Howdy! I hope all is well with you and yours! This weeks Blog is about keeping up with trends in the framing part of Photography. All of the images in this post are iPhone shots and I was trying to avoid reflections, which was impossible. So some of these images are “wonky” but that could not be avoided.
Luckily being based in Las Vegas allows me access to some of the biggest conventions in the world. Last week I attended the West Coast Art & Frame convention. I witnessed some interesting new trends. Mostly in the world of moulding. It appears color is in, over the wood look.
All of the frames I saw set the image being framed off very well. Was it beautiful? I guess… that’s pretty subjective. I tend to like wood frames. One thing I really noticed was small pieces of art in very big frames! Like an 8×10 image set into a frame that seemed three times as big!
This touched off a personal pet peeve of mine… namely “the frame is more important than my art?” This troubles me to this day. I understand a nice frame can really add to the presentation… However should it take precedence? Not for me. It’s my art that I think should be most important. Once again a highly subjective opinion.
Currently when it comes to photography no frame at all is the current trend. This might be the main reason metal prints and canvas are so popular. I have an opinion on metal prints. This opinion is from educated position. I was printing metal prints over twenty years ago. They fade. Plus, I personally do not like the reflections from metal prints.
Alos?? I’m a Master Fine Art Printer Now. I wasn’t back then. Printing on metal actually requires very little knowledge of the actual art of printing. Basically you print your images on special paper with special inks, and then apply that paper to a treated sub-straight and heat it to 400 degrees in a press.
I can currently print on paper, images that look just as nice, or even better, than the metal prints we see now, and for considerably less money.
Also? Paper prints weigh far less, so in a commercial application with large prints, this is a huge consideration. Commercial property owners do not like getting sued when a large print falls off the wall.
I’m currently working hard at developing new print mounting techniques that can assist with the lack of frame that people currently do not wish to invest in.
I was also able to confirm my suspicions that the legacy series of papers that Epson markets, is actually Canson Infinity Papers at a markup with the Epson label applied.
The beautiful Image above by Art Wolfe Is printed on Epson’s Legacy Textured paper which is actually Canson Infinity Arches Aquarelle. Arches Aquarelle is my favorite textured paper.
Those of you that are on my Newsletter List will be getting this post on Tuesday morning at about 10am Pacific Time. I’ll be in South Lake Tahoe by then Yoda willing. Keep up with my Facebook posts for the latest on this beautiful area. I super happy I’m hitting the Sierra’s after a major dump of that white fluffy stuff! Photo ops should be awesome!
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