Art
Reproductions
Digitize + Print
Helping artists bring forward the best in their work
From our Park Ave location, we specialize in meticulously digitizing and reproducing artwork for artists, estates, and institutions. Whether you’re an emerging artist preparing for your first exhibition, an established professional, or a museum in need of archival preservation, we treat every piece with care and precision. Our team understands that each work is unique, and we're committed to providing exceptional service to artists of all backgrounds. No matter the scale or purpose of your project, the Bay Photo art services team is here for you.
Consult
The process begins with an in-person consultation when you drop off your artwork with us. Let us know what your goals are and we can guide you into choosing the capture service and/or print options that best fit your needs. Want some more info before you come in? Call us at 831-475-6090 or contact us at info@bayphotofilm.com with any questions and we can walk you through our options beforehand.
Capture
Our studio is outfitted with multiple mounts and tables that let us carefully position and photograph a wide variety of artwork types. Using cross-polarized lights, color calibrated hardware, and a medium format capture camera, our artwork team makes sure that you have files that showcase the best in your work.
Currently Art Capture Services are limited to flat art.
Color Match
Once your artwork is photographed, we carefully process and color match the digital files to make sure that they look true to your originals. Although the reality of artwork reproduction means that there may be certain pigments or materials that can be difficult to perfectly match, we’ll always work to give you the best files that our equipment can produce.
Once your order is complete and you've downloaded your files, head over to bayphoto.com to order professional giclée reproductions, art cards, and more. With the extensive size and media options available, you'll be able to find the perfect match for your artwork.
Pro Capture: $60
Highest quality capture for large reproductions and applications requiring finest detail and ultimate quality. Much finer control over reflections during shooting process lets us dial in a more true to life look for originals that have glossy or metallic surfaces/paints.
Maximum Artwork Length: 96 inches (8 feet)
Standard Turnaround Time: 2-4 Days
File Delivery: JPEG and 16 bit TIFF files delivered via web download or on customer supplied flash/hard drive.
Resolution: ~7000+ pixels on long side
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Choose Your Service
Standard Capture: $30
Best for smaller reproductions, web use, and economical capture of large collections. (originals with glossy, reflective, or metallic finishes may not reproduce accurately with Standard Captures.)
Maximum Artwork Length: ~30 Inches
Standard Turnaround Time: 3-5 Days
File Delivery: JPEG file delivered via web download.
Resolution: ~5000 pixels on long side
Giclée Prints & More
Once you have high quality digital files of your artwork, you can use them to make all sorts of prints. For instance, if your original painting was done on watercolor paper, you can have new prints made on fine art watercolor paper with a similar texture. If you feel like experimenting, try having your work printed on a completely different medium than the original. You may love the look of your graphite drawing printed on wood or your pastel art printed on glossy metal.
Feeling a little overwhelmed with choices? We're happy to help you narrow down your options and help you choose the best type of prints for your work!
What is a giclée print?
A term often used in the world of artwork reproduction is giclée or giclée print. What are they and what makes them different than other types of prints? In the early 90s, the term giclée was coined to describe a new process being used to create high quality art prints with inkjet printers. The word comes from the French word meaning "to spray" which describes how modern fine art printers spray ink onto the surface of the paper with thousands of tiny nozzles. There is no officially regulated standard for what is considered a giclée print but the most common modern interpretation is a reproduction of artwork using a high end inkjet printer using archival inks and papers or canvas. All of Bay Photo's Fine Art Paper and Canvas prints are gicleé prints.
Fine Art Giclée Papers
Traditional giclée inkjet prints using archival inks on heavy museum grade art papers. Papers come in all sizes and have a variety of surface textures so that you can chose one that most closely matches your original piece. We print on many popular papers from brands such as Canson, Hahnemuhle, and Epson, and have samples available in-store so you can get a close up feel for the tooth and white point of each stock.
Art Cards
Press printed cards in a variety of sizes with folding and postcard style options. Many artists get their work printed onto cards as a way to make their art accessible to clients who may not be able to purchase a large reproduction. They're also a popular choice for artists who sell at art fairs or who want to create advertising cards for shows or events. Cards are available on a variety of glossy, matte, and textured card stocks, including recycled paper options.
Popular Options
Dream Prints
Vivid prints on a choice of papers that includes photo surfaces (lustre, glossy, deep matte) and a smooth matte art surface (Dream Print Fine Art) Dream prints come in sizes up to 12x24" and are great alternative to Fine Art prints if you are looking to offer more affordable small print options to your clients. Dream Prints are a great balance between the ultimate quality of Fine Art prints and the economic price of Photographic Prints.
Canvas Wraps
Your artwork printed directly onto canvas and either stretched onto a wooden frame or provided unstretched. Having your work reproduced on canvas is a great way to sell a painting multiple times or have it made to a certain size to fit a client's need. The true canvas texture and vivid pigment inks used for printing make these the closest option for reproducing oil and acrylic.
Metal Prints
Beautiful and durable prints of your art made by sublimating your image onto the surface of a sheet of aluminum. With a variety of surface finishes including high gloss, satin, and textured, Metal Prints are a clean and modern way to reproduce your art that is ready to hang on the wall. Their durability also lends them to being packaged and transported to art shows and fairs where they can be easily wiped before display.
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Customer Stories
House of Boys
"As an emerging artist in Santa Cruz, California, Bay Photo Park Ave has helped me start my online business by photographing my acrylic abstract paintings with high resolution photo pro captures. I now sell prints of my paintings globally because of these amazing captures that I use to print out large and small giclée prints."
Caryn Owen created abstract paintings while simultaneously balancing motherhood and a career as a marine biology professor for years. In 2014, she left marine biology behind to focus on art. Using acrylic paint on canvas, Caryn creates abstract landscapes, abstract botanicals, or pure abstract expressionist paintings focusing primarily on color rather than form in her studio in Santa Cruz, California.
IG: @houseofboysdesign
Customer Stories
Ann Thiermann
"Bay Photo has been great to work with to make photographic prints, metal, canvas, and also magnets! The staff are wonderful about cropping and color adjustment and the personal customer service is fabulous! I feel I am working with intuitive artists who often suggest the best direction for printing my work."
Ann Elizabeth Thiermann MFA, has an eye and brush for beautiful natural history details which she deftly integrates into her panoramic central CA cultural and natural history murals (70 + sites). Her plein air pastels capture the texture, mood and local seasons of the Monterey Bay. She also teaches at Cabrillo College.
Ann's prints are popular with the Santa Cruz park stores which sell her images of local critters and her Native American mural prints. They are also available during Santa Cruz Open Studios.
Customer Stories:
Santana Star
"I have had all my paintings photographed by Bay Photo. They are professionals that do an excellent job, not only photographing my paintings for my digital portfolio but they also makes my cards, prints and business cards. All the staff at Bay Photo are always friendly and helpful. I really appreciate them."
Santana was born in Glasgow Scotland and grew up in Canada, mainly on the East Coast. She now lives in Aptos California. In the summer of 1969, the Path of Art began to open up for her when she met the British Canadian Artist Hilda Woolnough Gool. She became Santana's friend and mentor. With Hilda, Santana studied life drawing and painting and also Art History at UPEI. She then did a Foundation at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design plus ceramics. Age 21 she went to London England. She continued art classes, mainly focusing on ceramics. After more than 20 years in England, raising a family of four children, she came to California and continued her art studies in Santa Cruz. She studied mandala painting, drawing, water color, acrylic painting and oil painting, with local Artists. At present her favorite medium is oil painting on canvas.
