Canvas Press: Product Review & Leap Year Giveaway!

by Tina

The tag line on Canvas Press's website "Creating the canvas you want has never been easier" couldn't be more true.  As a professional photographer it is always important to work with companies who are easy to do business with.  More importantly it is critical that the canvas print or Glicee (pronounced zhee-CLAY) products I provide to my clients are of the best quality and display my images in their best "light."  Glicee is the process of taking a digital image to create fine art prints.  The source of those digital images can be your own or you can select from a wide variety of stock images from Canvas Press library.

Canvas Press

I recently had the opportunity to test out Canvas Press and was extremely pleased not only with the professional quality but also the easy ordering process and turn-around time.  I highly recommend Canvas Press and have them at the top of my list for ordering photo canvas art for my client's home or office.

Canvas Press's CEO, Doak Walker, has a hands-on approach and personally reviews many of the products that are developed in their studio.  Doak's mother, who is a professional photographer, helped influence his love of photography and in the creation of his business.  Customer service is central to their core value and it shows.

As I mentioned it was extremely easy to upload my digital image from my laptop to their website.  Once the image was uploaded I was able to easily pick the canvas size, standout dimension (distance from the wall), style and wrap finish.  Once the image was cropped to my liking, I selected the color option (which includes as-is, black and white or sepia - all FOR FREE).  Some companies charge for this service.  Minor color correction is only $15 per image or $50 for heavy retouching.

Besides canvas, you also have the option of selecting metallic prints.  Metal prints offer high resolution detailing achieved by bonding the printed image to a coated sheet of brushed aluminum.  Brush strokes add texture while the aluminum creates a reflective 3-dimesional quality.

There's also have the option to select Oilworks on canvas which creates an oil painting effect to your print.  For $15 you can add text to the image.  It's a great option which other labs do not even offer.  For a graduation photo or special occasion you might want to enter the date or name of the event which is a wonderful feature.  Or you can add your studio name in scripted lettering.

To see the high quality for yourself, one lucky winner will receive a FREE 16x20, 3/4 standout canvas print (valued at $110.00) from Canvas Press.  To enter, please do the following:

1. For one entry, leave a comment at the bottom of this article (Click on Comments to get to that section) and BE SURE to include your email address so I can contact the winner.  If you forget your email address I may have to void that entry.
2. "Like" the Canvas Press page for 1 additional entry
3. Leave a second comment letting me know you liked the Canvas Press page for your 2nd entry.

Contest starts February 29th and runs until Friday March 9th at 12 noon Pacific time.  I will select one winner using random.org.
Good luck!

Full disclosure:  I was provided with one free 16x20 canvas print in order to provide an honest review of their product, ease-of-use and customer service. All opinions are my own.  I totally loved working with Canvas Press! I highly recommend them.