Recently my Nana was redecorating her living room and dining room. A complete overhaul really. She has very elegant tastes, although almost always tinted by the pink spectrum. I was surprised when she called me regarding the project to ask how big I could make a photo. I told her as big as she wanted, but after hearing her size requirements I explained that what she needed was the photo on canvas.
I am always thrilled when I can introduce people to new things, especially my Nana who taught me so much growing up. Earlier in the spring we had gone to Longwood Gardens together. Ever practical, instead of bringing her camera, she pointed out things she wanted photos of since I never leave home without mine. She didn’t have a decorating agenda at the time, but I sent her home with a stack of prints that she fell in love with. I didn’t know it, but I had captured several pictures of tea roses that matched her china and one of a stem of orchids with petals almost the same tint as the rug she’d ordered before her visit.
Her original hope was to replace the large framed watercolor painting that no longer complimented the room, but she was unfamiliar with any photos larger than 8X10. When I arrived with my laptop and showed her all the different options for larger prints she immediately agreed that she wanted the photo on canvas. In fact, after reviewing the entire website several times she ordered a huge canvas of the orchid for the living room and three smaller ones for the dining room to reflect spring roses in the glass of the china cabinet.
I haven’t been to visit yet, but she called yesterday to excitedly tell me how they had come exactly as she wanted. She is often leery of internet purchases, but evidently they had even cropped the photos exactly to her specifications. I am happy that she is so thrilled and even more so that it is because of my photos. There is a canvas just waiting for you to pick it out of your photo album. Don’t leave it trapped inside, take pride in your work and put it on display.
Christy, Aspiring Child Photographer
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