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Presentation methods

There are many ways to present a photographic image from presenting it digitally on a blog or putting the digital image in a digital photo frame or by having your image printed onto many forms of paper or canvas

or even having it on a t shirt or a mug

Today photo's are mostly displayed on electronic devices from cell phones to digital picture frames

The trouble is, with digital images there are technical factors related to the electronic display gizmo that can

have a effect on how good an image looks.

A DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME

The average photography consumer doesn't have a calibrated computer So if they want to display their photographic work in a consistent way, they make a print of the image.

Prints fall into 2 broad categories by size - desktop prints and wall prints.

Desktop prints are generally considered to be 8" x 10" and 5" x 7" Obviously, anything larger falls into the wall print category.

Printing at home

One of the easiest ways to print your images is to print them on your home printer

Most printers can print up to A4 size so you can get quite a big photo

The quality of the image will depend on your printer and the quality of paper you use but you can get some surprising results from a standard printer.

Printer

Home photo paper

A short video about printing at home

Printing online

Printing your images online can be a cheaper option if you have many photos it can be as cheap as 5p a photo

Online you can have your photos printed from 6" x 4" to poster sizes like 45" x 30"

You can also have many other options for you photos online here are some exsamples

Get your favourite photo printed onto a Teddy's t shirt

Have that special photo with you every time you have a cup of tea

Have your photo made into a jigsaw for your family to play with for many years to come

Gt your favourite photo made up as stickers to share with your friends

Get your image on a set of coasters

See your image on a pillow

Get your favorite photos made up in to a calendar or diary

Get your image on a magnet or keyring

Have that special holiday or romance captured in a book

Have your photo made into a birthday card or a card for a special occasion

Presenting your print

The next consideration is how to present the print. There are presentation methods like gallery wraps and standouts, but framing is still the most common way to display a print.

The purpose of using a frame is to set the image off from the wall or desktop environment, and highlight it without detracting from the image

you can have it putt onto canvas or in a frame

then just hang it on your wall

There are so many options you can choose the colour of your frame to suit your photo

also you can have your print wrapped and putt on canvas with many different looks to go for.

When Framing a print you would try to select one or two colors in the image and then select complimentary mat and frame colors to help cause them to pop or to emphasize the colors in the image.

Frame shape and style can also be used to highlight elements in the image.

Professional printing

Joe Cornish having one of hes prints printed and framed

Photography by renowned landscape photographer Joe Cornish

Printed on a Lightjet 5000, mounted, laminated and framed

Lightjet 5000

The lightjet 5000 produces true continuous tone photographs with out visible dots

InkJjet and electrostatic printers cannot compete with the same crispness of image and detail

It can print a 4 foot x 8 foot image on a single sheet so was perfect for a Joe Cornish landscape

Blogs

Presenting using a blog is a cheap way of presenting your images also you can see them from any where there is Internet form all round the world

Advantages

Cost free to set up a blog
Easy to up load your photos
A fast way to show your images
Can be seen any where in the world where there is Internet

Disadvantages

Image can only be as good as the screen its being show on
Have to show a smaller image than original because of worry of copyright
People can steal your images

Presented folder

Presenting your images in a folder is something Ive done before its a nice way to have something you can hold in your hands and show people your images in full print .

Advantages

Can be shown without Internet
Your copyright is safe
You can use it to show your work
Can show the full quality image

Disadvantages

Can be damaged in transit
The cost of folder and the cost of print
Can be hard to travel with because of the size

Exhibitions

Their are many photography exhibitions all over the world and the images are presented

in all different ways

A Japanese exhibition

This exhibition shows many frame less photos either side of a long white wall it looks impressive

Making peace exhibition 2010

A outside exhibition

I like how the images are so big and spaced out so every can see each image clearly and read information about the photo looks like a inspirational exhibition

Making peace is a photographic exhibition produced by the International Peace Bureau, Geneva to mark their Nobel Peace Prize centenary. It was curated by Ashley Woods, formerly with Magnum Photos

A macro exhibition

This macro exhibition in a library has the images all with black borders this helps the image stand out

Martin parr exhibtion

Martinn parr

Martin Parr talking about hes exhibition at gateshead at the baltic

I went to the martin parr exhibition at the Public in west brom to see Martin Parr's exhibition on black country stories with over 600 photos on view off the black country life , it had two ways of showing hes work down stairs there was a large white wall with hundreds of images all together with enough room for a white border to form for each photo

A white wall with hundreds of photos stack up in lines

Upstairs he had a small galley of hes larger prints some walls had 3 prints some had up to 6 all carefully putt together to show off hes work to its best

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The exhibition had maybe 25 photos or more shown with good lighting and good presentation.

To present a image in it self is art to capture the best of the photo and to display it to a wider audience is something i hope to learn to improve my photos .