| No doubt your home is filled with scrapbooks and | | | | proportion can cost as much as $50. In contrast, |
| photo albums overflowing with pictures of the | | | | the charge for an 8 x 10 photo printed on canvas |
| past. You may even have a box of photos yet to | | | | can be as few as $25- that's half the price! The |
| be entombed in any form of structured memory | | | | difference in dollars for a larger size portrait is |
| storage. The various frames that pack your | | | | even more dramatic. If you're looking to hang |
| shelves and tabletops are beginning to pervade | | | | your picture above the mantelpiece, a 20 x 30 |
| your living space. You're in need of a new way to | | | | matted frame will cost you upwards of $250, but |
| display your images. You want the look of fine art | | | | a canvas photo of the same size can be |
| and elegance. And there are two ways to achieve | | | | purchased for less than $100. That's a savings of |
| this. Traditionally, people have chosen to transfer | | | | $150 or more! |
| their photos onto ordinary matting and arrange | | | | Quality: Matted photos, though displayed |
| them in framing for final presentation. But now, a | | | | beautifully, can tend to take on a one-dimensional |
| new and innovative form of imagery is catching | | | | existence. They appear flat and lifeless. But a |
| the eye of amateurs and artists alike- canvas | | | | canvas photo can awaken a memory trapped in |
| photos. | | | | time! Perhaps you've snapped a special photo of |
| Unlike customary matted portraits, your pictures | | | | your natural surroundings. The desolate backdrop |
| will come alive when seamlessly transmitted onto | | | | of a desert, the cool serenity of a lake shore, the |
| soft and sturdy canvas and wrapped on a solid | | | | chaos and confusion of the big city. A canvas |
| wood frame. And your images will look as | | | | photo will breathe new life into any image- feel |
| animated and vibrant as the day you took them! | | | | the sun on your face once more, sooth yourself |
| The quality of craftsmanship that comes with a | | | | with the lapping lake waves, and listen to the buzz |
| canvas photo is guaranteed to last as long as you | | | | of the city streets. |
| own the picture- and well after. These portraits | | | | Durability: Why worry with broken glass and |
| make the perfect heirlooms to pass on to your | | | | chipped frames? Matted photos can be damaged |
| family. Your pictures will be more beautiful than | | | | so easily that the average picture needs to be |
| any embellished scrapbook page, and can be | | | | replaced after just a few years. Canvas photos |
| easily viewed, unlike flipping through the pages of | | | | are resistant to normal wear and tear, making |
| a photo album. And canvas photos are an | | | | them the most resilient form of photo imagery. |
| extremely affordable work of art. Take a look at | | | | The life expectancy of a canvas photo can be as |
| our comparison of matted versus canvas photos, | | | | much as 100 years if maintained properly, making |
| and you'll see just how the competition stacks up. | | | | it the perfect family heirloom. |
| Cost: The cost of any photo is dependant upon | | | | Whether it's affordability durability, or artistic |
| its size. You can purchase both matted and | | | | quality you're looking for, you'll find it all with |
| canvas photos in dimensions big and small. But | | | | canvas photos! |
| compare the price. A matted frame of 8 x 10 | | | | |