*** This giveaway has reached its cap of 10,000 entries, and has been closed – see who won below!***
After filling our cap within 24 hours, we used random.org to select one lucky winner. They are… AJ (who can’t wait to take our next anniversary photo). Congratulations!
If your family photos are scattered across cameras, phones, computers and social media, you’re not alone. That’s precisely the problem ThisLife aims to solve. ThisLife is a free cloud-based photo organizer that imports images from many sources and brings them together in one secure place. It uses features like face recognition and a timeline view to help you find and relive moments quickly, and it’s private by default so your memories stay where you want them. They also offer a free iPhone and iPad app that makes browsing and sharing easy on the go — which is why we teamed up with ThisLife for the first part of this week’s prize: a 16GB iPad donated by ThisLife.
We also believe photos should be enjoyed offline, not only stored online. To help you turn your favorite images into something you can hold or hang, MyPublisher contributed the second part of the prize: a $100 gift card that can be used toward a high-quality bound photobook or a canvas print. So one winner walks away with both a new iPad to organize and view photos and a way to print and display the images that matter most.
- PRIZE: One 16GB iPad courtesy of ThisLife (retail value $499) plus a $100 MyPublisher gift card for a photobook or canvas print.
- TO ENTER: Leave a comment on this post saying “LIFE ME” and tell us about your favorite photography plans.
- BONUS QUESTION: What moment are you most looking forward to capturing this summer? A vacation, graduation, a milestone project at home, or a candid family scene you don’t want to forget?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, June 20th at 8pm EST or when 10,000 entries are reached (whichever comes first).
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: United States (we do try to run international giveaways when possible).
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address. The winner will be chosen at random using random.org and announced here as an update to this post the following Thursday. Good luck!
If you’re wondering how to get the most from a combined digital-and-print photo strategy, here are a few practical tips that many readers find helpful:
- Consolidate first: Upload photos from your phone, camera, and social accounts into one cloud account so you can search and sort without hunting through devices.
- Use face tagging and timeline features: These tools make it much faster to locate images of specific people or events when you want to create a photobook or print a favorite.
- Backup regularly: Even with cloud storage, keep a secondary backup on an external drive or another service to guard against accidental loss.
- Curate for print: When making a photobook or canvas, choose a cohesive set of images — a mix of wide shots, close-ups, and candid moments — to tell a story rather than dumping every single photo into the layout.
- Think about size and display: Canvas prints make an impact in a living space, while photobooks are ideal for paging through memories and sharing with family and friends.
Note: We are not paid or given perks for hosting these giveaways; we do them to thank our readers. See our Giveaway FAQ page for details. Photos in this post are courtesy of ThisLife and MyPublisher.