What is it?
Canvas photography is the process whereby an ordinary photo is transformed into a picture that looks like a painting. It looks, seems and even feels like it was painted by a real artist. The only difference is that the onlooker will not be able to tell whether it is really hand painted or printed on canvas by canvas printing professionals.
How is it done?
Any photo can be used for canvas printing, even old, discoloured or flawed photos. The photo gets duplicated onto canvas by means of a printer and this canvas is then carefully stretched over a frame which will then give it the painted-on-canvas look and feel.
Before printing it, however, the photo gets analysed to see if any flaws can be removed and usually, if it needs to be enhanced or improved in any way, it is at this time that a photo is worked on. The higher the resolution of the photo, with colour and contrast defined, the better it will look on canvas.
What for?
Nowadays, there is so much photography out there and millions of photos we have kept at home, that modifying a common photo to a canvas print is a way of preserving a picture and it is exactly the thing we will put up on a mantelpiece or wall for all to see. It is perfect for posterity as it lasts much longer than a paper photo or digital frame will. Paper photos tend to discolour, get mildew or dog-eared. Digital frames need batteries to be constantly on show. But a canvas printed photo is immortal in its own way and is a lasting gift of loved ones and for loved ones.
For example?
Everybody has a favourite picture or ten. Even a whole lot scattered around the house in frames.
A canvas printed picture is one that immortalises that love.
It can be your favourite dog or pet goldfish, your baby boy with his first toothless smile, your daughter at her first ballet performance, that magical day at the beach in the Caribbean, a special family gathering, your third and last wedding, your graduation day or just you in the middle of a sunflower field on a summer’s day looking rather ethereal.
Whatever the favourite photo, it is beautifully transformed to a painter’s lifelike art with canvas printing.
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