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04/17/2011 07:52:58 AM · #1 |
As much as I appreciate the Internet letting me share images across the universe, a digital presentation will never come close to replacing the feeling I get when I can hold a photo in my hands, flip through a photo book, or see an image on the wall. When I talk to high school photography classes, I stress to them, "Make it real! Make prints, make calendars, make books, make canvases! Put your stuff in peoples hands, put your stuff in the real world." And when I pass real things around for them to handle, they (pardon me) get the picture.
I recently had the opportunity to "make it real" for a client. They came to me with a request to dress up the entrance to the athletic offices. For years the reception office walls had been decorated with 8×10s hung in acrylic box frames and it was time for something new.
The challenge was two-fold: first, we had to go through 1000s and 1000s of images to pick one to represent each of their 15 varsity teams, and second, we had to come up with a fitting presentation. There was nothing automatic or easy about either of these.
After rounds and rounds of selections and reviews, we finally settled on our images. That was a piece of cake compared to the next step: designing and implementing the presentation. Conceptualizing the idea of a 3-dimensional frame was easy, and laying out the basic idea was not too difficult. Translating it into something practical was work. It took a number of go-rounds and a lot of input from people with a lot of experience before we were able to settle in on a final workable, buildable design.
What we finally delivered is simply incredible! Each of the 15 11×14" images sits on its own plate that is floating off a roughly 6×2' frame. Not only do they float, but they float at different heights, making the whole presentation much more dynamic.
The maintenance is also dynamic. I designed it so that we can simply and economically swap out images. And, thanks to the construction, we can easily expand the frame to handle additional images as they add additional varsity teams.
I really enjoy this type of project, especially when it involves moving images off the hard-drive and out into the real world.
As such, I encourage each of you to "make it real." Spend some time with your portfolio and turn them into tangible, touchable pieces of art. |
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04/17/2011 08:17:39 AM · #2 |
| Skip, that looks fabulous. And good advice. Maybe one day I'll get round to printing one of my own images :) |
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04/17/2011 08:26:20 AM · #3 |
| Looks very impressive. Great advice! |
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04/17/2011 08:26:36 AM · #4 |
thanks!
Originally posted by salmiakki:
Skip, that looks fabulous. And good advice. Maybe one day I'll get round to printing one of my own images :) |
if i was you, i'd start by putting this on a 30" canvas...
Originally posted by Denise:
Looks very impressive. Great advice! |
thanks!
Message edited by author 2011-04-17 08:27:34. |
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04/17/2011 11:16:04 AM · #5 |
| Your project turned out fantastic - Congratulations! And I agree about printing up images and seeing how they look in the "real" world. I've entered 8x10 images in a little local county fair with some success, donated framed images to fund raising organizations, printed up a few postcards and note cards, and printed 2 of my images on canvas for our home and plan to do more. It's so fun to actually see what our images look like in print, regardless of the scores they receive here on DPC. :-D |
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04/17/2011 12:23:35 PM · #6 |
| Very interesting! What are the plates made off? Are these prints glued on some kind of backing? |
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04/17/2011 12:52:06 PM · #7 |
thanks, cj!
Originally posted by MargaretN:
Very interesting! What are the plates made off? Are these prints glued on some kind of backing? |
the plates were 4x4 1/4" plywood; the prints were mounted on gatorboard and attached to the plates with industrial strength velco.
i've still got a few tweaks to finalize, but will have an opportunity to get a few more detailed photos when i go back. |
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04/17/2011 01:48:16 PM · #8 |
Very cool. Thanks for some good ideas.
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04/17/2011 02:24:57 PM · #9 |
| It looks awesome Skip! Congrats on another job well done! |
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