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08/10/2005 06:42:03 PM · #1 |
| I recently got some free advertizing at a building where I could get alot of clients from. Where can I get some good looking frames for a really cheap price? The place that will be showing my pic is in a climbing gym. He told me any size and how ever many pic that I wanted to hang. Any suggestions?? |
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08/10/2005 07:12:48 PM · #2 |
I really like the way photos look in these cheap plastic frames I get at Walmart. They're sort of a black plastic box that the piece of glass snaps in and out of (sortof hard to describe) so they provide just a very thin border, that despite the less than $1 cost looks really classy. They're available in all the basic sizes up to 8x10 and I think in an 8.5x11 document size.
edit: According to the back of one they're called "The Original Fomate Frame"
Message edited by author 2005-08-10 19:16:37. |
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08/10/2005 07:26:37 PM · #3 |
you could mount photos to foamcore, then use smaller stacks of foamcore as spacers between the wall and the photo...and you could vary that space also. You could treat it more like an art installation rather than just hanging photos in frames.
especially at a climbing gym, it seems like you could do some cool things.
take a photo and print it in 8" squares, hang it with an inch or two between each piece. stuff like that. foamcore is light...you can use adhesive wall hangers.
Message edited by author 2005-08-10 19:28:16.
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08/10/2005 08:36:23 PM · #4 |
| I go to Ikea for frames, pretty cheap, I love the plain black frame with white matte. I got a 20x30 frame for 25 bux. |
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08/10/2005 09:21:08 PM · #5 |
If you want to put very large enlargements (measuring 2feetx3feet or larger), flex-sheet printing may be the only alternative.
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08/10/2005 09:34:54 PM · #6 |
I find that the biggest mistake photographers make when selling/displaying their work is to but their amazing images in horrible and cheap frames. I suggest not to do that.
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08/10/2005 09:42:29 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by louddog:
I find that the biggest mistake photographers make when selling/displaying their work is to but their amazing images in horrible and cheap frames. I suggest not to do that. |
The three I entered into a photo contest were "cheap" black one's like what I think kearock was referring to. Each side of the frame comes off separately. It is hard to explain. However, out of the 5 winners from about 70 entries, mine took the top spot and the 4th spot. They had all the entries on display and I thought mine looked very polished and professional. They were matted first, then put in the frames.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't think it has to be expensive to look nice. I made all my mats on a professional mat cutter at our camera club. With all the materials and frames, it cost me about $25 to do (3) 16x20's. |
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08/10/2005 09:50:36 PM · #8 |
COrrect, no need to be expensive. However, the photo should match the frame in some way. Certain photos will go great in a cheap plain black snap together frame.
I've seen stuff on display and for sale where the photo is amazing but the frame is the cheapest thing they could find on sale at walmart and does not compliment the photo at all. The way you display your work means as much as your work.
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