Canvas Prints Blog

Touch up your photos

Ever since digital printing literally took took over film photography, taking photos has become almost a national sport. Considering that prices of digital cameras are quite affordable, and that almost all mobile phones on the market are equipped with a camera and can share photos on social networks,  the number of prints in circulation is impressive. The step up from taking a photo to wanting it to be printed on canvas is very short, not only because in this way you can enhance your best memories, but also because by doing so you can easily create very original gifts for any person. In fact, thanks to digital printing, canvas printing is a simple way to turn your best photos into a piece of wall art.

Old photos and new canvas prints

You can also use your old film photos for canvas printing. In order to convert them into digital files, all you have to do is to scan them. In this way it is possible to resurrect all those old photos that needed just a bit of touching up to look young and fresh again. Once you have scanned your old photos you can adjust them, graphically speaking, removing possible stains or scratches, while still maintaining the effect that is more or less typical for this kind of old photos. A good idea could be to create a  photo collage mixing either old and new photos (taken with a digital camera) for artistic and timeless canvas prints.

Special memories on canvas prints

You know those special moments when you feel that you just have to take a picture? For instance the time your daughter has blew out the candles on her first birthday cake, or when your sister unwrapped her graduation gift, or that time when your best friend was dressed up like Lady Gaga for the carnival? It’s ‘so nice to capture these moments because you know how special they are and how nice it would be to remember them forever. So your next step could be to transform those great shots into quality canvas prints. Even if you think that it could be enough to have them stored on your camera, or to keep them as screen saver, the best way to make the most of your special memories is canvas printing. Important moments such as these deserve more than getting few likes on facebook, they deserve be placed on the wall of your home and to be admired every day. And if you’re feeling generous use canvas printing to create original gifts for your friends and family.

The importance of choosing the right photos

Choosing the right photo  and cropping it correctly is obviously an essential step in getting the most out of canvas printing. Pick a portrait shot that isn’t too dark and has the fewest blemishes and problems as possible. Also, keep in mind that using high resolution digital photos means that you dramatically increase the probability that your canvas prints will look as beautiful as your real memories are.
By cropping a picture you can minimise a shot to only include the face and even remove unwanted background to bring out an important detail. Cropping a picture is a simple process that can be done even by those photo editing programs that are included free with Microsoft’s software packages.

The Banksy Craze

Since the beginning of 2000 most UK residents have known about graffiti street artist Banksy. They might not have known his true identity but they have known about his work as it is located on walls of buildings from London to Bristol. His mysterious identity and way of creating art in public places has made him a popular modern artist in the UK. Replications of his art can now be bough in books, on postcards, posters and canvas printing items.

Wedding And Anniversary Gifts

But with the help of Photo Canvas your very own photos can now be turned into banksy canvas items on canvas printing pieces. The banksy canvas is extremely popular for wedding and anniversary gifts – it seems like the younger generation have really embraced the Banksy craze! Canvas printing for anniversaries is popular in general but the banksy canvas really does provide you with something extraordinary. Choose a photo of you and your partner before or after your wedding day to make him or her cool and unique gifts.

Gifts For Kids And Teens

As the younger generation really seems to love the artwork of street artist Banksy why not give banksy canvas printing pieces to kids and teens? Children and teenagers will love to see themselves on canvas printing items in the style of Banksy’s art. The cool factor is very high! The banksy canvas makes a great Christmas gift or birthday gift for your son, daughter, niece, nephew or grandchild. We can guarantee that they will love the personalised banksy canvas.

Canvas Printing Services Galore

Canvas printing services need to be one thing and one thing only – fantastic. Why else would you pay for something which is suppose to work as wall art? Art is meant to be beautiful and there is nothing beautiful about poor quality canvas printing pieces. You are better off with no canvas printing than low quality canvas printing. That’s why we take such pride in providing you with quality canvas printing. We know that is it’s going to go on your wall it needs to be of highest standard.

Quality Canvas Printing In London

The first thing which makes us reliable as a quality canvas printing company is that all of our production takes place in our West London studio. There is no third party in our production which means that we receive your photos, we do the artwork and we create the canvas printing items from printer to framing. So if we make a mistake (which we rarely do, but we are only human) we are right here in London ready to correct if for you. Not many other quality canvas printing companies can claim the same.

High Quality All The Way

Secondly we only use high quality materials, design software as well as high-end printers so that every little piece of your canvas printing item is perfect. And on top of that we offer friendly customer service before, during and after your order. The high quality starts when we receive your photos. Our in-house designer will work on retouching services and treatments (if that was requested) and double check with you before going ahead with the order. The order then continues to be printed on high-quality dye-sublimation printers and finished off by being framed by professionals.

Canvas Printing Gifts For Milestone Events

When your son or daughter, niece or nephew, grandson or granddaughter celebrates a milestone event in their life the occasion call for meaningful gifts. Canvas printing services can provide you with one of a kind and thoughtful gifts which you won’t find anywhere else. So when a teenager take his or hers Confirmation, Bar Mitzvah, graduates from school or turns 18 opt for canvas printing pieces with memorable photos which the teenager can enjoy a lifetime.

Celebrate The Teens

Canvas printing items such as photo collage canvas prints and canvas pop art make excellent gifts for teenagers when it is time to celebrate. Graduating from school or participating in religious ceremonies are part of growing up for a teenager and these occasions are important as they shape his or hers life. At these occasions you should give the teenager a thoughtful gift which they can cherish a long time and canvas printing pieces are superb for that.

Memorabilia Canvas Printing

Choose the photos for the canvas printing services wisely. If your daughter just graduated from school and attended a summer ball, pick a flattering photo of her and her friends to have printed on canvas. This gift will be highly appreciated as she’ll be able to remember great times with her friends whenever she looks at the canvas printing. For milestone birthdays such as turning 16, 18 or 21 go for a photo collage filled with photos of the young man or woman.

The Family Portrait Evolves

Long gone are the days of placing a family portrait photo print in a frame and placing it on a shelf in the living room. These days’ modern photo technology and canvas printing services make it possible for you to take excellent digital photos yourself and then have them placed on canvas printing items by professional printing companies. But even though we print the canvas items you are still part of every step of the way customising the wall art. And there sure are many ways of customising these modern family portraits!

Casual Family Portraits On Canvas Printing Pieces

Family portraits have entered a new era where fun family photos can grace the walls of your home in large sizes and in different shapes and with different treatments. A family portrait has never looked so great! Traditional family portraits are often quite rigid and set up. But these days you can use photos from holidays when you and your family are really spending time together as a family. Only then do you get genuine photos with character. Photos like these means the true colours of each and every family member will show which makes the portrait so much more personal.

Modern Canvas Printing Options

There are no limits to much fun you can have with family portraits on canvas printing items. You can make a filmstrip canvas montage using two to eight family photos. Or why not make a panoramic canvas printing piece which can be the centre piece of the living room above a sofa or fireplace? A single photo can also be transformed into a funky Pop Art image. Imagine that, a family photo from a holiday in Spain in the style of Graffiti Artist Banksy! You will have the coolest family portrait on your street!

Make It 1010 Words

When you want to tell someone something important why not do it with photos and text on canvas printing items? Photos do say a thousand words but why not add a couple of words to the 1000 word count when the occasion is truly special? Cards and books with photos and text are great but why not show what you have to say in a more visible way by adding it to wall art. This way the receiver will be able to enjoy photos and messages on a daily basis.

The Romantic Message Canvas Print

The message canvas print is indeed one of the most personal gifts you can ever give. Canvas printing items like these show that you have put in a lot of time and thought into making special gifts. Romantic occasions suit the message canvas print fantastic. If you need loving anniversary gifts, wedding gifts or even engagement gifts message canvas prints are perfect. Or why not pop the big question on a canvas printing item?

Canvas Printing With Text

Canvas printing with photos and images are also brilliant for big days such as father’s day and mother’s day. When you want to show your mum and dad love and appreciation to the fullest personal wall art really does the trick. Message canvas print pieces also work as christening gifts, birthday gifts, housewarming gifts and leaving gifts. Let people in your life know that they are special to you by giving them canvas printing wall art with text.

Professional Photos For Canvas Printing

When you want to make really special canvas printing items either for yourself or for someone else it is a great idea to pay for professional photos. Photo studios specializing in taking great photos are everywhere these days and they often do good deals which sometimes include having your hair and makeup done. Taking professional photos of yourself, you and your husband or you and friends means you can create super polished canvas printing pieces. Go for one great photo or several one placed in a photo collage.

Family Portraits

Having family portraits on canvas printing items is very popular. This is an excellent modern idea to combine family photos with your home interior art. Your family might consist of you, your husband and your five kids or maybe it’s just you and your dog. Either way your family photos should hang on the wall and canvas printing can help you achieve that. You can create one astounding canvas printing piece by having a family portrait transformed into a Pop Art image. Or make a family memorabilia item by having many photos printed in a photo collage.

Portrait Gift Ideas

When Christmas and big birthday’s come around it is a perfect opportunity to use those professional photographs for gift ideas. The family portrait of you, your wife and your new born will make excellent canvas printing gifts for your parents and grandparents – single photo or photo collage printings. Or if you had some professional portrait photos taken of yourself why not make your boyfriend or girlfriend a canvas printing so that they can always see your beauty. Professional photos on canvas printings really make fantastic gift ideas for anyone close to you.

A Nation Of Pets

The United Kingdom is a pet loving nation indeed. About 1 in 2 UK households own a pet so you can imagine the amounts of dogs, cats and rabbits having their lunch right now around the nation. These statistics become very real when taking a look at our canvas printing orders. A large number of our orders are attached with pet photos; everything from dogs and cats to birds and horses. So it isn’t hard to believe that there are around 24 million pets in the UK!

Match Pet Photos With Canvas Printing

As animals are so popular in the UK it makes sense for us to use them for canvas printing items. Most pets are important members of the family or play the role as key company for people living on their own. This proves that pets in the UK are truly loved and appreciated so no wonder we want them on our walls! One canvas printing style seems to be the most popular amongst our customers; canvas pop art.

Pet Canvas Pop Art

Canvas pop art treatments such as the Banksy style, Andy Warhol style, Che style and custom portrait are particularly popular for pet photos. These funky styles combined with quirky pet photos – we’ve seen some pretty quirky pet photos – make excellent canvas printing pieces for the home. It is popular for shops to sell canvas pop art prints but using your own photos makes it more personal.

Pet Canvas Printing For The Home And As Gifts

Canvas printing with pet photos is ideal for you if you count yourself as a pet lover. If you want to spruce up the walls of your living room or bedroom add a pet photo canvas printing piece. But even if you are not a pet lover you can create pet lover gifts for those who are. Take photos of your friend’s dog next time you are around their house and then transform them with canvas pop art treatments as gifts for birthdays and holidays.

Customised Panoramic Canvas Printing

Not only do you get to choose any photos you want, any artwork services you want and any colours you want for canvas printing services but also the size. You can create so many different canvas printing pieces from simply changing up the sizes and photos of the orders. You can make small bathroom canvas printing items, large office canvas printing items and even panoramic canvas prints!

Vertical Or Horizontal Canvas Printing Pieces

Landscape photos are the most ideal photos for panoramic canvas pieces but you can really use any photos. It all depends on how much of the photo you are willing to cut out and how you plan to hang it – vertical or horizontal. The process of cutting the photo is something you can supervise yourself when you upload your photo in the beginning of the order process. But do have a think of the positioning of the canvas printing.

Make It Vertical

A full length photo of a person for example will be fine for a vertical panoramic canvas. And family portraits, sunsets, beaches and nature photos are good for horizontal installments. That photo of you and your husband walking on the beach on your honeymoon will fit perfect on a vertical panoramic canvas printing which can be placed in your hallway. A photo of a flower standing upright will have the same effect on a vertical canvas piece.

Panoramic Canvas With A Pop Art Treatment

You can also add a Pop Art treatment to these panoramic canvas items or have them made in Sepia or black and white.  A panoramic Banksy canvas printing will do wonders in your living room or bedroom if you want to modernise the interior. Panoramic canvas items make interesting wall art for your home and they have the flexibility of fitting in small walls due to their vertical shape.