Love for Canvas

Most people are familiar by now with the online art galleries that offer painted portraits or landscapes created from digital or print photographs sent to them by the customer. Their services range from the simplest printing of photos on canvas from a digital photograph to actual paintings created in various styles and mediums.

If you order from the most experienced and expert online photos on canvas art gallery you can be assured of a fine quality print or painting. But, if your original digital photograph was poorly composed or the primary subject lost in a confused background your final photo to canvas portrait can only result in ‘a very good painting from a very poor photo’.

Here are a few tips for choosing your best shots before you order that special painting as a framed photo on canvas gift for someone you love:

• Choose a photo that you are sure your subject would approve. This is pretty easy to determine by simply taking a lot of shots and letting the subject pick the one he or she thinks is the best likeness or pose. If the photo on canvas portrait is to be a surprise simply take the photos well in advance and don’t mention that you intend to have it made into a photo on canvas portrait.

• Take LOTS of photographs in various lighting situations both indoors and outdoors and against many different backgrounds. Vary the poses too, but concentrate on close ups and three-quarter profiles rather than a face forward “police station” lineup pose.

• Read the manual that came with your digital camera and use the settings that are designed to result in the best quality shots, e.g., use a sports setting for moving subjects such as children. In other words, make the best use of whatever camera you are using.

• Use props such as a scarf, hat or book. Having a familiar background or object in the photo will be a pleasant reminder in the years to come of a particular time and place. The photos on canvas process allows for altering the background by editing the digital photo so if you get the “perfect” shot of your subject with a less than perfect background you can still use it.

Last, but most importantly, communicate clearly with the photo editor of the online art gallery. If you chose the right gallery you’ll find them very cooperative and eager to do whatever it takes to get a great gift portrait.

If you own or run a factory that manufactures a product for wholesale or retail sale or a business offering services to the general public, you probably have a reception space where clients and potential clients wait or pass through on business calls.

Why not use that space to create a great first impression for visitors and market your products or services at the same time. For a surprisingly low cost you can turn a conventionally boring wall space into an interesting photo on canvas art gallery.

Start with good digital photographs of your product line, your service facilities, or your staff in action. Many firms already have professional digital photographs used to print brochures or catalogs or already posted on company websites. If you want more artistic shots for your photo on canvas art gallery display ask a friend who is a gifted amateur or even hire a professional for a few hours.

A few samples of what you can create with photos on canvas:

• A series of 8-12 products, shot in close-up on assorted strong color backgrounds and then printed on same-size unframed canvases and mounted carefully in a checkerboard pattern to cover a large area of wall can create a spectacular effect and be informative too. Make your entire reception area a modern art gallery.

• Single or group photo portraits of your staff in action made into photos on canvas and mounted in matching frames not only demonstrate to visitors what you do but help them familiarize themselves with the specific people they will be meeting and doing business with. Creating photos on canvas from the best promotional photographs taken at the latest trade show or annual meeting also sends a positive message.

• If your firm is family owned or has been in business for many years, dig out old print photographs of the founders or of your original premises. These can be digitalized and made into photos on canvas also. Create a “founders’ corner” in your reception area. Choose appropriately traditional frames and mount them with labels showing names and dates. The first impression you make on visitors will be one of stability, dependability, and good old fashioned values.

Don’t forget that quality is essential, so choose the best and most experienced online photo on canvas art gallery to work with you to create artwork that is durable, long lasting and created with top quality printing inks and frames.

We’re starting the New Year with a brand new blog to keep our customers and associates up to date on what our family of photo on canvas gallery websites has been doing and what our plans are for the coming year.

We’d like to introduce our websites:

• Our Paint Your Life online art gallery offers genuine hand painted portraits in a wide choice of media (oil, watercolor, Acrylic, pastel, pencil, charcoal), custom made for you from your favorite digital or print photo. Our artists and editors are the best, so we’ve become the premier website for custom handmade portraits.
• Our Your Photos on Canvas gallery offers top quality photos to canvas prints from the photograph of your choice in a wide range of sizes. Our editors optimize your photograph and print it as-is or in your choice of six fun styles: Pop Art, Oil Painting, Lichtenstein, Graphic, Che, or Obama.
• Oil Paintings Reproductions online art gallery. Our gallery’s vision is to provide every art lover with an opportunity to own a genuine quality oil painting duplicate of a great masterpiece at a price that anyone can afford.

Our Love for Canvas blog name came about because our website galleries create photos on canvas artwork and custom painted portraits using the very best quality 100% cotton, artist’s choice canvas…so canvas is where it all begins.

Our blog is all about Love:  love for the art of photography…love for painting…love for printing and…most of all…love for our job of combining the latest technology of digital photography with the skills of our talented editors and artists to bring photo to canvas artwork into your life.

There also just might be some special significance in starting our new blog right in time to help you decide on the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for the person you love..maybe a painting of your favorite wedding photo or a portrait of your dog?

We hope you’ll enjoy learning a little more about us.  We’ll be bringing you photography tips to help you get the best results in a photo to canvas portrait, as well as great gift ideas for all occasions.