Framed

[Simon Easton]

You go to the frame store, and you see standard sizes: 8x10, 5x7, 4x6.

But when you take a photograph, your concept doesn't always come out best in standard frame sizes.

Do you ever find yourself altering your photos to fit the standard sizes, or do you use custom frames, when you frame at all?

[Rokcet Scientist]

You go to the frame store, and you see standard sizes: 8x10, 5x7, 4x6.

But when you take a photograph, your concept doesn't always come out best in standard frame sizes.

Do you ever find yourself altering your photos to fit the standard sizes, or do you use custom frames, when you frame at all?

No.
Custom is just too expensive and time consuming.
I determine the crop in PP, then print, then use a standard size frame of which I adapt (if neccessary) the cardboard "passepartout" 's inside cut-out hole, behind which the print goes.

Standard frames often come with pre-cut-out cardboard. The size/outside edge is already perfect. Only the inside cut-out hole may require adaptation. But the most important reason to use a cut-out cardboard inside frame ("passepartout") is that the photo/print will not touch the frame's glass: there's a millimeter or two of space, air, between the print and the glass, preventing them sticking to eachother and/or chemical reactions between them.

P.S. Just learned that what I called a "passepartout", French, is called a "fillet" in English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_frame)

[Nikonfreak]

Originally Posted by Simon Easton

You go to the frame store, and you see standard sizes: 8x10, 5x7, 4x6.

But when you take a photograph, your concept doesn't always come out best in standard frame sizes.

Do you ever find yourself altering your photos to fit the standard sizes, or do you use custom frames, when you frame at all?

I do one of three things

1- Re-size the image. cropping when necessary...

2- Custom made frame - can be pricey

3- Shoot for the crop - When you know you're going to frame a shot, leave some room in the shot for cropping in post.

Shooting for the crop is something a friend that shoots digital kind of talked me into. It goes against the grain of the old, "Fill the frame" concept but it works if I need to "fit" a shot into standard sizes.

Julio

[eClix]

There are those frames you can get that a big square, (wood frame with a front and back panel of glass) so you don't need to crop. There is just empty space around your picture, which can work really well .

[Rokcet Scientist]

There are those frames you can get that a big square, (wood frame with a front and back panel of glass) so you don't need to crop. There is just empty space around your picture, which can work really well .

If you have a nice wall.

[Marc Kurth]

It depends upon the person buying the print, but I generally order a custom matte size to fit standard frame sizes.* If I crop a print certain way, it's because that's what I wanted* The negative space on the "short' sides tend to work in my favor in terms of the visual effect.

Marc

[blumesan]

Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist

Standard frames often come with pre-cut-out cardboard. The size/outside edge is already perfect. Only the inside cut-out hole may require adaptation. But the most important reason to use a cut-out cardboard inside frame ("passepartout") is that the photo/print will not touch the frame's glass: there's a millimeter or two of space, air, between the print and the glass, preventing them sticking to eachother and/or chemical reactions between them.

P.S. Just learned that what I called a "passepartout", French, is called a "fillet" in English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_frame)

I believe what you are describing is more commonly known as a framing matte (or mat).

Cheers/Mike