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Why convert photo to painting

Time changes everything, the quality of our precious old photos is not an exception. Over a period of time, our photos get faded, folded, bent or torn in various places, thereby losing their essence gradually.

Why convert photo to painting

Thursday September 07, 2017,

3 min Read

Time changes everything, the quality of our precious old photos is not an exception. Over a period of time, our photos get faded, folded, bent or torn in various places, thereby losing their essence gradually. Gone are the days when only celebrities and the royal family members used to get their portraits done to share the same with the younger generation in their family. Today we are no different from them. Each of us have our own family tradition and nostalgic memories associated with that black & white photograph that we hold so dear. Ever since the concept of converting photo to paintings  was introduced, there has been a huge frenzy among people.

People, who worried about losing precious memories seeing the condition of their old photographs, started welcoming this concept with open hearts. This was because this opportunity gave them the golden chance to hold on to something that they thought they had lost forever. This feeling cannot be described in words. Irrespective of how big or small your photo is, you can send it to these painting experts to convert them and they will do a great job out of it.

When you make portraits from photos, you are improving the quality of the picture by several notches. The original photo might be in tatters, but the resulting product that you have electronically or physically looks new and better. Thanks to the ability of artists to customize changes backgrounds, color of clothing, the portrait is now nothing short of a miracle. Today, there are so many apps that help you convert photos into different kinds of paintings (oil painting, water color, pencil sketches and more) within seconds, thanks to the advancement of filters as well.

When you give a custom home portrait  as a gift to your friend, family or anybody, there is so much of meaning attached to it, especially when the portrait is of the childhood home of the receiver. What better way to tell your sister that you miss her than gifting her beautiful portrait of the house where you grew up together and spent your innocent childhood years? There are many house portrait arts in the market today and you can do a quick search on Google to know about some of the best portrait artists in your locality and their reviews, to make the right choice.

When you convert pictures into paintings, you are also creating multiple copies. You can save them on your laptop or smart phone, you can send pictures to your friends through emails and WhatsApp and you can also burn the pictures on a CD or DVD so that you can view them whenever you want to. When there are so many electronic copies of your pictures, you don’t have to worry about losing your only copy of the photo.

Photos go through a mandatory wear and tear phase over the years. Irrespective of how well you keep them or how frequently you open the cases and clean them, photos will eventually get faded or bent. The best way to mitigate the risk of losing your precious memories is to make paintings out of them.

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