Here at ParrotPrint, we work with all kinds of creative artwork and love to see all your illustration projects on canvas. If you love illustrating and have a particular interest in creating artwork that appeals to kids, you may have considered getting into children’s illustration professinally. But how do you turn an interest in illustration into […]
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Tips For Getting into Children’s Illustration
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Hot Weather Photography Tips
Read more ......Over recent weeks, the UK has enjoyed quite a heatwave with high temperatures topping 35C in some areas. If you’re not quite used to shooting in such warm conditions, you could be forgiven for wishing the hot weather away. Let’s not forget that wedding season is also well and truly upon us and soaring temperatures […]
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Crafty Canvas Print Ideas for Gifts
Read more ......Finally had enough of all the hot weather? Perhaps you fancy spending some time indoors doing something creative? Textures and homemade homewares are big news in the world of interiors right now, so why not take on the trends yourself and get stuck into our easy craft ideas? In today’s blog post we’re looking at […]
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Tips for Getting into Food Photography
Read more ......Food, glorious food, is there anything better to photograph? Nowadays, it’s customary to snap a shot for Instagram almost every time you eat out. With camera phones at the ready, we’re all amateur food photographers to a degree. But what does it take to launch a successful food photography career? Here are tips for getting […]
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Reasons to Love Your Camera on National Camera Day
Read more ......It’s not long since we celebrated National Selfie Day here at Parrot Print headquarters. Now it’s National Camera Day course and of course, without cameras there would be no selfies! We can’t quite fathom out when National Camera Day started or why it started, but as firm fans of the camera, it’s easy for us to get on […]
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Celebrating the Power of the Selfie on Selfie Day
Read more ......Happy Selfie Day everyone! If you’ve not snapped and shared a self portrait yet today there’s still time. If you’ve not heard of Selfie Day before, you might be surprised to know that it’s been running on June 21st since back in 2014 when it was started by a DJ in the US. Since then, […]
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Photography
Read more ......Once upon a time, it took an hour to capture a single photograph. If the photo wasn’t quite right, you had to complete the entire process again. Now, if things aren’t captured perfectly by our super fast digital cameras first time, we can look to artificial intelligence to fill in the blanks. Artificial intelligence is […]
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Smiling for the camera tips for National Smile Month
Read more ......It’s National Smile Month, so naturally, we’re taking the opportunity to discuss an issue that can make the difference between a good photograph and a great one – how to get your subject to smile. Cracking a great smile is an important part of portrait photography, albeit for the subject rather than the cameraman. If […]
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More flower photography tips
Read more ......Chelsea Flower Show may be over, but everywhere around us, plenty of beautiful plowers are still in full bloom. So we thought it might be a nice time to share some flower photography tips with you. We’ve posted an introduction to flower photography on the blog before, but today we’ll be looking at the topic […]
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Living with a small living room
Read more ......Living with a small living room They officially don’t make living rooms as big as they used to these days. In fact, recent research shows that new builds have living rooms that are nearly a third smaller than those built in the 1970s. And last month, one architect even went so far as to say […]