Photobloc Blog – Canvas Prints

Archive for September, 2009

Driving home last week I passed a sign advertising a ploughing and hedgeing competition on the following Saturday, intrigued by this I decided to investigate further.

Saturday came and I went to watch. There was the serious competition between various farmers but more intereastingly a demonstration competition between two old steam powered traction engines.
These mechanical giants of yesteryear went head-to-head with ploughs across a large field. Wreathed in steam and accompanied by thier unmistakable smells and sounds, these beomoths dragged the heavy plough back and forth across the field to the cheers and admiration of an enthusiastic crowd studded liberally with photographers, myself included.

Next they re-equipped them-selves with chains and in an incredible show of pure strength, ripped massive tree roots from the ground along the hedge row. It was like watching mechanical gladiators!

My camera was busy capturing the show-down for a great selection of forthcoming canvas prints.

These were followed by the majestic teams of shire horses, each brilliantly turned out. Resplendant with thier dark leather work contrasting with the polished brasses, twinkling in the Autumn sunlight as these gentle giants of bygone days laboured seemingly effortlessly up and down the field turning row after row of perfect furrows. The crowd were delighted, as were the competitors at this show of strength and skill.

I must admit that I too was equally delighted with the canvas printing that resulted from my camera and its busy day.

Whilst some I will keep exactly as they are before I print on canvas, some of the more atmospheric I will convert into sepia tint canvas prints to remind me of a great day out.

As the Summer closes and Autumn approaches we see a remarkable change of colour in the landscape.
The last of the Summer’s harvest is brought in with scenes of intense agricultural activity, tractors piled high, dust swirled fields as the massive harvesters complete thier work.
The trees and hedgerows change colour as greens fade to golds, reds, yellows and browns.
Blue skies give way to slate grey and clouds.
Incredible sunsets and sunrises.

All in all my favourite time of year and the time when the cameras should as busy as possible gathering all these wonderful views.

The fields are gradually textured with plough lines like a giant woven textile, very reminicant of the texture of the canvas print hanging above my desk. It was taken around this time last year and still has the power to evoke a fond smile.

You can have your canvas prints reproduced exactly as your original images are in splendid full colour.

But this is not the only way to print on canvas as there are several options to choose from such as:-

Sepia Tint – We can convert the coloured images in to Sepia to give them that old fashioned look.

Black and White – They can be converted in to Black and White for that classic look.

Spot Colour – Or we can Spot Colour them for a more contemporary feel.

This done by converting the whole image to Black and White and then through the digital histories, slowly bring key parts of the image back to the original full colour.