imagekind.com Review

I have been an avid amateur photographer for years -- I use the compact Lumix DMC-LX1 (the one with the Leica lens) to carry around with me, and I lug my big, powerful Nikon D200 around for when I am trying to take serious shots.

Like many folks, I have mastered the art of taking decent digital pictures and sharing them online using sites like Flickr. The real issue has always been what to do and where to go when I want to get something blown up big and framed because the cost can be so high. There are a lot of sites out there that will print and frame your photos when you upload them, but I recently started using a site called imagekind.com because they let you print on canvas.

Printing on canvas may not be better than printing on photographic paper, but it gives your work more of an art museum style and the cost is lower because there is no glass involved in the framing. And the best thing is that when you sign up on imagekind you get regular online coupons sent to your email, and I have used them to knock even more off the price or to get free shipping. It's a bit of a different look, so you should definitely check out the site to see if you like it. But if you do, it provides a really creative and cost-effective way to get your best prints blown up big and framed pretty elegantly.