----- Original Message ----- From: <kpp@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 9:02 AM Subject: excibition print sizes Hi - Just some ideas I thought I'd pass along. I've had 5X7 prints in 11X14 museum-type (quite a bit larger than the prints with more space at the bottom than at the top) mats and 8X10 prints matted to 16X20 museum-type and they look very nice. I find that having a theme for an exhibition can be helpful as opposed to having several nice, but unrelated prints no matter how good the prints are. With the 5X7 (11X14 matted and framed) and 8X10 (16X20 matted and framed). Perhaps a few large prints hung for impact would work along with the smaller prints, but that would depend on the exhibit and gallery. My opinion - the less cluttered the gallery (fewer prints) the better and more full of impact the exhibit has. The best of luck with your exhibition. Marilyn > well, I AM thinking setting up my own and very first excibition... > > I would almost walk the perillous road alone and blind, but i got some real help and ideas from a local painter and friend of mine. > > I've got moral support, tried and true ideas, the images are already selected aiming to picking ones with content AND character, some are already scanned, and worked in PS, but... > > I am stuck on the prints' size for such an effort... > > I have chosen sizes ranging to 8x12 12x16 and 16x24 depending on the images and room to use (there is only one excibition hall in my town) > > Two reasons are stalling me though. > 1. What should the "proper" size be > 2. Most of the images when blownup, excibit a softness partly attributed to my scanner -I presume- (Epson 1660 Photo), and mainly to the photos being lowlight/slowspeed ones taken at concerts and theater. too much sharpening brings up too much grai for my liking. > > So...i am thinking of either dropping a good part of my selections, or going down to size (8x12) to conceal the effect. But what impact can such a print have? > > So what would be your choice? > > appendix > 8x12 images: selected colors from http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/hamletbynewformstheatre.msnw > > 12x16 images: > selected B&Ws from http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/hamletbynewformstheatre.msnw > selected B&Ws and colors from > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/jethrotullconcertphotos.msnw > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/madrugadaconcertphotos.msnw > selected colors from > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/diafanakrinaconcertphotos.msnw > > 16x24 images: selected B&W from > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/mnafredmannsearthbandconcer.msnw > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/diafanakrinaconcertphotos.msnw > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/oldtaunus.msnw > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/madrugadaconcertphotos.msnw > selected colors from > http://groups.msn.com/clenchedteethphotography/theumbrellas.msnw > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ > http://www.mailbox.gr ÁðïêôÞóôå äùñåÜí ôï ìïíáäéêü óáò e-mail. > http://www.thesuperweb.gr Website ìå ÁóöáëÝò Controlpanel áðü 6 Euro êáé äþñï ôï domain óáò! > > >
