All photos (all styles) may be sent for a free evaluation if you please. Sharper images are better then soft focus, although we can often adjust that, We are more concerned with harsh shadows then anything else. Since profile carvings only portray the subjects head there is no need to worry about the photo's backround. That's basically it, regarding the compisition of the photo. In you original photo you may even have your hair a little out of place because we often create streaks or waves that depict what your image portrays (see below).

We usually program carvings to generally smooth out irregularites. We want your artwork to be timeless. We want people to see the smoothest cleanest image we can create UNLESS you specifically ask for a carving that features imperfections. An example of this may be a relief of an actor protraying a charictor or where the person depicted wants to be remembered as "The wise old owl". It's up to you but we usually make everyone look smother and sleeker then in real life, keeping the qualitys that compose the features of the individual. On all profiles will send a photo realistic rendering for your approval, before we cut any material. The imporant aspects of the original photo submitted are sharpness and no shadows.

Conversely, the small tool will adequately carve the same areas on the larger gold relief but because of the slower speeds it may take five times longer to cut then the larger tool.

As you can see, selecting the correct tool is important but in many cases it sometimes takes longer to carve a small relief then a larger one.

If your photo is not a profile we can change it into one electronically. A small extra charge of ten dollars is needed to cover the time it takes to do this.