Putting your Digital Photos on Canvas

When you are ready to get a set of images printed, the first things that you start to think about is what kind of photo paper you want, matte or glossy, then what size they should be, should you get singles or doubles, will they be hung up or go in a scrapbook, and on and on. Occasionally, you’ll get really down with it and start getting those fancy scissors to create weird shaped borders or put different mattes on them in your scrapbook. But when you really think about it, getting photos printed out now is just as boring as it was 10 years ago. The only thing that has really changed is how much faster you can print them, but nothing else really.

What if I told you that there was another printing medium that is starting to make a roaring comeback, especially into the digital photo printing world? Would you be interested? Would you want to have one so that you could be with the “in crowd” that has them? Would you want to know what it was?

It’s canvas. Believe it or not, printing digital photos on canvas can provide an awesome way to create unique works of art that you can enjoy for many decades to come, and will offer you a wonderful way to create something truly special from your favorite photographs, no matter what they are.

But how are canvas prints actually made? You probably know most of the paper printing process, since it has been around for a very long time, but do you know how digital photos are transferred over to a canvas? The process is actually similar to printing out a digital photo on paper, but canvas prints use a specialized printer that uses archival inks to transfer your photos onto a canvas. Once the ink dries completely, it’s sprayed with a sealer. The sealer also acts like a special shield to the canvas and ink, which makes water, dirt, light, and other environmental factors simply bounce off. This helps to make the canvas print durable for many decades, and through several generations. Once all of the printing and sealing are completed, the canvas is then hand-stretched around a canvas stretcher bar. These bars normally have a depth of either 1.5” or ¾”. Then, it is just about ready for you to enjoy.

Of course, canvas has been the choice of artists for centuries and continues to be for artists today who choose to paint with oils, acrylics, watercolors, or even colored chalk or other forms. Even though artists know the great things about canvas, most photographers still don’t see it’s usefulness when it comes to photographs. Those photographers that do use canvas prints also know that you have to have the right picture to put onto the print or it will not turn out how you, or the client, wants it to.

Most photographers are happy to take several different pictures so that they can determine the very best photo to transfer over to a canvas print. They do this because they know that some photos will look superb on canvas, while others won’t fit it at all. The photographer can also edit the photo however they might need to, adjust the resolution, enlarge the photo, or anything else that might make the photo look better on the canvas when they transfer it over. They can also help you determine what the best size, shape, and other details that should be included in a canvas print either for you or for a gift for someone you love.

For anyone looking for a beautiful photo to be transferred over onto a canvas print to enjoy and love for generations to come, you want to make sure that you are picky on who you choose. ZaZaGallery will help you turn your photographs into works of art that are more than worthy of being hung in any museum. Let us show you the benefits, and the beauty, of canvas prints of your favorite people, places, things, and more.

~ by printoncanvas on October 27, 2009.