A Good Snapshot Does Not Always Make The Best Photo On Canvas Painting

“You don’t take a photo. You make it.”

That’s a well-known quote of American photographer, Ansel Adams (1902-1984), famous for his dramatic black and white landscapes photographs. He didn’t have the advantages of digital cameras or know about the photos on canvas process that turns a photograph into a original painting.

The technical advances of digital photography and the availability of inexpensive quality digital cameras have put in the hands of every one of us the tools to create excellent quality photographs. If we’re unsure of our skills we also have the option to take literally hundreds of shots without spending money to develop or print with the hope of a few lucky photographs.

When you decide to order a photo on canvas painting you have two options:

Pick one of your lucky photographs and simply choose a style, size and frame.

Pick a subject and take carefully thought out photographs keeping in mind what you want the photo to canvas painting to look like when finished and mounted on the wall.

If you opt for the former, evaluate your favorite snapshot carefully. Are the details sharp and clear? Is the exposure correct – neither too dark nor too light? Is the focal point obvious and placed in an eye-pleasing position in the frame? Is the background cluttered or distracting?

If you opt for the latter, it will be worth your while to review some photography tips and familiarize yourself with your camera’s features so that when you look through the view finder you can be creating compositions most favorable to the photos to canvas process. Consider the “rule of thirds” in framing your points of interest and avoid cluttered backgrounds that detract from your primary subject.

Whatever the case, when you order a photo to canvas painting from Paint Your Life you will have expert editors standing by to assist you in choosing the ideal photograph. They can crop photos, simplify backgrounds, and get rid of redeye, and they’ll tell you if your photograph just isn’t suitable for an effective photos to canvas painting.Photos on canvas

On the other hand, there’s another quote of Ansel Adams:

“There are no rules for good photographs; there are only good photographs….”

…so your lucky shot of the sunset or your dog catching a ball may just make the Top Ten Photos on Canvas Paintings of the Year.