I was contacted by a person from Canada after they saw the photo of the famous Japanese Maple Tree often referred to as Peter Lik Tree. They found the photo on a different website, but didn't want to order it form there because the print quality the website offered was not ideal as a fine art photography print. They asked me if I would be able to print the photo in a larger size using acrylic mounted technology that produces gallery-quality prints. Unfortunately I could not.

The photo of the Peter Lik Tree they were looking at, was subpar quality image that was shot with an older camera long time ago. But I told them I was gonna look through my files and see if I can find a similar image that would impress them just as much. Next day at the office, I went through the thousands of files in my photo library to try and search for an image that looked similar to the tree they wanted. After few hours of going through images I located couple of candidates and went to work on them.

Fine Art photography process is not just about taking a photo and uploading it to the computer and hitting print button. Some images take hours to put together, because of how image was shot initially(usually not as perfect as I expect it to be) and in addition adjusting and correcting colors. I personally like to walk away from the image I am working on and come back few times later to be able to look at it with fresh eyes. Because believe it or not, our eyes tend to get used to certain colors, but then change the way they are seen later.

This particular image had to be blended from 3 different photos, in order to get the proper clarity and focus all across the image. Also took another day to play back and forth with colors to get it where it felt like it is artsy enough, yet isn't too distant from the colors in reality.

Once the image was completed, I sent it to the customer for a review. Keeping my fingers crossed if they will even like it. Luckily, they did. However they expressed a common concern of people who want to buy art over the internet... How do I know what the final print will look like? Obviously looking at it on the computer screen, is not the same as looking at the final print that you will receive in real life.

To solve that concern, I offered to mail him a physical photo print via the mail. Which was delivered to Canada in less than a week. After receiving the test print and seeing it in person(in small size) they went ahead and placed the order for a 60x40 Inch acrylic mounted print and we initiated the order.

After the order is placed and since were working on a new photo file. We have to work to improve that photo file for a large format printing. The image file has to undergo a special editing process that removes defects from the image and unnecessary color artifacts to make it look as perfect as possible. The image file also has to be enlarged so none of the details are missing when its printed as large fine art photogprahy print.

Once fine art editing is complete, it goes into the queue for printing. Since the printer was backed up due to other orders that were coming in. The whole process of getting this artwork ready for shipment took about 3 weeks of time, which was slightly above normal. After that, the image was specially crated and secured and shipped to Canada via freight service. Delivery took about 6 days.

Next thing, I received an email that the art was delivered and the customer has just finished hanging it in his living room. They were extremely happy with the product and called it Epic!

Order your copy of "Full Bloom" (Peter Lik Tree) by clicking on this link: https://www.jongasfineartphotography.com/photography/full-bloom/