Choosing a Photo for a Portrait

The Perfect Photo Makes a Perfect Painting

Choosing the right kind of photo

For the best portrait on canvas results send us the highest quality digital or print photo you can manage. Take enough shots to choose the best photo for our painters to work with. Before they start painting, our professional artists review every photo submitted to obtain the best possible results.

Best photos - work very well in all styles

These shots are crisply in focus and the subject fills up most of the frame. As you can see from zooming in on facial features there are plenty of details for our portrait artists to work with.

Sharp focus throughout the frame
Subject fills most of the frame
Clarity of details

Subject fills most of the frame

Centered figure

Good composition

Reasonable photos - work in most styles

These shots are acceptable but don’t have the clarity or focus of the best shots. When you zoom in on details the lines are not so sharp.

Almost clear focus, especially on subjec
Subject fills most of the frame
Medium clarity of details

Strong camera flash

Subject is too far

Subject not centered

Poor photos - won’t work well in most of the styles

These shots would not give good results. If you have a one-of-a-kind digital or print photo that you really want made into a photo on canvas, send it to us and our expert editors will advise you of the feasibility.