A lot of what I do is capture a lot of amazing photos of kids and couples together. When Seth and I try and decorate, we fight. He has no vision, and I can complete see how something will look for the end result. He has to see it first and then he gets it. I lean heavily on pinterest for my inspriatioin to show him the end result. Since Seth is so visual, I’ve learned other people are too. That’s why, one of the neat things I have in my studio is a software that lets me show you exactly how something will look on your wall. This has to be one of my ALL TIME favorite things. A lot of people don’t realize how small an 8×10 is on a wall until they see it in relation to the couch. An 8×10 is a postage stamp on a wall. It breaks my heart to have clients order 4×6’s, 5×7’s and 8×10’ss of their photos. I love BIG. There is nothing smaller than an 11×14 on my wall.
I often hear my clients say “I don’t want to seem vain hanging something so big of myself on the wall!” I guess, I don’t mind being vain. I am the photographer who has 1 16×24 canvas of my son of each month of his first life. Yup… each month. I can give you a tour of my house and point out, “This is Jake at 7 Months…” and then follow it with “and here Jake is at 8 Months…” You think I’m kidding.
Below is just a quick view of an actual wall and actual prints so you can see what an 8×10 looks like on a wall and what (2) 16×24 and a bunch of 5x7s look like.
This photo below is a 8×10 or as I like to call it, the Postage stamp size. To give you a point of reference, this house is a colonial with a big great room.
Too small for that wall – ah? Well here is an 11×14….
and this is a 16×24… Fits a lot better – right?
As you can see a 16×24 looks absolutely beautiful on the wall. Another fun thing you can do in this software is show collages. I often hear the complaint “I can’t afford the disc, and I love them all!” Well in that case I actually would encourage something like this!
These photos are of an actually session done for one of my clients. These wall photos are the walls of her house. I snapped a quick photo of the room she was looking to decorate. The above collage is (2) 16×24 photos with (9) 5x7s. I absolutely love canvas. They are so much easier to deal with than frames. They go up with a simple nail and once they arrive, they are ready to be hung! No framing dealers to run off to, no mattes to select, no glass to pay for! Next time you are ordering prints, remember, GO BIG, or …well, you know the saying!
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