One of the best things about living in the modern world – or, as some folks like to refer to it, living in the future – is the power that technology has given us to make our hobbies into something more than just hobbies – like how cheap canvas prints allows us to indulge our photographic hobbies in ways previous generations couldn’t. Our ability to order canvas prints online and create our own galleries of our photos allows us to pursue an almost semi-professional approach to our hobby. This wasn’t possible just a few years ago, when people who didn’t have connections or resources had to be content with small prints of their photos because they didn’t have easy access to online canvas printing.
With great power comes great responsibility, though – so what are you doing with your photos and your ability to display them as amazing galleries in your own home? If you’re just randomly decorating, you’re doing it wrong. Think bigger! Here are some ideas that can get your creative juices flowing and kick your photo hobby into semi-pro gear.
Canvas Prints Gallery Idea: Theme It
One of the most interesting things you can do with your photos in general and canvas prints specifically is pursue a theme – a central idea that you play with in all of your photos. This could be a setting that all the photos share, a particular aspect shared by the subjects, or something more personal and subtle, like your favourite childhood spots, or the places where you and your spouse met and courted.
Presentation is part of it, finding interesting ways to frame and compose each photo. But the real power comes when you group them together on your chosen “art wall” as a gallery. Imagine bringing guests on a tour and showing them your awesome collection of photos, and letting the full force of your concept sink it. There’s nothing more gratifying in this world than when someone appreciates your creative concept – and together your photos will be much more powerful than they would be alone, because of the thread that binds them together.
Canvas Prints Gallery Idea: Linking by Details
There’s probably a German word for the phenomenon of suddenly noticing a detail that is shared by a disparate group of works. It’s a powerful technique, similar to theming your photos but in a much more subtle and powerful way.
The trick works like this: In every shot, no matter what the subject or the background, a certain detail is repeated. It could be a person, an object, or a pattern, but it must be shared with all the photos on the wall. The more subtle it is, the better – you would be amazed at how well the human brain picks up on details without being conscious of it. Everyone who views your canvas prints will have an uncanny feeling they’ve seen more than they realise, and when (and if) they see the secret, they will be moved and amazed.
All it takes is a little planning. In fact, simply thinking ahead of time what you want to accomplish with your photos can transform your home gallery of your work from simply a collection of nice pictures you took into something artistic and powerful.
So, start thinking! When you’ve created some powerful images that have the sort of thematic and artistic impact you were hoping for, click here and we will take them with great respect and turn them into beautiful canvas art prints that you can be proud to hang in your home as a personal art gallery.
