Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Gallery Wraps

Our company recently had some prints done as a canvas gallery wrap and I can't begin to tell you how great they look. Gallery wraps give your pictures a unique and artistic look and it's a great way to display your family photographs on the walls of your home. Basically a normal photograph is printed on canvas paper, which is then stretched around a wood frame so that you can actually see parts of the photography from both sides, the top and bottom of the finished product. An optional dust mat can be added to the back as well as all the necessary wire and hardware to hang the gallery wrap with. They aren't cheap, but then again, is anything that's "valuable" cheap?. Trust me, you will love these things and feel like it was worth every penny spent. Below are some samples for you to view.



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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Benefits of Photographing Outside



We specialize in a natural style of creating and preserving the memories of children and their families. I often get asked why we prefer to do our portrait sessions outside instead of a studio type environment. Most children like playing outside right? It's natural for a child to play outside right? Studios are confined, have artificial light and can't come close to matching the environment that you find outdoors right? A child is going to behave more naturally outside where they can run around and play as opposed to sitting in a studio with bright lights pointed at them and being asked to position their body just so while being told to smile. We feel that the photo sessions we do outside allows a child to act more naturally and reflect their true personality and isn't that what we all want to capture in the images of our children, their true personality? Above is an example of two images, one in a studio and one outside. Tell me which one you would want to hang on the wall of your home.

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