Photo Tips
Your piece is created from your photo, so a good photo makes a better piece. You do not need a real camera. Daylight and a little patience are enough.
Photographing a church or a building
Shoot in daylight, stand back far enough that the whole building fits with a little room around it, and shoot from straight on rather than from a sharp angle. Late morning or late afternoon light is kindest to brick and stone. Keep cars, trash cans and traffic signs out of the frame where you can, and if you cannot, send it anyway and tell us what to leave out.
How big the file should be
A phone photo taken at your camera's normal setting is plenty. Aim for at least 1500 pixels on the long side. Most phone photos are well above that.
If we need a better photo
If what you send is too small or too blurred to work from, the proof will show it, and you can send another at no charge before anything prints; your timeline simply pauses until it arrives. We would rather ask than print something soft. We can remove clutter, straighten a leaning building and correct color, but we cannot invent detail that was never in the photo.