It's a Real WOW!!!
by Gary Woods

Have you ever thought how cool it would be to take some of your photos and make a real work of art out of them? Well the folks at PhotoWow had the same idea and formed a company around that idea. All you do is send your photos to them and they will turn them into a modern-art masterpiece. You can choose from several styles such as Warhol-like pop art, slick collages, vintage hand tints and faux watercolors.

The site http://www.photowow.com is very easy to use and walks you through every step of the process. The first step is to choose a design, by scrolling down the displayed templates and clicking on one you like. Or, click on the "Samples" to choose a variation of a design.

After you choose a design, you will be forwarded to their products page where you will decide how your artwork will be displayed. Some of the options are a high quality artist grade canvas for a painted look or a semi-gloss paper for a poster look. Or you can even submit detailed diagrams of what you’d like done.

Finally, you will have the option of easily uploading your digital images or sending the photos to them.

The basic design work costs between $90 and $120. Then if you’d like the artwork displayed on a 42" X 42" canvas it's between about $100 and $170 and another $114 for 42" X 42" stretcher bars.

If you have any suggestions or questions for me please drop me a note at garyandlaury@santabarbaraproperties.com or see my column on the Internet at http://www.santabarbaraproperties.com or call me at (805) 729-0910