|
This topic comprises 2 pages: 1 2
|
Author
|
Topic: how do you display photographs?
|
Scott Norwood
Film God
![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubbmembers/30f.jpg)
Posts: 8146
From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas)
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 05-28-2010 01:00 PM
I know that we have a bunch of amateur and professional photographers here and I am looking for ideas.
How do you display your photographs at home? Do you dry mount them, frame them, keep them in albums, or what? What size prints do you prefer? Glossy, pearl, or matte? Fiber-base or RC paper? If you frame your pictures, how often (if ever) do you change them?
For the last decade or so, I've mostly stuck to 8x10" glossy RC prints that I have kept in albums and occasionally stuck into ready-made frames under glass. I mostly shoot B&W. I have had a few 16x20" RC glossies made as well (I have had those professionally framed). I have recently had a few fiber-base prints made as well; they look great, but my bank statements do not. To date, I have been more interested in the process of taking pictures than in their display, so I have kept things simple. My apartment is smallish, so I haven't yet tried larger prints. I have also not tried toned (sepia or selinium) prints.
I am interested in hearing other ideas.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubbmembers/268e.gif)
Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
|
posted 05-28-2010 05:26 PM
I've never been into fancy frames, myself. Those that are framed, thus far, have all be Film (or at least a HIGH percentage) in origin and most were printed by me. The frames are nothing spectacular and most, if not all, store bought.
For my digitals...their primary display has been computer of many sorts. One has to ask the purpose of printing them. If it is to share, there is little point since emailing or Facebook will accomplish that task with little effort and no real problem.
If it is because you particularly like looking at that picture (like some paintings) then yeah, print it up and get a frame the makes sense for the decor of the room and compliments the picture. I don't think there is a hard and fast rule there.
But honestly, there are very few pictures hanging up at our house...at least pictures I've taken. There are some, for sure and again, they are definitely ones that I still enjoy seeing from time to time.
Steve
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Randy Stankey
Film God
![](/ubbmembers/64b.jpg)
Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99
|
posted 05-31-2010 11:14 AM
Isn't posting a digital photo on a website, the electronic equivalent of hanging a traditional photograph on your wall and saying, "Hey! Look at me!"
Some people claim that they only create art to satisfy themselves but, the majority of the time, the primary goal of art is to display it for other people to look at. Even those people who say they don't want others to see their work will, more often than not, show it to others. They are just more selective about who they show it to.
If you truly are an artist, it is important to show other people your work, at least occasionally. Without feedback and criticism, you have limited means to improve your work and grow as an artist. If you do not want to grow as an artist then your only real goal must be to own cool cameras and photography equipment. In today's consumerist society, owning photography equipment is an admirable life goal but owning a camera does not make you an artist. It only makes you a camera junkie.
The first thing that one has to get through his head is that photography has little to do with the equipment and has everything to do with the image that is produced. (i.e. - The word "photographer" means, literally, "One who paints with light.") My first "real" camera was a Quaker Oatmeal box and my first "real" darkroom was the trunk of a rusty, yellow, 1968 Plymouth Fury. We did that in 1984; more than 25 years ago. I still have a few of those photographs.
I, too, have been caught up in the "Gear Acquisition Syndrome" that a lot of other photographers experience. Out of the three official photography teachers I have had over the years, every one of them has made it a point to say that equipment has nothing to do with photography. It's about the IMAGES. (One of those teachers was my father who literally slapped my on the head when he said that!)
I make no claims about being the next Ansel Adams, nor do I ever expect to make the "Great American Photograph." I am a photographer because I like to make photographs. (If you ask me why I like to make photographs I'll tell you it's because I can't draw worth a crap! )
Right now, my most favorite thing to do is to go out on a photo expedition with the camera I bought for $20 at a rummage sale and stand next to a guy shooting a shiny Nikon D-50 with a 9,000,000 mm. telephoto lens then have him ask me what kind of camera I'm shooting with. Then I'll take those negatives home, develop them and print them 11"x14" and have them be razor sharp without a hint of visible grain. (I'm using Ilford Pan F+ ASA 50 right now. Will be using Adox CMS 20 soon.)
I'm getting better with my images and I hope to have some real nice "wall hangers" very soon. I've got about 5 rolls of Pan F in the basement right now. I'm still making contacts and printing previews but I hope to have some I can selenium tone and frame very soon.
BTW: I only have two photographs hanging on my walls. Both of them were shot by my father over 50 years ago. I am not convinced that my digital photographs (or the digital scans of my traditional photos) will still be around in 50 years.
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All times are Central (GMT -6:00)
|
This topic comprises 2 pages: 1 2
|
Powered by Infopop Corporation
UBB.classicTM
6.3.1.2
The Film-Tech Forums are designed for various members related to the cinema industry to express their opinions, viewpoints and testimonials on various products, services and events based upon speculation, personal knowledge and factual information through use, therefore all views represented here allow no liability upon the publishers of this web site and the owners of said views assume no liability for any ill will resulting from these postings. The posts made here are for educational as well as entertainment purposes and as such anyone viewing this portion of the website must accept these views as statements of the author of that opinion
and agrees to release the authors from any and all liability.
|