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Read moreHow to Recreate Peter Lik-Style Acrylic Prints
Peter Lik Prints On Acrylic. We can create the same presentation for you at a fraction of the price. A question we get a lot here at Bumblejax is “Are you familiar with Peter Lik? I want to present my photography in the same stunning way using acrylic!” Our answer of course is always a resounding, “YES we can do it for you!” In addition to producing stunning photography, it’s well known that Peter differentiates himself from other photographers by presenting his work in a unique and modern way..
Read moreGlass vs Acrylic Prints: Which Is Better?
In taking customer calls, live chats and emails we see a lot of similar questions being raised about product specifications along with some confusion about what exactly our customer is looking for. Today, I wanted to clear up a bit of confusion as well as lay out the differences, advantages, and disadvantages between photos on glass and photos on acrylic. I think some of the confusion lies in the fact that sometimes people see an acrylic print in a gallery and not knowing exactly what it is, as..
Read moreFrom Pixels to Prints: How to Get Great Results
Over the 10 years or so we’ve been printing customer photos we’ve seen it all and so wanted to share a few tips to ensure you get the best print possible. With that said, you’re not on your own here at Bumblejax. We review every single file before going to print and make adjustments we know will improve the print without changing color. For example we might lighten, sharpen and denoise to make an obvious improvement. If we see any issue at all whether it be resolution, color, a typo, etc we ..
Read moreBumblejax Prep Guide & Best Practices for Printing
Bumblejax Prep Guide & Best Practices For Printing Accepted File Types: We prefer a JPG file since it’s far smaller than a TIFF and doesn’t diminish quality, but do allow TIFF (up to 100MB for online orders). Yes, TIFF is a lossless file format, but if you make your final save as the highest quality JPG, you won’t see any difference in print quality between a TIFF and JPG. We understand many photographers prefer using TIFF and that’s fine just be sure to use 8 bit with LZW compression...
Read moreOur Commitment to Sustainability
Creating beautiful art from your photos, unfortunately, produces lots of wood, metal, and plastic scrap materials so it’s important for us to work with a local partner to recycle and repurpose it. For the past few years, Bumblejax has worked with local partner DTG Recycling to make sure it doesn’t go into a landfill but rather used to create everything from decking (big supplier to Azek), rebar, miscellaneous building materials, and biomass power operations. We are currently recycling about 9..
Read moreTop DSLR Quality Phone Cameras: The 2025 Guide to What’s Available & What’s Ahead
In the world of professional photography, top DSLR quality phone cameras for 2023 are making a remarkable impact. These stunning camera phones blend the convenience of mobile devices with the power and precision typically associated with high-end DSLRs. From capturing detailed shots to producing cinema-quality video recordings, these advanced camera phones have transformed mobile photography. Devices like the Samsung Galaxy S23, iPhone 14 Pro and, Ultra and Google Pixel 7 Pro boast powerful came..
Read moreHow to Photograph Underwater with Your Phone
Outer space and the deep blue sea are the two most elusive frontiers we have to explore, and thanks to changing technology, at least one is getting easier for the average Joe. Over a century ago, photographer William Thompson took the first-ever underwater photograph of a blurry bundle of seaweed in the shallows of south England. Louis Bouton took the first clearly focused photograph nearly forty years later. Both photographers used well-sealed boxes to execute their shots. The first true unde..
Read moreDiasec: The Original Acrylic Mounting Process
You may have heard the term Diasec in your research of photo mounting and there is often some confusion about what it is. Essentially, Diasec is a patented and trademarked process of acrylic face mounting first invented by Heinz Sovilla-Brulhart in 1969. The process of adhering a print to acrylic without air bubbles, creating stunning color vibrancy, was first achieved by Heinz and the techniques used by several companies around the word today emulate the process. However, the Diasec process ..
Read moreFace Mounting Explained
Acrylic face mounting is a process that involves applying an optically clear adhesive to the face of the print then adhering the print to acrylic, otherwise known as plexiglass. Once the print is adhered to the acrylic, a backing material like dibond (best and what we use) or sintra is adhered to the back of the print to protect the print and provide rigidity to the art. The backer also provides the surface to adhere the hanging and floating hardware which provides that modern, floating off t..
Read moreGiclée Fine Art Printing Explained
We get lots of questions each day about printing and there are a few printing buzzwords that come up frequently that unfortunately don’t have short definitive answers. Let’s call them “loaded buzzwords” since the terms can open up a lengthy discussion and create confusion rather than definitive answers particularly if you peruse the subjects in printing forums. One such topic of discussion is giclee printing and what constitutes a “giclee print”. There are some critical key components to look..
Read moreYour Guide to Custom Acrylic Prints
Custom Acrylic Prints: A Variety Of Options Below is a guide highlighting our many options for custom acrylic prints. If you know what you want and want to get started, you can begin configuring your acrylic prints here. Acrylic Sizes Max Size. The max size we can go with our acrylic product depends on the thickness of the acrylic. For 1/8" and 1/4" the max is 96x48 (48x48 square). For 1/2" it's 40x30 and for the 1" blocks sizes are limited to 5x5, 7x7, 10x10..
Read moreAcrylic Prints vs Canvas Prints: What’s Best for You
It’s a question we get every so often.. what is the difference between an acrylic print and a canvas print? There are significant differences and advantages/disadvantages to both but before we get into those let’s discuss the materials and process involved in each. Acrylic Photo Prints The acrylic print is referred to by several names such as acrylic face or photo mount and the general acrylic name is often referred to as plexiglas (plexiglass), lucite or perspex which are just brand nam..
Read moreHow to Print AI-Generated Art
Here at Bumblejax, we work with many talented and hard-working artists who use our service to create gallery-quality wall art. The artists we work with include everyone from portrait photographers, to digital artists to painters to interior designers to so many creatives in between a simple label. You’ve no doubt been hearing more and more about artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly in the past few months to create articles, software programs, video games, and yes.. art. ..
Read moreBay Photo vs Bumblejax Acrylic Prints
Bumblejax Vs Bay Photo Acrylic PrintsSee More Details About Our Acrylic Prints Here Why Choose Bumblejax Over Bay Photo For Your Acrylic Prints? Bay Photo is a quality print lab that has a good reputation and has been around for many years. We have even referred customers to them in certain situations where we can't provide a certain product. That said, we have a lot of customers that come to us asking why they should go with us vs Bay Photo. There a..
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