Feb
6
(2006)
Photographs on Display
Filed under: Uncategorized. Tags: photography.
I finally got around to doing something with some of my photographs. Instead of just gathering dust in iPhoto, there are now a bunch of great photos proudly on display in our living room. We made a trek down to IKEA on the weekend (the same weekend when the rest of the province was busy intending on spending their $400/person “Ralph Bucks” peak oil prosperity cheques - so every store was insanely busy).
We picked up some cheap narrow shelves and some basic frames. I painted the frames with some leftover paint to match the walls (after digging up the bucket from under the basement stairs). Hung the shelves between the entertainment centre and front door. Uploaded some files to London Drugs‘ online photo finishing site, waited 2 hours, then picked them up. Slapped the prints into the frames, and placed them onto the shelves. And it looks like something in a museum or something - except for being my photographs of things that are important to our family - waaaay better than buying a generic photo at Pottery Barrel or something.
The whole shooting match cost about $120CDN - some of the best money I’ve spent, and cheaper than any off-the-shelf display I would have found. The only problem is - now I want to keep adding onto the shelves to put more pictures up…
The only problem is - now I want to keep adding onto the shelves to put more pictures up… And this is a problem how?
OK, I’m razzin’ ya. Thanks for the pic of the final results. This just may inspire me to do something similar once I get a bunch of images I’m happy with. I’ve had the new camera over a month, but we’ve had such crappy weather, it’s hard to get out there and shoot. After a month, I have maybe three pics I think might be worth framing.
the problem is, my house isn’t that big, and I’d turn the whole thing into a photo gallery. I guess it’s not that expensive at about $30 per linear foot when all done, but I’d guess the family might have something to say about it
There’s another shot of the installation on my Flickr account (right next to the first one) that includes a legend.
That’s a great idea. And timely too. The problem is, I don’t want any small format prints - i want them all big. Downside is that all the pics need to be square, for Ikea frames.
And funny thing too - last night I just ordered some 16×20s of the two B&W aspen shots from Nosehill this weekend. Up on my flickr page (TeddyBoy). I want to see how those 8.3 megapixels deal with large format.
Funny how we both did something yesterday.
They don’t have to be square at all - the frames we got are up to 12″x18″ - and they have larger ones, too… Forget the funky name for the frames. Ronco? Something like that…
I’ve made prints as large as 20″x30″ - that one was unframed. I shudder to think what it would cost to frame that sucker…
I did 2 4×6, 3 5×7, and 2 12×18 for this display.
those shelves are the cat’s ass. make a point of switching up the photos you have out every few months. plus, you easily have room to make the shelves doublewide.
If it gets my husband to order some prints from outrcollection of 3000 plus then I am ALL FOR IT.
What a lovely idea and thanks for sharing it with us. I bought some simple white frames from Target that we just keep moving around.
d - yeah. quick, cheap and easy. Definitely planning on putting a bunch of images into rotation, and on growing the shelves by at least one more section each.