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"Sheldon" wrote in message
... Where is the best place to sign framed photos? I would think the place would be on the matte, but recently I saw a photo that was mounted to a board, and the matte was made larger than the mounted photo. The photo was signed inside the matte on the mounting board (between the photo and the matte). Also, is it unprofessional to just leave a framed photo unsigned, and should every framed photo for sale be signed? In addition to signing, you might consider a affixing a sticker (rice paper and paste?) to the back of the photo and also to the dust cover. Information you might want to include would be your contact information, web site, details about the photograph, etc. Whether you intend to give the framed photos away as gifts or sell them, I think the new owner of the piece will appreciate this professional addition. Just my 2 cents. -- Mark Photos, Ideas & Opinions http://www.marklauter.com |
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"Bob Hatch" wrote in message ... "Sheldon" wrote in message I don't think I've ever seen a photo that was signed directly on the photo, unless it was a huge mural. You are right, however. Anybody could swap the matte with another photo. Sheldon Wow, have you ever led a sheltered life. Most pro's I know sign the print on the lower, right corner. Some use the lower left. Gold or silver ink. When I had my business, I signed "all" family portrait prints 5x7 or larger. Senior portraits, all 11x14 or larger. Most of the landscape guys I'm familiar with sign all prints, on the front. -- So, you are saying to sign the photo directly on the image? |
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Ansel Adams dry-mounted his photos and signed the mount
on the lower right. To see his signature, one could use a mat opening larger than the photo. See, for example, http://www.edwardcartergalleries.com/current.php RJF |
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"Sheldon" wrote in
: Where is the best place to sign framed photos? I would think the place would be on the matte, but recently I saw a photo that was mounted to a board, and the matte was made larger than the mounted photo. The photo was signed inside the matte on the mounting board (between the photo and the matte). Also, is it unprofessional to just leave a framed photo unsigned, and should every framed photo for sale be signed? Thanks. Sheldon Eugene Smith had a trick that worked well with silver emulsion prints. He would use a stylus (fine pointed burnishing tool) and write his name in the emulsion right in the image. Looking at the print straight on it was not visible, especially when it came to reproduction. But if you turned the print at an angle to a light source, the signature became visible. I'm not famous enough to get away with that, but I experimented with it on ink jet prints (Epson). It works, kind of. But the surface of the paper does not have the kind of depth that a silver emulsion print does and it looks obvious. I just cut a matte a half cm larger than the picture and write my name lightly in the lower right hand corner making it as unobtrusive as possible. |
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