Warm Weather, Hot New Product, !!!!!!SIZZLING!!!!! SALE

This afternoon, I attended a webinar (seminar over conference call and Web) to learn more about photo canvasses and their many benefits. I've been hearing raves about canvas prints from photographer friends of mine for awhile, and for Christmas, actually ordered some for Kyle of us as a way to get the scoop on them. After several months of having them in our home, I must admit they rock!!! While we have lots of photo albums and even framed prints (4 by 6's and 5 by 7's mostly) around the house, nothing catches your eye and stops you in your steps as you are running from room to room like a giant wall-sized canvas of yourself. The ones I did of Kyle and I are of us making these ridiculous funny faces, and whenever I see them, I just have to giggle. Everyone who comes through the door comments on them!

I was so excited to start offering my clients these canvasses after I got off the conference call but I wanted to wait until I could share some images with you. As I stepped out into the sun to get the mail, I almost tripped over a massive box from my canvas company. The samples I'd ordered last week for around my home office had arrived!!! Talk about timing.

And boy oh boy, these canvases are Cool (with a capital C)! They feature an image printed on museum-quality canvas and hand stretched on a 1.5 inch thick wooden frame. The frame is gallery wrapped, meaning the image continues around the side of the frame. This isn't just a photograph, it's ART!!!!! Because our house is fairly small, I didn't order any dramatic sizes, but these are available in sizes from 8 by 10 inch up to 56 by 100 inches. That's taller than Michael Jordan!!! And besides the impact and the quality, the best thing about these is they arrive wall-ready- no frame needed!!!

You can order just one featuring one image from a wedding, engagement or portrait session, or many in a collage, or get several of them to group together and make an entire display. The biggest one I ordered to show you here was a 20 by 30 inch, but once we move and settle into our new space, I'll be ordering some a bit bigger so they can really make an impact. As you can see in the shot above featuring Nikon and Sam and Scott, even the 20 by 30 barely fills the space above a typical couch. As much as I love my albums, what's so fun about these is that you don't have to sit down to see it. Instead, your image just becomes a part of your surroundings that seeks you out, instead of the other way around!

As a way of getting my clients as excited as I am about these fantastic new offerings and in honor of winter's hibernation finally coming to an end here in Western Maine, I am running a !!!three day only!!! special called "WAKE Up Your Walls". Order between now and Friday, April 18 at 2 p.m. and receive 50 percent off of your order for any canvas (size 16 x 20 and up). This is HUGE!!! Canvas must feature an image already taken by me. (And remember, I now offer payment via credit/debit card.)

Email me for a complete information sheet. I'd be happy to pull some of your images that I think would look great on canvas and give you some suggested sizes.

This is a 20 by 30 canvas from Sam and Scott's post shoot. Even at that size, it could still be much bigger and not look out of place in the room.

This is a fun one. It's a 15 by 30 inch panoramic of Kelly and Pat walking to the beach before their September wedding. This environmental image would be wall-worthy as a beach shot without Kelly and Pat in it, but when you add them in, it takes it to a whole new level and is dramatic without being over the top. You can get a real sense of the gallery wrap here- see how the clouds wrap around the edge.

Here is a 16 by 20 canvas with a border I put on of Anya and Oleg eating ice cream after their wedding last April.

I wanted to share this close up of the canvas so you can see the quality. It's so smooth it looks like a print, but it's actually canvas!

This is the edge of the canvas featuring Anya and Oleg. Again, showing the clarity of the printing as well as the thickness (1.5 inches) of the canvas.

So, what do you think? Remember, if I've already photographed you and you'd like your images on canvas, email me immediately to take advantage of my 50 percent off special.