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I have quite a bit of experience of mounting photographs. Sometimes I print a couple of millimetres larger than the mount aperture so there is no white border showing. Sometimes I use ""stroke" in Photoshop to draw a thin line round my image and then print about a centimetre or so smaller than the aperture so that I leave a small white border showing after the print is mounted.
My question is: Is there a right way, and what do others think?
To be a bit more specific: I have a collection of colour images that I want to print and mount for exhibition purposes. They are all of "environmental abstracts". I have the mount board pre-cut and prepared ready for the prints. This is white with a black core, so it will appear as if there is a black line round the images anyway. The mount size is 50 x 50 cms and the aperture size is 25 x 25 cms. I now just have to finalise the print size. Would leaving a thin white border by printing to 23.5 cms add an element of artificiality to what are essentially natural photographs, or would the additional white space help to show them off?
Not a major problem perhaps, and perhaps there is no "right" answer, but I would be interested in some other peoples' thoughts.
Thanks
Stan
My question is: Is there a right way, and what do others think?
To be a bit more specific: I have a collection of colour images that I want to print and mount for exhibition purposes. They are all of "environmental abstracts". I have the mount board pre-cut and prepared ready for the prints. This is white with a black core, so it will appear as if there is a black line round the images anyway. The mount size is 50 x 50 cms and the aperture size is 25 x 25 cms. I now just have to finalise the print size. Would leaving a thin white border by printing to 23.5 cms add an element of artificiality to what are essentially natural photographs, or would the additional white space help to show them off?
Not a major problem perhaps, and perhaps there is no "right" answer, but I would be interested in some other peoples' thoughts.
Thanks
Stan
