Wessex 20 photo collage

We have had a number of requests to add text to photo collages, so we thought it would be good to offer a life poster with text as standard.

The Wessex 20 is an A3 collage that features 20 photos in a square cell. The centre area is used for a short message of your choosing. The colour for the background of the text area will be chosen based on the colour of your photographs – sometimes a gradient will work well (as shown in our example) or a solid colour might be best.

The Wessex 20 makes a great birthday present or a personal way to mark a special occasion. As with all our collages we enhance all your photographs.

You can buy the Wessex 20 either unframed or framed in a wooden float frame.

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Life Poster weekend – buy 1 get 1 FREE!

On the 20th, 21st and 22nd May we are holding our first Life Poster weekend.

Over these three days when you buy any of our unframed A3 life posters (Maxwell 24, Second 20, Austen 50, Brooklyn 56) we will send you another copy of the print FREE – so you have a photo collage to give and one to keep! Why not spoil your Dad this Father’s Day and give him a present he will remember, with the extra bonus of you getting a copy too.

All you have to do is make sure you order your life poster collage on the 20th, 21st or 22nd May, so mark the Life Poster weekend in your diary now!

You don’t have to send us your photos that weekend, just order your life poster collage. To see our range of A3 life posters please click here.

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Taking photos for the Second 20 photo collage

To celebrate the launch of our updated website we introduced the Second 20 photo collage. The idea with this one is to take a series of snapshots of your favourite small person (or persons) on a plain background. We then take your photos and turn them into a stunning photo collage – highlighting the expressions and bringing out the character of the person(s) in the photos.

Taking the photos themselves is easy and does not take long at all. The main requirement is to have a plain (preferably light coloured) background to take the photos against. The reason for this is that it does not distract from the face of the person in the photo and keeps all the photos uniform.

Try and use natural lighting if possible, so you don’t have to use the flash. Doing this will help to avoid stark dark shadow areas. If lighting is not great, then switch the ISO setting on your camera to a higher number. Above all, remember that this is not supposed to be an exercise in taking technically perfect photos, but rather to capture expression and to have some fun!

Two of our original photos:

A prop of some kind will really help with getting children to relax and mess around a bit! We just gave our son Ethan his mum’s glasses and that was all that was needed! The only bit of direction we did was to ask Ethan to look left, right, up and down. The rest was him just doing his own thing!

The finished Second 20 Life Poster:

It took 5mins to take the photos, but we will treasure our Second 20 for years to come.

When you send us your photos, we will convert them to black and white, adjust as needed, then create your life poster. It will be printed on Professional Epson 255gsm glossy photo paper.

To order please click here.

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Austen 50 photo collage

Austen 50 photo collage with 2 large photos for close ups!

A new photo collage to our range is the Austen 50. This A3 collage features two large photos giving you the opportunity to focus in on two extra special images, whilst still giving you space for 48 other photos.

The Austen 50 is available to order today and as with all our photo collages we enhance your photographs to bring out the colours to create an overall stunning effect.

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Free post and packing on Brooklyn 56

Free p&p on the Brooklyn 56 until 30 October

There is free post and packing on the Brooklyn 56 life poster photo collage until the 30 October, so now is your chance to order one of our popular A3 life posters. The Brooklyn is ideal for showing off your digital photos when you don’t have a lot of room – or you don’t want to choose too many photos. Just click here to go to our order page to get started!

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