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03 November 2015

Photography for Movember

If you’re a fan of moustaches, beards, or portrait photography, November is truly your month to shine as Movember makes a return for its 12 year. The organisation has raised over £402 million to date in the UK across projects for prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and physical inactivity, which is quite impressive when […]
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27 June 2015

Your holiday photos and copyright: A few facts

You may have spotted a story in the news over the last few days about potential changes to European copyright law that could have an impact on what you can and can’t photograph when you head off on holiday. We thought we’d run through the proposed modifications because they could have an impact on what […]
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09 April 2015

Our website is a finalist in the Art & Framing Industry Awards 2015

It’s not just the return of the sunny weather that has us celebrating here at Parrotprint HQ this week, we’re pleased to be able to share the news that we’re up for our first award or rather, our website is! Our very own custom canvas print website is a finalist in the Website of the […]
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08 April 2015

Can you take good photographs on an iPad?

It might seem like tablet computers have been part of our everyday lives for as long as the Internet has existed but the iPad celebrated what was only its fifth birthday last week, shocking ay? While the iPad doesn’t tend to be a photographer’s number one piece of kit it can certainly com in useful. […]
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25 March 2015

Collage canvas print ideas to make the most of #Layout

Today at Parrotprint HQ we’ve mainly been playing about with Instagram’s new app Layout, have you seen it? You need to download the app separately to Instagram as it’s a standalone app rather than an integrated feature on Instagram but it has been designed by the people over at Instagram to use alongside it. You […]
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21 March 2015

Will a custom canvas print make it onto your DIY to-do list?

As Easter weekend approaches, many of us are planning to indulge in traditional activities other than Easter egg hunting and chocolate eating. A poll conducted ICM on behalf of Retail Week reveals that 67 per cent or respondents are planning to carry out home improvement of some kind this year, up a massive 59 per […]
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05 March 2015

World Book Day: Our photography fiction favourites

It’s World Book Day, which means children and teachers all over the globe have been dressing up in their finest fancy dress outfits and impersonating their favourite literary characters. Of course, this means there have been some excellent photo opportunities for parents who want to capture images to transfer to canvas and we expect there […]
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01 March 2015

Creating your own solar eclipse canvas print

The stargazers among you may already be aware of the solar eclipse due to take place on March 20th. The most significant of its kind for 16 years, the eclipse is only expected to be partially visible from Europe with a total eclipse to be seen in Svalbard in Norway and the Faroe Islands. During […]
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20 February 2015

A look at Photoshop’s 25 years of print perfection

Whether you’re a photography purist who believes images are best left untouched or an artist or designer who worships at the altar of Photoshop, there’s no denying the power and influence of the software. Yesterday marked the 25th birthday of what is arguably Adobe’s biggest success story, so here at Parrotprint headquarters we thought we’d […]
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