Learn to take photos! A photo to canvas is an ideal gift for any occasion, especially personalized gifts. We had so many orders over Christmas for canvases and the majority of them were personalized.
Hint and tips to take photos
Here are our tips for taking the most perfect personalized picture that can get blown up for photo to canvas.
Tips 1 – How to take photos
You can take a picture on most media devices these days, but it goes without saying that the most successful ones have been taking on cameras or phones with at least 5 mega pixels. Depending on the size that you want it blown up to, but 5 or greater tends to do the trick for most sizes.
Tips 2 – How to take photos
FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS, do remember that when we blow up a photo, we are making the image you have LARGER. So if it is out of focus to start with it will look very out of focus if blown up. A tip for keeping the camera still and in focus is to tuck your elbow into your chest and rest it there. This acts like a tripod for the camera. Then squeeze the shutter button, don’t press it. This tends to work great every time.
Tips 3 – How to take photos
Try getting your subject to look straight into the lens. A great tip for this is if you hold the camera, at your eye level and engage in your subject, then click away. They should feel more relaxed and tend to be looking in the lens more. Results are a naturally looking photo.
Get help to take photos
We have plenty more tips; just email us at info@tocanvas.net for your free newsletter. Hope you have fun taking your pictures!
ToCanvas Team – How to take photos
