Brian Zinchuk Publishing

I will be starting work on my canvas fine art prints over the next few days. This will start with construction of the frames out of furniture grade fir. The printing is on exhibition grade canvas, the best Epson makes, and it will be printed with the best printer Epson makes. It uses 11 different inks to give the most accurate possible colour representation. The inks are rated to up to 200 years (I am assuming, as long as you don’t leave it in direct glaring sun. How they know it will last that long, I’m not sure, but it’s the best grade of inks I have seen.)

Then the canvases are spray laminated with two coats of archival varnish laminate before being stretched onto the frames. Finally, the hanging hardware is mounted.

This photo is the one shown at the Estevan Chamber of Commerce Showcase in September. It will be printed as a 24×60 inch print, and will be available for $1,000 plus tax at the Estevan Pharmasave or by direct order. There will be several other selections offered as well.

If you click on the photo you will be taken to a gallery offering other photos that will be available for purchase. Please be sure to check them out!

Well, it’s here folks. The Estevan Showcase tradeshow will take place at the brand spanking new Spectra Place Events Centre.

The Showcase hours are as follows:

• Friday, Sept 23  –  4 pm – 9 pm
• Saturday, Sept 24 – 10 am – 6 pm
• Sunday, Sept 25 – 10 am – 4 pm

My booth, Brian Zinchuk Publishing, is really easy to find. From the entrance, go along the left side. I’m the fourth one in on the inside.

What’s really special is I will be trying out my new photobooth arrangement. It’s really cool – set up just like those old fashioned photobooths you would see in a train station or airport. Sit down on the bench, I take four pictures, print them out, and there you go!

And since this is my first time out with this, for a limitted time, I will be doing this for just $5 bucks! You gotta try it!

In the future, this service will be available for things like Christmas parties, wedding receptions, maybe even grads, for a flat rate for a few hours. It’s definitely one way to liven up the party!

As well, I just received my newest albums from Italy. They are on display at my booth. These will knock your socks off. I think they weigh around, oh, six or seven pounds, EACH. Those who have had a sneak peak at them on Thursday had never seen anything like that before. I now have sample albums for a wedding, a drilling rig, and a Harley. Detailed shots will be in an upcoming blog post here.

I’ve also got a couple print samples, one of a gatorboard metallic print, and another of a canvas wrap, that are quite impressive. If anyone would like a copy one of these, I will be taking orders on site for delivery in a couple weeks. The drilling rig canvas wrap would make a great present for any rig hand. Remember, Christmas is coming! 

If anyone would like to talke to me about weddings, grads, family or commercial shoots, I will be taking bookings.

Finally, I am revamping my website. www.Zinchuk.ca will now re-direct here, to my blog. It’s much cleaner, and I intend on updating it several times a week.

From this page you will be able to go to my galleries page for viewing or print orders. All print orders will be through my online proofing provider. It’s really easy – just find a picture you like, click print, pick what you are looking for (there’s oh, about 400 options), pay with a credit card via secure server, and it is shipped directly to you.

I look forward to seeing you this weekend!

I’m in the process of consolidating my web presence so that it’s much easier to navigate. It will all eventually come under the http://www.zinchuk.ca banner.

Currently, the blog is hosted at brianzinchukpublishing.wordpress.com. That will become blog.zinchuk.ca.

The newer photo galleries for viewing and ordering were at zinchuk.smugmug.com. Older galleries were at www.zinchuk.ca. These will come together at galleries.zinchuk.ca.

The new site offers the ability to Facebook share photos and to order prints online in an almost infinite variety of forms. All future photo sales will now be hosted through galleries.zinchuk.ca, including wedding, portrait, commercial and sports. You can order prints of almost any size or variety, including coffee cups and gallery wraps!

If you have any of these bookmarked, you will want to change those bookmarks now.

It also means that the order form currently on www.zinchuk.ca will eventually be phased out by Halloween, and with it, the ability to order photos from past sporting events. I have about 4 terabytes of hard drives chock full of football, hockey, baseball, softball, synchronized swimming, water polo, ringette, tae kwon do, stock car racing and more. I am running out of space!

That means if you have been putting off ordering some photos such as football (you know who you are), you need to do it now, because they will soon be going bye-bye and the raw files may be meeting the great delete button in the sky. Orders will be done within 8 weeks, since I need to squeeze it in between other projects. As an added incentive, I will throw in a duplicate print of any order between now and Halloween, free of charge.

Once this is all sorted out, it will be a lot easier to access and offer a lot more features for my clients.

While I make this move, I will be posting links to the galleries from previous shoots. Please check them out!

The winner of the Free Wedding Promo 2011 will receive a full day photo shoot, album, wall prints, and disks

The winner of the Brian Zinchuk Publishing Free Wedding Promo 2011 is Terra-Lee Hall, and her fiancé Rob Jack, of Weyburn! Terra-Lee cracked the magic 100 ‘like’ number at approximately 10 a.m. Friday morning. Terra-Lee and Rob will receive a free $2,500 wedding silver photography package. It includes a full day of photography, professional album, wall prints, and the files on DVD and USB.

Coming in a very close second (it was neck and neck there) is Megan Beck, and her fiancé Jeff Dupuis, of Estevan. She hit 100 ‘likes’ just a scant seven hours later. For her efforts, Megan is entitled to two free parent albums, worth $500, if she and Jeff decide to book their wedding with me! But wait! For her heroic efforts, I will also throw in an upgrade to a 20×24 canvas wall print, worth $275. The total second prize is worth $775!

I would like to thank everyone who took part.

Sorry, it wasn't Roll Up The Rim, but it sure beats a donut!

That said, I still have many dates open for weddings and grad shoots for both 2011 and 2012. Please contact me if you’re interested.

I also do sports photography, a bit of family photography, and will eventually do some baby photography down the road. And for all you guys there who are thinking “Oh, so girlie,” I will also be doing Harley Davidson photography this summer. Polish ‘er up and let’s take ‘er out! Winter will be over soon!

Thanks again! Congratulations to the winners!

Brian Zinchuk