Portraits

The finished portraits will vary according to the size, style, and frame selected.
Wall portraits — FOUR STYLE OPTIONS 

Contemporary (matted)
The traditional way to display B.& W. or Sepia toned portraits. This finish can be distinctively modern or classical to suit your taste. Your portrait is first enhanced using the artistic controls of cropping, colour balancing and vignetting. Subtle retouching and contrast control helps direct the eye to the important areas of the image. Your portrait is next digitally printed onto Kodak “Endura” paper that has a warranted life of 100 years, then it is bonded to a suitable archival material ready for framing. Your choice of mats, glass and frame will give your portraits the perfect look for your home.
 
Genuine Canvas
Recommended for colour portraits where you wish to emulate an oil painting. The print is made using the artistic photographic techniques of digital photography to enhance the detail and subject matter. The portrait is then embedded into fine artists canvas. The finished portrait can be either wrapped around a stretcher frame or mounted on board and framed traditionally without glass or a mat.  The whole surface can be wiped clean with a dry cloth.
 
 Elite (textured) A very fine textured wipe clean finish which does not require glass, and greatly reduces reflection. The fine texture of the surface also makes it suitable for the smaller sizes, and for posting overseas. Now available with a mat in any colour as well as with text, names, and  dates etc.
 
Triptychs and Multiples
One of the most popular ways to display portraits. A series of images which  work well together and may tell a story.
Made specifically to your requirements, it can be finished with a wipe clean Elite finish or under glass with a mat (Contemporary) style. Three, four, five seven or nine images can all be in the one frame. If the images are freestyle and combined to make a single image it is called a poster.
 
A portrait size is measured by its largest dimension 
Portraits are cropped to suit the image. This is to say the length and height dimensions may vary to best suit the composition of the image. A portraits size is determined by its longest measurement, measured straight across the bottom or vertically, which ever is the longest. For example a standard portrait is 24inches by 20 inches so it is called a 24 inch portrait.

Desk and Gift portraits

Keep- Sake portraits.
A convenient way to acquire quality portraits in small quantities for display or an album. Two styles, a standard size mat with mat board, or a larger size RAG MAT in 100% COTTON double thickness which we call ARTMOUNT which keeps it clean white looks for the life of the portrait.
 
Albums    
A great way to keep a selection of pictures that can grow as your family does. You can have as many pictures as you like in your album!  Special prices only apply at the first viewing. The first five images are included in the price of the album. Leather and superior albums have a thick padded genuine leather covers and can have additional images added to remember the important events in your child’s or families life.