The Studio

Compose your portrait.

Place a photograph, add your words, and see them become the picture. Everything is composed privately, on your own device.

Place your photograph here.

Drag an image into the frame, or choose a file.

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Your photograph is in place.

Add your words below, choose a treatment, then compose your preview.

Composing your portrait

Reading the light…

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Portraits composed from your own words

Your vows, written into your wedding photo.

From across the room, the two of you. Up close, every word.

Complimentary preview · Editions from $24 · Composed privately on your device

Every letter is real and legible, so up close you can read every word.

Sample Lettera portrait in the Full Color setting: a laughing couple under falling confetti, drawn entirely in colored lettering
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The Collection

Which one feels like you two?

Sample Lettera portrait, Full Color setting: a couple kissing in silhouette against a sunset sky
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No. 001 · Full Color

The vows you wrote the night before, set into the sunset.

Set in the photograph's own colors. The words gather most densely in the silhouettes.

Detail 300 Photograph colors Letter size 14 Contrast 2.6× Photo beneath 40%
Sample Lettera portrait, On Black setting: a man carrying a laughing child on his shoulders at the beach while a small dog runs alongside, drawn in white lettering
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No. 002 · On Black

A letter to Dad, from the kids and the dog.

The biggest letters in the collection, with the photograph strongly beneath so the sea and sky keep their blue.

Detail 115 White on black Letter size 35 Contrast 2.4× Photo beneath 70%
Sample Lettera portrait, Bold Mono setting: a couple walking hand in hand along the shore, seen from behind
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No. 003 · Bold Mono

Twenty years of anniversary cards, in one print.

Larger letters and fewer of them, in the photograph's tones. You can read it from a step away.

Detail 130 Photograph tones Letter size 30 Contrast 2.3× Photo beneath 35%
Sample Lettera portrait, On Black setting: hands with an engagement ring, drawn entirely in white lettering on black
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No. 004 · On Black

The proposal story, start to finish.

White lettering on black. The words collect only where the light falls, on the hands and the ring.

Detail 330 White on black Letter size 14 Contrast 3.0× Photo beneath 42%
Sample Lettera portrait, Monochrome setting: two parents cuddling a sleeping newborn, drawn in grey lettering
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No. 005 · Monochrome

The night she was born, as you remember it.

Soft greys taken from the photograph, with the picture gently beneath. Large letters you can read from a step away.

Detail 130 Photograph tones Letter size 30 Contrast 3.0× Photo beneath 50%
Sample Lettera portrait, On Black setting: a golden dog in a flower crown in a garden, drawn in white lettering on black
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No. 006 · On Black

Every nickname she's ever had, in gold on black.

Large white letters on black with the photo beneath, so the fur keeps its warm gold.

Detail 130 White on black Letter size 30 Contrast 2.6× Photo beneath 45%
Sample Lettera portrait, Heirloom setting: an embracing couple in silhouette, drawn in black serif lettering on white, shown up close
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No. 007 · Heirloom

The letters you wrote while you were dating, set into one hug.

Cormorant Garamond in black ink on white, with no photograph beneath. Shown up close.

Detail 280 Black on white Letter size 16 Cormorant Garamond Photo beneath 0%
Sample Lettera portrait, Whisper setting: a bouquet of white roses, drawn in tiny colored lettering, shown up close
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No. 008 · Whisper

The best man's toast, word for word.

The smallest letters at the Studio's highest detail, in soft color. Shown up close.

Detail 480 Photograph colors Letter size 9 Contrast 1.6× Photo beneath 20%
Sample Lettera portrait, Full Color setting: a laughing graduate in cap, gown and sunglasses, hands up to the camera in front of a painted brick wall, drawn in colored lettering
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No. 009 · Full Color

What you'd say at the ceremony if you got the mic.

Large letters in the photograph's own colors, with the photo softly beneath. Readable from a step away.

Detail 105 Photograph colors Letter size 36 Contrast 2.2× Photo beneath 60%
The process
  1. I.

    Choose a photograph.

    A face, a moment, a place. The clearer the light, the finer the portrait.

  2. II.

    Add your words.

    Vows, letters, a parent's words, a eulogy, a child's first story. The more you bring, the richer the detail.

  3. III.

    See it before you decide.

    Refine the look, preview it in full, and download the Master Edition only when it feels right.

See it first.
A full preview of your portrait before you purchase.
Gallery-ready.
Print-ready files for any lab, framer, or atelier.
Yours to keep.
Personal print rights, in any size, for as long as you like.
Private by default.
Composed on your own device. Your photograph and words aren't uploaded unless you choose to share a preview.
For the moments worth keeping

Bring your words to light.

You have the photograph and the words. Let us set them together.

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