prints on the wall...

[pggunn]

I've got six or seven prints on the wall now and four or five dozen in storage left over from a few art festivals and other small local venues from three or four years ago.

Like Back Alley, I prefer simple black frames. They seem to let the photograph speak for itself.

I used pre-cut archival quality mats from Redimat. I've been real pleased with the quality, prices and service there.

I got my frames from Blick because the art festival, craft show venues I was doing wouldn't bear the cost of custom framing.

There's not much of a market for "art" photography around here anyway, but I like having my favorite work on the wall.

Haven't printed anything myself in a while, but would like to get back into it. The last couple of years I've been putting together slide shows with music and graphics on DVD. I do about two or three weddings a year and they've gone over pretty well. Still, nothing looks quite as good as a well matted and framed print.

 

[Mablo]

I'm finally getting started with wet printing. A local school lab where I do my printing only has a 35mm enlarger so I cannot really print anything larger than 8x10. I'd like to do larger prints for my apartment walls. So far I've given framed prints away as presents to my friends and relatives. They all love them!

 

[Sparrow]

 

[back alley]

is the top row too high for comfortable viewing stewart?

 

[gdmcclintock]

Larger prints should be above the smaller prints. Otherwise looks like a lovely presentation in a very nice room. You must be one of the 1%!

 

[Sparrow]

is the top row too high for comfortable viewing stewart?

... yes I suppose, but I'm running out of space ... we restrict photos to that room so they don't take over the house

 

[Sparrow]

Larger prints should be above the smaller prints. Otherwise looks like a lovely presentation in a very nice room. You must be one of the 1%!

... yes but that would mean moving the safe 🙄

 

[froyd]

There's a Michael's not too far away... maybe I'll try them some time. It was an art store that had the pre cut ones–all of the art stores in town do, but just not in the size I want!

The Michaels near me always offers a 40% off one item each weekend. I used that to purchase a good quality mat cutter, and now I can easily frame full frame 35 mm negatives. I believe 40x30 sheets of mat board in various colors and textures are usually $10.

 

[froyd]

I'm finally getting started with wet printing. A local school lab where I do my printing only has a 35mm enlarger so I cannot really print anything larger than 8x10. I'd like to do larger prints for my apartment walls. So far I've given framed prints away as presents to my friends and relatives. They all love them!

Why is that? Does the column not extend further? You should be able to go at least to 14" and much larger if you enlarge onto the floor or other surface below the base of the enlarger (by reversing the column).

 

[sepiareverb]

I like to keep only the stuff I'm working on up- and that on a bulletin board. Here is the current batch on my color board:

For framing and hanging I prefer images by other photographers:

 

[Mark A. Fisher]

I have about 150 prints matted in museum board mats and framed in Nielsen frames in boxes. I moved into a new apartment in September and haven't had time to hang any yet

I'm in the same boat, probably 200 or so matted, framed, leaning against walls, stuffed in closets, foisted off on friends, hung in every room in the house. It's like having been overrun with hundreds of cats! You can't give 'em away, drown 'em, or eat 'em, so they are gradually just taking over my spaces.

I have a mat cutter, so I cut my own from archival board, and get my frames - black - from Dick Blick, Art Mart, or Michaels, get my plex custom cut from a supplier here in town, and do all my own framing. Saves a bundle on cost, but still is not a cheap process.

I also have my own darkroom, and an Epson 4880 for digital prints, so I don't have to incur the cost of another lab fee for silver or digital prints, so that also saves me lots of $$$. I do have to have a local lab do my color film, since I don't process that myself.

The cost, plus lack of sales, has caused me to decide I'll do no more exhibits or shows; rather, I'll just shoot for myself, print occasionally, and give away prints if any of my friends are silly enough to want one! Over the past 10 years I've been in more than 100 exhibits of various stripes - group shows, solo exhibits, invitationals, as a curator, judge, local, national, etc. I love exhibiting, hate to give them up, but at least for now I think it's time to step away, refill the wallet a bit, and see if I need to start the exhibition routine again or not.

There is nothing more satisfying than to have one of your own pieces hung somewhere that others might enjoy it, comment on it, criticize it, interact with it. Whether in your own home, or on someone else's wall, it's always nice to see them someplace other than the closet or storage room!

So print them up, get some mat board, plex, and good frames, and decorate your house as well as others!

Mark

 

[shadowfox]

When we moved to our new house, within a few days I put one of my oldest print on the wall, and it felt *really* good 🙂

I never put up any of my photos in my old house for a couple of reasons; suffice to say that's why my wife and I decided to move in the first place.

 

[hausen]

I feel like I am a photographer only when I print. I print 16x12 and 8x10 B&W in my darkroom and hang prints in my office and digitally print ex my M9/X100 at home 19x13 on my Canon 9500 and rotate as I get different prints that I like. Everybody that comes to my apartment comments on prints. We also get amazing afternoon and evening sun at home being North/West facing and on 31st floor which is why I hang colour at home. (Southern Hampshire obviously)

 

[Paulbe]

Stewart--wow!
That's an absolutely beautiful room.
Really well done!
What do the windows overlook?
Paul

 

[Turtle]

That's it - prints on the wall! I like to live with them, whether they are mine or not.

 

[menos]

I print, cut and frame up to 13x19 myself and rotate hanging, what I feel like.

I stock prints without board and have only the handful of frames, I hang.
I don't sell framed or with matte, but rolled, so stocking without matte is more convenient.
I print many shots, I like, to find, how they turn out in print and make further developing on the photos, if needed.

Prints, people ask me to sell are mostly fresh prints though.

Initial prints are mostly 8x10.

 

[shadowfox]

I'm giving this thread a bump, I love seeing members showing their prints hanging on the wall.

 

[jawarden]

I've been framing my wet prints (up to 11X14, but mostly 8X10 or less) and hanging them this year. I use a local framer, and have them mount the prints so they can be easily switched as needed. The framing is fairly expensive but the quality is good. But the glass, man that stuff gets expensive if you use "museum quality".

 

[lynnb]

The hall in my house is like a small family gallery, 5x7" matted prints hung in one row and all framed in black with white mats, which I cut myself. It's a narrow hall so the small size works well. All pictures are of my girls as they grow up.

I have some larger 12x12" framed prints elsewhere but they're long overdue for renewal with more recent prints.

For me a print is the end result of any photograph, and printing my own prints is much more rewarding (and frustrating) than outsourcing. A quality printer pays for itself quickly if you do a lot of prints.

I'm looking forward to printing some photos at A2 and hanging them in a large family room which permits suitable viewing distance. Availability of wall space is the main limiting factor if you're just printing for yourself!

PS I love that room, and your prints, Stewart!

 

[shadowfox]

Buuuut....
Where are the photos of your room with prints hanging? 😉