Canvas Print From Photo - Does Your Digital Photo Measure Up?

Nearly all of us have digital cameras today. Hopefully, they are at least 6 mega pixels as this size or larger is becoming the norm and 2 and 4 mega pixels cameras are becoming has-beens. Technology moves fast!

You will care if your digital photo is “up to snuff” when you want to make canvas prints from photos. Setting your digital cameras to their highest/ best settings in order to record the fullest information possible of the image you are capturing is paramount to a quality photo and a quality canvas print. Computer software for processing photographs use a process of interpolation when you enlarge your photo beyond its natural size that gives the impression there are more pixels present in the image than there really are when the image was taken on low settings. This type of interpolation process borrows information from adjacent pixels and copies them to fill in the space of the larger size dimension. The new pixel counts generated this way are more like "guestimates" of what should be there and when you enlarge your photo beyond, say, 8 x 10, the image is full of ghosting and blurry lines – because the “filler” pixels are not real. Just be mindful of this.

There are so many pluses with a digital camera! No film to buy. You do not have to take the film to a film developer nor remember to pick it up! Easy, right? So, how often do you use your digital camera? Most of us only bring it out for the occasional family shots - and that is a very important use for your camera - but what about just going out and looking for the artsy shots? A hike in the woods, perhaps? The park? The city streets?

We tend to be cowered by professional photographer's work and may wonder how in the world they do it. We may feel we do not have that “natural eye” for the unusual in the usual or that we lack creative imagination. Maybe. But, can we develop that natural eye and gain some creative imagination with a few pointers?

There are some broad themes to consider when you are out and about looking for your photograph. Look around at your scenic area. Are there defined lines like in tress, buildings, telephone poles? What about circles or arcs? When you see something that has some interest to you, go outside the box in your viewing – look at the scene in landscape mode as well as portrait by turning your camera. These new perspectives just might reveal that special something you were looking for. Move the camera sideways and back, maybe even upwards and down. Do keep the camera aligned with the horizon, however! Then take a chance. Snap the photo. If a digital camera, it is easy to delete. But, always remember to aim (pun intended) to please yourself – not the masses. Artists in any other medium do not care whether others like their work or not, rather, their work is an expression of themselves. Photography – unless you are doing studio portraits and the like – is your expression of yourself. Go ahead. Be bold. And when you have one that makes you smile it just might be a good candidate for a canvas print from photo work you have done and will make you burst with pride to see it hanging on your wall as your personal canvas art.

By: Finley J. Keller

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Finley Keller is a graphic artist and the owner of Pixels On Canvas. Click Here and enter into the wonderful world of photos on canvas. It's fun, affordable and as easy as 1 - 2 - 3. Pixels On Canvas is your number one source for canvas prints from photos.