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Photo Canvas Print - an Overlooked Tool for Wedding Planners

The photo canvas print is a relatively new product and has yet to hit the mainstream wedding market. However, a common wedding tradition could very much benefit from new digital inkjet canvas printing. Often you will see pictures of the couple on display in the foyer of the wedding venue or at the reception

hall. Usually these are photo enlargements that have been framed or mounted and placed on an easel. Now, these pictures are great conversation starters for your wedding guest, but often they look tacky in comparison to the rest of your wedding décor. Photo canvas prints allow you to continue the tradition of sharing pictures at your wedding, but in an elegant manner that can truly enhance the ambience of your special day.

Wedding planners are always scouting out new ideas, better deals and innovative designs and that is just what the canvas print is! Use digital photos from the bride and groom’s earlier years together as well as some great shots from their engagement party and photo shoot. If you cannot find any good photos,

then take them. These photos should look natural and truly highlight the spirit of the newlyweds. There is no reason to spread a museum-like gallery in the reception hall. Instead, print collages and candid portraits using an affordable online canvas printer. Your wedding guests will be impressed with the elegant décor and will enjoy the nice conversations that bud from the many lively photos. As a wedding planner or engaged couple, you are planning to spend thousands on flowers and center pieces that will be long gone after the wedding, but these canvas prints will be a keepsake and a great wedding favor for close family and friends. Even if you have never thought of placing photos at your wedding, imagine the great benefit that these photos could have on the atmosphere of your event. Friends and family would crack jokes about how the couple used to look as children and reminisce about how fast they were growing up. Group photo canvas prints would have people huddled around pointing out their faces to others. For a joyful and celebratory atmosphere, photo canvas prints are the perfect catalysts.

After the wedding is over, don’t forget to order a canvas print of your wedding photos. Wedding photographers will gladly sell you all the digital photos he or she took on a disc for a small price. Those high quality images can be turned into canvas prints easily and affordably. Search out an online large format

posters company to find a great deal. Make sure that you choose a reputable large format printer that offers stellar service and outstanding printing quality. Then simply upload, edit and order your wedding photo canvas prints! Display them around your home or give them to your parents and in-laws for a meaningful and heartfelt gift as husband and wife.

There are a countless number of ways that the photo canvas print can be used in wedding planning. Keep them in mind as you plan for your upcoming special day and think of a nice way to use them. If you are planning on attending another couple’s wedding, consider giving a canvas print as a thoughtful wedding gift!

Be imaginative and creative with your ideas! This elegant photo enlargement print is nothing short of wedding worthy.

More canvas prints can be found at canvas print.

About the Author

Jay Jenson is a freelance writer, with 5 years of experience in the printing and graphic design industry. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles, California, working in the field of marketing and public relations.

Build It Yourself Enlargers and Enlarging Accessories $32.53 Text extracted from opening pages of book: BUILD IT YOURSELF ENLARGERS AND ENLARGING ACCESSORIES A complete Manual for home built Enlargers of every variety, including miniature and portable enlargers, enlarging accessories, etc. Profusely illus trated with diagrams, photos and working drawings THE GALLEON PUBLISHERS, Inc. NEW YORK, N. Y. Copyright 1938 by THE GALLEON PUBLISHERS, Inc. No part of this volume may be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the publishers. CONTENTS SECTION I. THEORY CHAPTER I. OPTICAL PRINCIPLES . . 8 CHAPTER II. ENLARGER DESIGN 12 Light House 12 Ventilation ... 13 Illumination . 17 Diffusion 17 Negative Holder 18 Lens and Assembly 21 Mounting Enlarger . 24 SECTION II. PRACTICE 26 CHAPTER III. SIMPLE CONSTRUCTION 27 Horizontal Enlarger using camera 27 Vertical Enlarger using camera 38 Vertical Enlarger, indirect lighting 52 CHAPTER IV. TIN CAN ENLARGER 58 Light House, diffusion, etc 58 Lens Assembly and Negative Holder 62 Support and Easel 65 CHAPTER V. PORTABLE ENLARGER 67 Projector 68 Case 71 CHAPTER VI. ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION 75 Materials needed 75 General Construction . 77 Negative Carrier .... 84 Lens Assembly 85 CHAPTER VII. METAL ENLARGERS . 86 Diffusion and Lens Assembly .89 Light House Assembly 91 BUILD IT YOURSELF SECTION I. THEORY Many amateur photographers who enjoy finish ing their own work have been prevented from making projection prints, or enlargements, because of the price of the equipment. The construction of an enlarger is not at all difficult for anyone handy with tools. If the basic principles of projection printing are remembered there is no reason why the enlarger should not work satisfactorily, with the resultthat the amateur can have all the bene fits and pleasures of low cost enlarging merely by exercising his ingenuity. It is outside the scope of this book to give minute instructions in the enlarging processes, since they may be found in many good books now available. However, some discussion of the general principles and theory of projection printing will aid in the design of the apparatus. CHAPTER I. OPTICAL PRINCIPLES The enlarger is based on exactly the same op tical principle as the camera. In both cases the light from the object is made to pass through a lens and the rays focused on a light-sensitive emulsion. However, the light comes into the camera from outside the chamber which contains the emulsion, while in the case of the enlarger the reverse is true. The action of the light in both cases is identical. It comes from the source, either natural or artifi cial, and strikes the object. When this occurs, some of the light rays are absorbed, some reflected and some, if the object is not opaque, pass through completely. These latter rays make enlarging poss ible. After passing through the negative, they enter the lens. Here they are bent so that an exact re-Figure 1 production of the object, called the image, is form ed on the opposite side of the lens. The image

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Wallmount Easel wall easel $540.93 Wallmount Easel is the ideal solution for the artist with limited studio space. Most easel manufactures design only their smallest and lightest easels for quick and easy storage. Best understands that many professional artists must achieve a balance between space concerns and workability. The Wallmount achieves both goals, a heavy-duty easel that accommodates a large canvas with zero use of studio floor space. A sturdy oak easel that was designed to be mounted on the wall. The easel can be used in a vertical position or tilted forward. Perfect for the studio with limited floor space. Made of solid North American red oak. Can hold canvases up to 88 in. high. Width/depth: 32 in. x 14 in. Extended easel height: 102 in. Compact easel height: 55 in. Forward tilt for the pastel artist. Smooth, easy height adjustability. Self leveling tray/palette. Ships partially assembled. #887100

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