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I just wondered after mentioning in another thread that a picture would make a nice framed print.

I used to have about 8 framed pictures in the bedroom but when we redecorated I got to like the minimalist look so they never went back up. More recently I've framed a couple but they're just on surfaces and not wall mounted. I'd like to do a few more but I don't think I'm going to go back to having multiple A3 prints on one wall.

One thing I do like to do is take a lot of pictures on a day out and have on a slide show on my pc. It brings the day back to me. I keep thinking of a couple of books for favourite places, the seaside, the hill etc but so far have only done one, our wedding day.

What do other people do? How many do you have printed and framed and to what size?
 
I tend to get canvases made. I have several of varying sizes on my walls....I don't actually frame them.
 
I print and frame for exhibitions – just about always A3 – and when they don't sell they either go on the wall or in storage in the bedroom.
 
I'm a dedicated printer of pictures and have been for many years. Back in the good old days having a print was the only way to see your pictures, of course, but in the digital world it's probably the least used method of viewing or sharing.

Although I'm no longer a member of a camera club I still like to print images at competition sizes. so anything up to A3 with 11.5 x 14" being my favoured size. This means that I can re-se mounts and frames :) Currently, there are two 11.5x14 framed prints on my home office wall. one in the passage and one in the bedroom. The lounge has six 8x10 portraits of the grandchildren on one wall and will soon have an A3 print on the opposite wall too.

I tend to change pictures every time I get a really good image, or the gc pictures get a little "old". I store old pictures under the bed :)
 
I have got a few frame photos about the house - my Dad has a large format printer, so it is easy to get them done.
 
Print at home up to A3+, cut the mounts myself and buy the frames, some new others from charity shops.
Also annual our travels photobook, been a bit short of content last couple of years.
 
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Up to A3+, some just blutaked onto a wall, some in clip frames, some in wooden/painted frames with no mount and a couple mounted and framed. Rarely share holiday photos these days but when I do, it tends to be a folder of A4 prints with a "special" holiday possibly getting the A3(+) treatment (I have a carrying case/portfolio to suit.)
 
A few times I've been happy to see pictures I've taken printed, framed and mounted on other peoples walls. One thing this tells me is that even a picture 1,000 pixels on the longest edge and emailed to someone can make a nice print.

Oh, just remembered. I was once staying with a friend and we were looking for something, "Look in that drawer" she said and there it was along with a load of pictures I'd taken which she had printed out. She said she was going to frame them and mount them on the wall down the stairs but I don't know if she ever got around to it.
 
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woof woof said:
A few times I've been happy to see pictures I've taken printed, framed and mounted on other peoples walls. One thing this tells me is that even a picture 1,000 pixels on the longest edge and emailed to someone can make a nice print.

Oh, just remembered. I was once staying with a friend and we were looking for something, "Look in that drawer" she said and there it was along with a load of pictures I'd taken which she had printed out. She said she was going to frame them and mount them on the wall down the stairs but I don't know if she ever got around to it.
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I have two from the last 23 years, A4 and both taken with a 1.3mp camera :)
 
I do still print and frame (C-Type prints from SIMLabs, Ikea frames - 500x400 for £7 ! ) occasionally, but like you, we went for a clean, minimalist look when we moved house a few years ago, and now I'm favouring these aluminium di-bond boards - absolutely flat and rigid, and fairly lightweight for the size:-

View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRmb1RVDsCH/


These ones are from Loxley who did a brilliant job on the printing and packing.

I also make books from time to time - using Lightroom's book module, which (after years of fighting you every step of the way) is now bloomin' excellent with full control over page layout, images and text blocks. Blurb handles production. It's so much easier than using a standalone or web-based book app, as all of your image catalogue is there for you to search and add from (rather than having to decide before you get to the book layout app which ones you might want, find each image, and then export it at the right size for the book, only to change your mind etc). LR also gives you a running cost total as you add pages.
 
Still print a fair few, generally A2/A3 for home and rotate them every now and again. I’ve used habitat black frames for quite a while. There’s a great framing/art shop (artceteraBournemouth.co.uk) not far away for anything special.
 
I print the best stuff for discussion and critique at a photography group I’m a member of, most of these make it into my print portfolios. The best ones will form a part of my exhibitions if they fit into the theme.
I print my own up to A3 size, beyond that I get done at DS Colour Labs on one of the better Fuji papers.
 
I've not printed for a few years now, but hopefully will get some pictures up in the French house where there's a lot ore space.
 
I’ve been getting into it trying different paper and sizes and starting with ikea frames and a passepartout cutter to adapt them. Our place is also minimalist so have them leaning against the wall thinking of placement at the moment.
 
I rarely print, but I do frame, my own, scratch built, bespoke frames.

Currently have 15 frames up, the majority are prints of my images but the odd one with awards in.

My favourite frame is a prototype, it's a box frame that I built a few years ago, with a signed, Eddie Irvine Ferrari in it, that has pride of place on our living room wall.
 
Up until I joined TP in December, I used to print a fair bit, but after joining and learning alot, I deleted the hard drive and started again :LOL:

8 mths on, only just starting to think about printing things again. Have an A3+ printer, mix of papers and frames (frames sat empty :LOL:)

If I can get enough images together, I'd like to get a book done.
 
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I have a Canon Pro100 which I print on and occasionally frame. After we complete this round of renovations in the house I'll choose a few to decorate the dining room.

I gifted a couple of framed prints to my boss' boss' boss' boss' boss. He has them hanging in his office.
 
Thanks for all the interesting posts guys :D

Looks like quite a few are still in the habit or even discovering the joy of printing and framing :D

I have one framed picture awaiting mounting somewhere.

I've only had two printers. My first was an A3 HP and the prints were lovely but it had consistent paper jams so it was replaced with an Epson R2880 which I still have. It too can do A3 but I think I prefer smaller prints these days.

And a PS.
I've had the Epson a long time and a while back it came up with a waste ink full message. I managed to Google my way to a one time fix and bought and fitted a printer potty which was very easy to fit. It's amazing how much ink these things do pump out into the potty.
 
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Yes I print anything upto 16x20 inches ( wet prints) , with plans to go larger.:naughty:

The largest that I’ve produced from an inkjet printer are A3+, though now , due to a different printer , the max size is A3.

Tbh I rarely inkjet print anymore, not least of all as I possess no digital camera and I prefer to produce wet prints rather than scan the negatives.

As far as a photograph goes , imo I find that images that aren’t printed out are no more than just that…… an image!

With no wish to open a can of worms and start a debate, I personally do not see a pixelated image on a screen as a photograph.
Indeed , i feel that’s it’s no more a photograph than a what a negative is.

As for framing.
I don’t like my prints to be behind glass /Perspex so they simply get mounted with a Matt board surround.
 
Asha said:
Yes I print anything upto 16x20 inches ( wet prints) , with plans to go larger.:naughty:

The largest that I’ve produced from an inkjet printer are A3+, though now , due to a different printer , the max size is A3.

Tbh I rarely inkjet print anymore, not least of all as I possess no digital camera and I prefer to produce wet prints rather than scan the negatives.

As far as a photograph goes , imo I find that images that aren’t printed out are no more than just that…… an image!

With no wish to open a can of worms and start a debate, I personally do not see a pixelated image on a screen as a photograph.
Indeed , i feel that’s it’s no more a photograph than a what a negative is.

As for framing.
I don’t like my prints to be behind glass /Perspex so they simply get mounted with a Matt board surround.
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This is a point on which you and I almost agree Asha as you likely know but that isn't important. I can say there is something amazing about wet printing and it is partly through your encouragement I have ventured into this wonderful area.

AA: "The negative is the equivalent of the composer's score, and the print the performance". I have learned to appreciate both (but you gotta love the performance right)
 
Asha said:
With no wish to open a can of worms and start a debate, I personally do not see a pixelated image on a screen as a photograph.
Indeed , i feel that’s it’s no more a photograph than a what a negative is.

As for framing.
I don’t like my prints to be behind glass /Perspex so they simply get mounted with a Matt board surround.
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I think it's just a fact of modern life and indeed some pictures never get off the device that took them.

About 12 years ago or maybe a bit more when compact cameras were still popular and hadn't been replaced by smartphones a lady at work had some sort of a problem with her digital camera and passed it to me. I ran a recovery program and put her pictures on a thumb drive. Another lady saw all this and passed me her compact and I put hers on a thumb drive too. Both of these ladies had taken hundreds of pictures or even thousands and they stayed on and were viewed on the tiny compact camera screen. At least after their pictures were put onto thumb drives they could be viewed on or copied to a pc.

I expect the same is true for smartphones today, many pictures probably stay just on the device that took them and are viewed only on them.

I had a digital photo frame once years ago.
 
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I have spells of making prints and framing them. I'm about due one as I fancy a change in three frames I have hanging.

While I believe photographs should be printed I'm not religious about how that should be done. I've made better inkjet prints from scans of my old negs than I ever made wet prints in the bathroom years ago! I've seen the same photos of others printed in different media and quite frankly can't tell the difference. It's the pictures that matter, not how they are printed. IMO.

This is why I also love making books and zines. In some ways I think these are a better way to show photographs as they are portable, easy to pass round, and can be looked at anywhere. That said some pictures, usually ones with lots of fine details, benefit from being printed larger.
 
I print quite a bit, some are framed on the wall, many more are in archive boxes- I’m working on the basis that printed images are much harder to throw away, so when I peg it, my children will have lots to physically look at rather than a digital archive which will never get looked at!!!!
 
I have a lot of prints that have never been framed and hung. I went through a phase of printing the best shots from the day. I still have them but I rarely look at them and they mostly just stay in the box. These days I mostly just look at my pictures on the pc but a few more will definitely be printed and hung on a wall.
 
I print on an off, sometimes will look at old negs/slide scan and print.

Most of mine are 5x7, A4 or A3 as that is the max I can print at home.

I do like printing, wish I had the time/space/skill to do wet printing but thats another day.
 
My walls used to be covered in framed prints that I'd done myself, but after decorating, they never seem to make it back up.

I haven't made a print in a while now either :whistle:
 
Bebop said:
My walls used to be covered in framed prints that I'd done myself, but after decorating, they never seem to make it back up.

I haven't made a print in a while now either :whistle:
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There seem to be a few of us who've done this.
 
I used to years ago, but not so much over the last ten years or so.

I picked up an enlarger about six months ago, so may get back into film printing again this winter rather than just developing.

I've lost so much money on photo printers (and they dry up) for digital images over the years, I'm reluctant to try one again.
 
I have some prints framed on my walls and plan some in the future, mainly ones that seem to stand out from a days trip out but I've done some for other people too, I've a cup with one of my photos on it and a couple of canvasses too plus...
 
Printing and framing is very much my thing, I love the whole process. Well, except when I'm making a frame from scractch. Moulding and cutting is not a restful business if you are of the measure once cut twice school :) But there is SO much one can do, and the business of fitting the presentation to where the image will be displayed is fascinating.
 
I imagine that I've printed more pictures on bromide paper than most people here, over the last 50 years.

There was a time when I printed more than a hundred images a day on a regular basis, using a conventional enlarger and large dishes. After a while, no matter that I was being fairly well paid for doing this, it loses its appeal.

Taking pictures electronically, storing them on magnetic surfaces or in silicon matrices, displaying them on whatever size screen I wish, wherever I wish... I sometimes wonder if I've gone to heaven without the annoyancies of death!

:tumbleweed:
 
We print and frame including canvases, but I only have one framed image on my wall and I didn't print it. I did some panaoramas years back of an area and weeks later the person I'd done them for dropped off a framed one for me as a thank you (I'd been paid) as it's a little different to the normal stuff and localish it's over this computer in my living room.
 
I offer gallery/archive quality prints of my photographs to order but Giclee only. Orders come either from friends or my various Instagram pages.

For customers outside the UK I offer a hi-res digital file for sale and advise them where they can get it printed locally. Paying duties and shipping outside the UK is far too much hassle and unnecessary extra cost.
 
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I do, but it's an expensive business...
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It can be expensive but I think the control over quality can be worth it. Years back I payed for a digital picture to be printed A3 and the result that came back was way too dark and printing it at home the result was so much better. That experience really put me off although years later I got our wedding pictures printed as a book and they were fine. The fact that professional printing can potentially be a lottery does still worry me whereas at home although it's expensive I'm in control of quality.
 
woof woof said:
It can be expensive but I think the control over quality can be worth it. Years back I payed for a digital picture to be printed A3 and the result that came back was way too dark and printing it at home the result was so much better. That experience really put me off although years later I got our wedding pictures printed as a book and they were fine. The fact that professional printing can potentially be a lottery does still worry me whereas at home although it's expensive I'm in control of quality.
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.... :agree: The importance of control over quality cannot be too strongly emphasised. That's why I offer Giclee but Metal and Canvas are other options I haven't had orders for yet.

Check out ON1 Resize AI 2022 for image preparation :

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X32R081oAHA
 
A3 photo books in the living room.. serving the same purpose of old school photo albums.
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Currently planning:
1. large 'electronic picture frame' panel for slow slide shows.
2. decorating some rooms upstairs with large canvasses. Draws on successful earlier endeavours in this space - specifically a rather emotive 1200x600mm Venetian scene for the study from a reshoot when I used a brand new camera - two days after both the old one and I ended up in the Canal Grande :ROFLMAO:
Wasnt funny at the time.
 
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