PPG user – to authenticate this, enter the code as shown in the image below the star and click the vote button. Remember, voting is your constitutional right (just kidding).

Now, are you ready to get your favorite photos in to the contest? Here is a quick guide. From the PPG contest page (www.PhotoPrintsandGifts.com/photocontest) click Join and become a member. In the following page, you can:

1. Upload a fresh set of photos to be included in the contest [OR]
2. Choose photos from your PPG albums and enter them in the contest

Be sure to add some interesting tit bits about your photos, as they will get voters attention (election time alright…)

You do not want to be a passive contestant and wait for votes to trickle in. You would want to campaign aggressively. Tell your friends and family members, to vote for your photo entries. Send them a link to your contest entry and get them to vote. Popularity of your entry takes you closer to contest winnings.

Give me an overview of PPG products

PPG products are grouped as:

1. Show and Share – A great method to tell a story with your photos, to anyone, anywhere in the world. Possible applications for this product are limited only by your imagination. It could be “Hey dad, took these awesome of pictures of our new home as the floors are getting ready” or “Mr. Kanwar, we thought that this car would be of interest to you”, or “Hello Sheela, we missing you at the kitty party by the beach”. A picture says a thousand words. With Show and Share you can make a remarkable story around your photos.


2. Prints and Posters – Various sizes from 4x6, all the way to mega posters, options to vary your finish, tons of creatives (borders, captions, effects, edits). Your photo print will never be “just another photo print” again. Backed to the hilt by PPG’s quality guarantee – a symbol of trust.


3. Cards and Calendars – You’ve been to stationery stores, picked up a card, sent it out half heartedly. Never again. All your cards, now on, will be crafted, created by you, customized for the recipient. Keep the secret: there are loads of creatives (backgrounds, themes, borders, captions, collage layouts) that you can use to make the card you send out truly remarkable. Birthday, invite for an event, a business mailer and much more.

   Calendars are something that we look at, every now and then, yet just pass by. Not anymore. Make a calendar that is personalized with photos that your cherish. Highlight dates that are important to you so that you. Now that is a calendar, made for you. There is a whole lot of customization possibilities there: go with a Telugu, Bengal, Jain, Tamil, Bank, your company or any calendar theme – so that the dates and events are what you follow.

   
   
4. 4. Photo albums and books – All along, we stick photos into a plastic album. Depending on how good our print is and, where we leave the album, one fine day, you see that the photo is stuck to its slot and gone for good. Instead, make a coffee table book for your family and your favorite uncle on his retirement. Or, show off your work as a photographer (or interior designer, fashion model) as a special edition photo album. Who says, only the celebs can release coffee table books?


5. Business solutions – From stationery that will stay honest to your corporate personality to menu cards, fliers, brochures – all the business material, with no quantity restrictions and huge time savings. Forget the time you spent cramped in a DTP, trying to get the alignments right and the quality a notch better. Your business material will now be world class digital printing and all your creativity will now get powered by creatives at PPG.


6. Store my pics – All our families have our history and pride contained in photo albums. Something triggers a favorite memory and you feel like getting to a favorite photo from the past. Often you don’t – it is too complex to get to the photo album box and locate that one picture? Not any more. Talk to PPG customer care and work out a ‘Store my pic’ service for you. Get your entire photo heritage neatly compiled into a cherished treasure of DVDs with customized photo cases. Next time, when you feel like memory jogging, just flip a disc in and watch a slide show.


7. Specialty photo gifts – A whole bunch of stuff as far away as possible from the ordinary and, as “hand crafted” as possible. Hang around for more information on these custom creations, in the works.