For our wedding last August, Jai and I enlisted local Portland photographer Jason Hill to shoot the event, and the photos are wonderful! There were so many “Frame-worthy” shots that I have about 10 different photos that I want to get blown up on canvas to display in the house. This has been a gradual process, as canvas prints can be expensive, so I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for coupons and deals – which is why I was intrigued by Canvas On The Cheap!
Family portrait by Jason Hill Photography – click to view full size
Canvas On The Cheap strives to offer quality canvas printing at affordable prices. I was offered the chance to create a 16″ x 20″ canvas for review, and I was eager to see how their product would stack up! For this canvas, I decided to use a family wedding portrait of Jai and I with my aunt and uncle. I’m working on having all of our family portraits blown up so we can display them in our dining room, so this seemed like a great place to start!
The process of creating your canvas is very easy. You upload the photo that you want to use, and their web tool allows you to reposition, crop, flip, and zoom in on the image. I knew I wanted to zoom in so that the canvas would be a closeup of everyone, which was very simple to do; I then carefully moved the image to exactly where I wanted it in the frame, so that the background flowers and trees were still visible, since I knew that would create such a pretty border around the subjects in the photo, especially with the beautiful lighting effects. I got the image exactly how I wanted it and selected a “Mirror image” wrap, so that the edges are printed with a reflection of the image, which was my preference rather than stretching the image across all four sides. My canvas was then ready to go, so I added it to my cart and ordered it!
My Canvas On The Cheap!
The canvas arrived in a timely fashion and was packaged carefully to protect the contents. The print turned out absolutely perfect! It looks exactly the way I wanted. The image is represented beautifully; photos really don’t do justice to how the colors look on the canvas in person. The canvas really highlights the crisp detail of the image – it looks beautiful on the wall and is the perfect way to preserve this once-in-a-lifetime memory with my family, who traveled all the way from England to be with us on our wedding day.
Closeup of the mirror image canvas wrap
If you want a beautiful canvas print for your home, I certainly recommend Canvas On The Cheap. The cost of a 16″ x 20″ print such as this runs $17.60, and shipping is under $15, so there is no need to spend hundreds of dollars on the equivalent elsewhere!