Do you folks mount and frame your film prints?

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I've sent a couple of the pics I shot in Velvia to be printed (I use Point 101) and would like to mount and frame them.

I was at Greenwich market yesterday and saw a photographer named Keith Cardwell - his black and white prints were really nice but I also loved the way he mounted them. It looked like two mounts - a thin inner white one and then a wide ivory one. The frame looked like very dark brown wood - almost black from a distance. I liked the way his mount was pretty wide (looked about 3 inches) so that it gave lots of space.

The two prints I would like to mount are 12" x 8" so I was thinking of either an A3 mount which is 4.7cm wide at the top/bottom, and 5.8cm at the sides; or a 12" x 18" mount which would be 5.1cm at the top/bottom and 7.6cm at the sides (I was looking at the Picture Lizard website).

I was wondering if you guys actually mount and frame your film prints and what sort of look you go for - i.e. do you use similar proportions to the ones I've mentioned above? Do you have any pics of your framed prints?

Thanks :)
 
I have had a few framed and mounteed, in quite a few different ways. I have had a couple done with double mounts and they do look really good, give an extra depth to the whole thing. I use a local framer called Baileys and they are really good, proper measuring service and they have samples of all their frames and mounts so you can check out how the thing will look before deciding.
 
Hi Andy

The double mounts look really good for B&W film pics when the inner edge is white and the main mount is ivory. For the two pics I just sent off - they're colour in Velvia so I would imagine that the mount (single or double) would need to be white?
 
Years ago for camera club comps I mounted my own, just bought the cardboard and carefully cut the rectangle out, or you can buy ready made cardboard frames to the colour you like and then trim to fit a wooden frame. Must be many ideas you can copy and would be a lot cheaper than letting a shop\lab do it for you.
 
excalibur2 said:
Years ago for camera club comps I mounted my own, just bought the cardboard and carefully cut the rectangle out, or you can buy ready made cardboard frames to the colour you like and then trim to fit a wooden frame. Must be many ideas you can copy and would be a lot cheaper than letting a shop\lab do it for you.
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It is cheaper Brian but I found that in most place that sold them the frames just didn't look very good, so I decided if it was good enough to print and hang it was good enough to pay for a pro job and tbh my framers are only about 10-20% higher than a decent shop bought frame.

southernjessie said:
Hi Andy

The double mounts look really good for B&W film pics when the inner edge is white and the main mount is ivory. For the two pics I just sent off - they're colour in Velvia so I would imagine that the mount (single or double) would need to be white?
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Yes, white or an off white look best in my opinion.

Andy
 
Well Andy my attempt about 30 years ago, two pieces of thick cardboard (can't remember if they were white) and a frame I probably picked up at a boot sale:-

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It does look pretty good Brian. I tried a few times to make my own mounts but being a ham-fisted clot they didn't go well....
 
Andysnap said:
It does look pretty good Brian. I tried a few times to make my own mounts but being a ham-fisted clot they didn't go well....
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Thanks..I wish I could remember more details to be of some use in this thread :rolleyes:
 
If you don't mind me posting a digital shot (I shot the same scene on film but the digital version looked best for printing).

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A closer look
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Printed and framed at peak imaging, no mounting. Their thinnest black frame.
 
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......... Their thinnest black frame.
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This ^

I've framed lots of prints with alsorts of frames and mounts, but for my stuff its thin black frames with or without a cream/white mount, its simple, unfussy and doesn't distract the viewer.
I don't like box frames, fashion colours, or mountains of mounted mounts mounting each other, cherubs, squiggly lines, gold leaf, maori tattoos, greek urns or tapioca rice pudding...:D
 
I've taken two approaches so far, but I'm very new at printing my own stuff! For shot comparison I use a £1 plastic no-frame from Wilkinson for A4 (just held tgether with clips). It's not really for display, but it does work well and easy to interchange.

My first attempts at display have been with a black frame from Ikea which came with a precut mount. It's OK, but I think the frame is too heavy for the sizes of pic (A4 and A3). Plus I need to remember to add some brightness before printing...
 
i dont frame mine, there is a chap in the local market who does a bloody good job cheaply. But i do print them and have several framed up and just cycle them round. The top one is a canvas that was on offer from somewhere or other, im not too keen on it but cant be arsed to print it properly

 
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I print lot of my stuff and just hang it, i recently bough a canon pro-100 which just does what it says on the tin
 
Isn't it a bit wobbly on the wall if you just print and hang...? Or do you use blutac :)
 
Just to be pedantic (not like me I know!) The mount is the bit of card behind the print. The bit at the front with a rectangular hole in it so you can see the picture is an over mat.

Many people refer to this front piece as the mount, which it is not.


Steve.
 
Even slap dash work can look nice in your home as people are more interested in the subject than perfect presentation. Done about 6 years ago and the photo is just stuck onto white cardboard:-
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Thanks guys - some really nice prints and look great in their frames. These pics give me an idea of what would look good with my pics.

I like the wide mount that Brian used above ^^^ it really separates the image from the frame.
 
Its a nice picture, my ocd is goin haywire with that white border not being of equal width all the way round though...lol

I think presentation is important but not everything demands it, I mean if you're putting together a collage or a multi print frame say, its interesting to have em all cockeyed, sorta scattered like, or overlapping with odd borders/stuff.
 
I had 7 medium and large format photos printed each at 3 feet wide last year, with a white double window / over mat and black frame all taken on Velvia to be displayed at a workplace. I have to admit, they looked quite nice.
 
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