Photobloc Blog – Canvas Prints

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With spot colour, we can change your photo to black and white and then return a part of it back to colour before we print on canvas. It is as simple as that, a classic black and white wedding photo to canvas but with the button hole and bouquet in colour!

Or for a taste of those atmospheric photos of yesteryear?
Have your family photos or views transformed into stunning sepia canvas prints.
We can convert your images on-screen to give a “old Style” look by producing sepia canvas photos. It is simple, just place your order as normal and request sepia as a special effect and we will do the rest.

Why not capture your garden or local viewpoint as the changing seasons unfold and then have them made into canvas prints.

Set yourself the target of capturing the same view at different times of the year and get a print on canvas of each, or better still save them up and create your own Multi-panel with them.

Either a large photo canvas as the centre piece or a series of smaller photos onto canvas arrayed across the wall is a great way of bringing the outside into your home.

What ever the view or its season, capture that treasured moment as a canvas print and open up your home to the changing seasons.

Our range of canvas printing is extensive, each photo canvas being reproduced at the size you select.

Once we have put your photos onto canvas they are stretched over solid wooden frames with front and back boards in place thus creating a stunning canvas print which won’t sag.

The use of digital cameras is growing but what do we use the images for.

Many with thier first digital camera will set it on maximum images and snap away, happy that they don’t have to download for ages! Unfortunately the results are not always usable as anything but snapshots, whereas if you set the camera to high resolution in stead, whilst not being able to store as many images before downloading they will be printable at much bigger sizes.

When saving them to your desktop, save as a jpeg but set it at the highest file size as this will allow it to expand back to full resolution when opened.

Now you are ready to use these images in so many ways, such as ordering a canvas print or producing a large family portrait as a print on canvas.

You can create your own Art Gallery easily by going on-line to our web site and submitting your family photos to be printed as canvas photos.

When ordering why not request a paint effect and we will convert your canvas photos into paintings, simple as that.

This easy yet effective way of producing canvas photos will look stunning and make a great addition to any family home.

There are many styles of paint effect to choose from for your canvas photos, simply contact our enquiry line for further information and let us produce your canvas photos today.

To bring a view of the outdoors inside your home has many advantages.

It helps break up large walls by creating that feeling of extra window views.

This can be done easily and cost effectively, canvas prints of your favorite landscape will do just that.

Photos on canvas are simple to hang, just two screws each.

On a long wall try mounting a row with different views all produced as canvas prints and see the whole room open up.

There are many ways in which to enhance your images before we proceed to canvas printing, these can be stunning visual treats and are numerous, but here are just some of the filters we can apply.

We can add a grained effect ranging from a wood finish, textile effect, stone grain and various paper finishes, to name but a few.

We can apply artistic effects that basically change your image into such art forms as watercolour, pallet knife, air brush, crayon, etc. Thus a standard photograph becomes an original piece of art, either in a contempory form or in a more traditional style.

By altering the colours we can change the image to traditional black & white, classical sepia or modern tints of a specified colour, the options really are countless.

By gaussian blurring the background but then using a careful application of the history brush the background can be softened to give greater attention to the main subject. This is especially useful when the background is confussed or not important to the visual story you are trying to create with your canvas prints.

Having decided to have your treasured images printed onto canvas what style of edge will you go for?

We can wrap the image around the front board and then set it into the front of the frame so that the frame shows, this realy is about enjoying the natural beauty of the wood and how it can compliment your image.

These are available in a choice of three:-
Toscana – a dark, rich chocolate brown with a high gloss finish.
Nearly Black – a semi-transparent black stain with a matt finish.
Pine – a pale, translucent golden pine with a satin finish.

Alternatively we can wrap the canvas print around the whole frame with the image on the front face and the sides in a choice of three styles:-
Solid black printed canvas.
Solid white printed canvas.
Gallery wrap – a small section from each edge is cloned, flipped into reverse and then stretched back over that edge as a coloured reflection.

So much to choose from and all are available to enhance your home or office with your own choice of images each presented as a canvas print to your specification.

A lot of people make the mistake of saving thier files as jpegs without setting the file size.

This generally compresses the file but doesn’t allow expansion again when re-opened thus causing pixellation when enlarged.

It is a common problem but one that is easily avoided.

When saving your camera downloads alwys save as jpeg but set the file size to the maximum size possible, this will still compress the file to save disc space but when it is re-opened it will allow the image to expand back to its original high resolution form and thus allow me to produce a canvas print as a canvas photobloc at virtually any size you want.

So a new year is upon us and time for new beginings!

Changing weather with the full force of Winter brings chaos and cold but it also brings superb views across wintery landscapes dusted with sparkling snow, frosted cobwebs in the hedges, children’s snowmen in all thier varied forms. All those images just crying out to be photographed. But how to display them afterwards? Select the best that give a varied and informed view of the season and print on canvas of course!

The New Year can also bring abou change in our personal lives, maybe a new addition to the family, or maybe a newly met partner. Plenty of opportunity for some really special portraits and of course transfering those photos onto canvas will be a great way of presenting them within the home or even as gifts to friends and family.

So what ever the New Year means for you, get snapping and we will get printing!

Like many businesses we are inundated with orders in the build up to Christmas, last minute presents, presents long planned but not arranged yet.

To help you, opur valued customers acquire the presents you want on time and to allow us to acheive the through put we have come up with a simple solution to the problem.

A great offer of 20% discount on all orders for canvas printing, photos onto canvas and canvas pictures that are placed before the end of November!

So what are you waiting for, get ordering today and your canvas prints are gauranteed to be ready for Christmas.

Beat that last minute rush today.