Matte or glossy? please

ginger_55

I am going to order a large print from smugmug, or several small ones. If I order a large one to frame, would you suggest a matte or glossy?

ginger

Andy

ginger_55 wrote:

I am going to order a large print from smugmug, or several small ones. If I order a large one to frame, would you suggest a matte or glossy?

ginger

coke or pepsi?

thong or bikini?

beef or pork ribs?

it's a personal thing, dear. look at prints you own - what do you like better? i have many of each - and i love them all ....

oh and ps: you forgot lustre

onethumb

andy wrote:

coke or pepsi?

thong or bikini?

beef or pork ribs?

it's a personal thing, dear. look at prints you own - what do you like better? i have many of each - and i love them all ....

oh and ps: you forgot lustre

coke. thong. ribs. lustre.

Don

bfjr

Ginger I just received yesterday an image in "Lustre" from my gallery to sign and send off in fact this image:



Looked Great . 1st time I've seen one of mine in print. Just food for thought clap

behr655

andy wrote:

thong or bikini?

Niether

Jerry Curtis

Hi Ginger,
With the smaller prints, if you're going to put them in an album that has plastic sleeves, I would not suggest glossy. The plastic tends to stick to the surface of a glossy print and leave ugly patterns. Same applies if you're going to put them in frames with glass and without a mat, where the glass makes contact with the print surface.

ginger_55

Thanks, Jerry, that explains why I have flowers from a previous photo stuck to my main 16 X 20 in frame's glass.

But BFR, that lustre looks great, of course there is alot of color in the photo.

I spend my time so confused I never do anything. Well, I do drink diet coke, as a lil old grandmother, I have never gone the thong route: looks painful. (And pork ribs, of course, no imitations for us South Carolinians.)

Another thing I could do would be to put some of my photos, framed, for sale, in a friend's collectable's shop. She would be very nice to do that for me, has limited wall space. What size would you suggest I do?

I would like to go huge, would cost more than a CF card, and might be too much for her.

I am so confused on my money. Limited amt and choices to be made.

If anyone is reading this, how big a photo would you make as your debut photo, framed, to put in your friend's very popular shop?

And would you suggest just using a book from Lulu as a way of showing what else you "have".

ginger

bkriete

I think I would start with 8x10s...they are reasonably inexpensive but large enough to be interesting. The frames are relatively easy to find, also. I would think with a well-exposed pic that's not cropped much you could get a very high-quality 16x24 or maybe a 20x30, but then you are starting to look at a much larger upfront cost. The larger you go the more obvious things like blown highlights or cloned out wires are. Why not try a couple 8x10s and one or two larger pictures? If the big ones sell right away, it's only a few days to order more. If the smaller ones are the ones that move off the wall and home with someone, you'll know those are the ones you need more of. What you're thinking of charging would play into it as well...

Jerry Curtis

Wal-Mart here carries a good assortment of stock size frames. One of the ones I've been tempted to buy - but haven't yet - is an 11 X 17 frame with a matte for a 8 X 10. It would look more professional than a bare 8 X 10 frame. They also have 8 X 10s with a 5 X 7 matte opening. Price range is $10-25 CAN, so would be cheaper in your area for sure.

ginger_55

Andy posted an internet company I was going to check out. I have it bookmarked.

I think they have black, aluminum and something else, and mats in different sizes. I would use a matte.

Thanks, I should check out Wal-Mart for myself..........soon. Or as soon as I buy another HP cartridge. Does anyone know a cheaper way to get those? I could get them at Costco in double packs, but they are 50 or more dollars and not that much cheaper than single. Anyway, I need one.

ginger

Nikolai

You should make this a poll:-)

andy wrote:

coke or pepsi?
thong or bikini?
beef or pork ribs?

• grey goose martini/guinnes/good red wine/blue label/patrone/armenian brandy/...
  well, have to stop, the list is pretty long
  sorry, don't drink diluted chemicals:-)
• I'd say thong, but that may be age/gender specific:-)
• surf-and-turf, medium rare (rare if the place is REALLY good)

Cheers!