Friday, December 2, 2011

Canvas Photo Art

I have been talking about putting some photography of our travels in black and white in our family room.  I had always envisioned three large canvases hanging vertically over our large blank wall.  We even had special lighting installed to highlight whatever we decided to eventually hang in that space.  When I saw that Easy Canvas Prints was having a 60% off sale that lasted until midnight last night (sorry for posting about the sale after the fact, I just saw it late afternoon yesterday) I decided to take the plunge.

The most difficult part is photo selection.  I apparently have a massive predilection towards taking horizontal photographs.  I had so many to choose from, but most cannot be formatted for a vertical canvas.  Next time we take a trip my husband promised to remind me to flip my camera.

I have so many unusable travel photos from the days before digital.  There is no way the resolution of those photos would work after being scanned and then blown up.  So my criteria became, the photo had to be a trip my husband and I took together and come from a variety of locales on different continents.  I wanted them all to reflect an architectural quality but I couldn't find three that worked out that way in the end.

These were the frontrunners:

Bora Bora

Giza, Egypt

Giza, Egypt

Giza, Egypt

 Bali, Indonesia

Bali, Indonesia

Tikal, Guatemala

Ambergris Caye, Belize
Images via Travelmoon
I was initially going to put them up to a vote but unfortunately I had to order immediately to take advantage of the sale.  So, I will post the final selection on Monday!

9 comments:

  1. Amazing pictures - can't wait to see the end result.
    Happy weekend,
    Axx

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  2. WHOA! Those pictures are seriously beautiful and did you say they were having a 60% off sale????? OMG, how I wish I knew! Love all these but the pyramid and picture from Indonesia struck me the most as being real statement pictures and blown up they would be INCREDIBLE!

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  3. they are all fantastic...i'm loving the single pyramid one. come by & enter my giveaway!

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  4. I love the Belize one... I'm a sucker for all things tropical.

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  5. These are all fabulous contenders but if I have to choose three photos, I would pick the one with the camel, the one in Bali with the water reflection and the final one!

    Have a lovely weekend, Kate. I can't wait to see what you picked!

    Jessie
    www.mixandchic.com

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  6. Judging from all of those pictures, you could have done no wrong in your selection. Holy beautiful!!! Cannot wait to see the choices and how they turn out and great find on the sale :)

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  7. Kate, these are beautiful. Love the idea of framed black and white photos from your trips. A great way to decorate a wall. Have a wonderful weekend! xo

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  8. Oh wow...these are so cool. Can't wait to see on Monday!

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  9. The super-leafy Bali picture is amazing. What a fantastic photo!

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