Matting and hanging

pmccurdy

Can anyone give me pointers to good sources on learning about matting, framing, and other topics related to the presentation of prints?

You wouldn't fall far from the truth to assume my starting point in this topic is complete ignorance.

Thanks,

Patrick

Andy

pmccurdy wrote:

Can anyone give me pointers to good sources on learning about matting, framing, and other topics related to the presentation of prints?

You wouldn't fall far from the truth to assume my starting point in this topic is complete ignorance.

Thanks,

Patrick

it's an artform in itself

flyingpylon

I have this series of books... sadly, I have not yet found time to really read them so I can't really recommend them. However, I can say that they look like they're really well done and have lots of info.

Library of Professional Picture Framing

Look for them on Amazon or Google. Unfortunately I can't get to them right now or I'd provide the publisher's url.

David_S85

Here's a short tutorial on selecting a matte color based on the colors in the photo...

http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/alaia/354/tutorials/matting/

lynnma

David_S85 wrote:

Here's a short tutorial on selecting a matte color based on the colors in the photo...

http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/alaia/354/tutorials/matting/

Hey david.. great link.. thanks

pmccurdy

Cool

David_S85 wrote:

Here's a short tutorial on selecting a matte color based on the colors in the photo...

http://www.fortunecity.com/westwood/alaia/354/tutorials/matting/

Excellent. That's a great start.

Thanks, David.

Patrick

ginger_55

saved to my favorites, thanks, David,

ginger

fdi

[font=&quot]Since I own a picture frame company catering to photographers, I gets lots of questions about this stuff so I have created a webpage to gather and display picture framing information. Right now it is mostly about picture mounting, with some info about acrylic choices and gallery style picture frames. I will add more framing info as time goes on. Feel free to email me or my company with any questions. I always enjoy talking to other photographers.

Cheers,

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Sask2005

I found a lot of help at the local art club and library.

B

pmccurdy wrote:

Can anyone give me pointers to good sources on learning about matting, framing, and other topics related to the presentation of prints?

You wouldn't fall far from the truth to assume my starting point in this topic is complete ignorance.

Thanks,

Patrick

SteveF

Hello,

That tip by Mark about getting the paper off of the acrylic was worh its weight in gold!

I have a Logan 655 matte cutter. Very happy with it, although the largest border it can do is about 5 inches. Cutting my own mattes quickly paid for the matte cutter. Took an afternoon to learn - not that big of a deal.

I've been very happy with www.americanframe.com for framing supplies. For most of my shows I use a simple black or charcoal frame. These are simple and don't detract from the image. Problem is that they usually look better in galleries than people's homes (don't match the furniture, paint, etc), and so I usually go to some lengths to make sure folks undertstand that the pic can be matted / framed any way they would like it.

That all being said, I've not seen many "do it yourself" frames which look as good as one done professionally. These are more expensive, but as Andy said this is an art unto itself, and there are people out there who do it really well.

When folks re-sell their matte cutters they always get a good % of their money back, so it's not a great risk to try. www.lightimpressions.com frequently has "free shipping" specials, so that would be a good time to order one.

Great links above.