8/17/2023 0 Comments Photo print sizes and frames![]() If you can stretch to it, buy a picture frame with non-reflective glass. ![]() ![]() It’s also great at reflecting light, which can be a problem. Glass is great for protecting your prints. This can be a great choice for the right subject. Triple-mounting certainly makes an impact, but is probably unnecessary for everyday needs.įinally, there are some mats available for displaying multiple photos in one picture frame. My wife, an artist, thinks everything should be triple-mounted. In general, I’d say a mat is essential to setting off your photo. Or it will often come with a mat for a 7 x 5″ (18 x 13 cm) photo. A 10 x 8″ (25.5 x 20.5 cm) frame can display a print that size. This often means that one frame size offers you two possible photo sizes. Many off-the-shelf picture frames will come with a mat. It can also contrast nicely with the picture frame. It can add style and class to the framed photo. Do You Want a Mat? ()Ī mat (or mount in the UK) is a frame within a frame. If you have a number of pictures you want to display, then consider a collection of smaller picture frames. If you have a striking photo that you can enlarge, make it the focal point of a wall. Look for inspiration in magazines or on the internet. Any larger than this and you will probably be using a specialist printing service. If so, then you’re probably going to use 19 x 13″ (32.9 x 48.3 cm, also called A3). Some keen photographers might have an inkjet printer that will handle larger paper. Inkjet printer paper tends to be standard office paper size.įor more impact, you can go bigger. Although 10 x 8″ (25.5 x 20.5 cm) is still popular for darkroom papers. This would most likely mean US letter or A4. In most cases, you need a larger print for hanging on the wall. In a small room, they won’t look too lost on the wall. If you have a bit more space, then 7 x 5″ (18 x 13 cm) prints make more of an impression. But on the wall, it can get a little lost. It’s a great size for passing around, and it fits nicely on a table or bookshelf. Probably the most popular print size is 6 x 4″ (15 x 10 cm). But the array of frame sizes can be bewildering. What Size do You Want? © Paolo De Santis () Some photos look really good with a deep picture frame. Then you need to think about how wide you want the frame material to be. Personally, I think that unless you’re a student or living in the ’80s, these probably don’t work anymore.īut there are wood frames of every kind-metal of all sorts, plastic, reclaimed material, and others. At the most basic are frameless picture frames. A picture might be worth a thousand words, but it’s not worth a burst pipe. And don’t forget the littlest room in the house! If it’s going on the wall, make sure the fixing is safe. Few of us have large, gallery-like spaces. It’s worth thinking about where you want to put your photos. Or you might want a collection of small photos framed together. If it’s on the wall, decide if it will take pride of place as a talking point. And you’ll need to decide if the picture is going on the wall or a table or shelf. There are considerations such as the frame color. It’s important to think of choosing picture frames as part of the whole creative process. You have some choices to make once you’ve chosen your photo and cropped it as necessary. Common aspect ratios © Trevor Marshall Things to Consider When Choosing Picture Frames You can see how the various formats relate to each other here. ![]() That way you can match your photos to the available picture frame sizes. It’s important to know this before you print. With other print sizes and other camera formats, you will need to crop your photos. The most popular print size, 6 x 4″, matches the aspect ratio of full frame and APS-C cameras. This table shows the aspect ratio of the most common camera formats and papers.Īs you can see, there are some easy formats. The pictures your camera produces do not neatly fit these larger paper formats. If you’ve ever even briefly looked into this, you’ll know there’s a problem. For the math lovers out there, the ratio is actually 1:√2. A4 (and in fact every ‘A’ size paper) is 1:1.41 (roughly 7:5). US letter has a ratio of 1:1.29 (roughly 13:10). So 6 x 4″ (15 x 10 cm) paper has an aspect ratio of 3:2. This is usually given as the ratio of one side to the other. Your average home printer or dedicated photo printer will happily default to this size.īut the aspect ratio of the paper is even more important than raw size. In North America, the standard is US letter size (8.5 x 11″ / 215.9 x 279.4 mm). Photo printer paper is largely the same across the globe, apart from standard “office” size paper. Understanding Picture Frame Sizes and Paper Size: What You Need to Know ![]()
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