Category Archives: Framing
Photo Framing Follow-up
After the blog post on Wednesday, and the number of comments received, I thought that the next podcast would be well served to discuss the idea behind matting and framing in more detail. As luck would have it, that podcast just went live earlier this afternoon! You can catch the podcast over at the Personal Life Media site here: Learning Digital Photography Here’s the Show Notes: In this latest episode of Learning Digital Photography, the Grand Prize winner from the September $500 giveaway is announced, and the October contest opens up – ready for your entries. The theme this time … Continue reading
Filling the Frame: Flowers, Faces, & Fixtures
Rules of Composition are all around us, and we are reminded of them all the time. Terms like Rule of Thirds are bandied about by everyone (including yours truly, having blogged about it myself here, here and here). Other terms and compositional “best practices” and rules of thumb include things like “The Golden Mean”, “Sunny 16″ and many many more. But one that I have found to be most successful is the one of “filling the frame”. This holds true for many types of photography. For instance, there’s floral photography: There’s also portraiture: Architectural work also can use this concept: … Continue reading
Printing, matting, and framing your pictures
As I’ve recently moved to outsourcing my printing to Mpix, I’ve had to adjust my work flow accordingly. Prior to the Mpix migration, I had a set of sizes that I would print to, that allowed for matting and framing while not cutting into the picture itself. That set of procedures has been to print on the next largest paper size, which allows me to apply a mat to a photo before framing it. So, I had the following defined printing outputs: So, what does this mean when using an online resource like Mpix? Well, since they usually print borderless … Continue reading
