You've taken some photos, they could be of your family, places you have seen, holiday snaps or just general images that you've collected on your everyday travels. What do you do with them now? The only limit to what can be done with your photos is your imagination. Years ago the most popular form of keeping your precious memories and images was to have them printed and put them into a photo album which usually had an adhesive backing with a plastic cover that you placed over the top of the photos once you had stuck them in your family album. Now there really was no problem with this generally except if anybody decided years later that they either wanted to take a copy of that photo for their album or if somebody wanted to display a particular photo in a photo frame on a sideboard etc, when you tried to remove the photo you found the photo was stuck fast to the adhesive backing of the photo album. Then you either ripped the photo as you tried to remove it or you just couldn't remove it at all.  Today, you have so many options that it can be mind boggling at times just what is the best way to display a photo. You can still use a photo album if you have a lot of photos that you would like to keep in one place (usually of one event, or a holiday or special day), however now most people use digital images you can simply upload your photos and have them made into a photo album where the image is actually printed onto each page of your new album. An example of this is above. You have a choice of colours, different covers, different layouts, different sizes and the list goes on.  However, perhaps you have a few special prints that you really particularly love and you want to show them off as an individual piece of artwork to hang on your wall. This is not a new concept either, but there are certainly more options open nowadays that allow your special images to be displayed in a totally professional package. You can choose the type of frame you would like, perhaps wood, black, white, a certain colour or even a type of metal. Then by adding a simple cardboard mat you can improve on the overall look further. Choose the colour and how wide you would like it and have it professionally cut and then it is placed on top of the image and then both are framed in your chosen picture frame ready to be hung on your wall and admired.  Look at the room in this photo, on the left hand side of the photo you can see two images that have been professionally framed. They have become individualised pieces of Art that nobody else is going to have in their homes. There's nothing wrong with purchasing a ready made print that has been framed in a shop and taking it home and hang it up and that's your decorating done! But just think how you will feel if you have something of your very own, a photo that you have taken and had it resized, printed and professionally framed. Think of the sense of pride when family and friends comment on it when they walk into your house and you can turn around and say, "I took that photo myself"! Congratulations! You've made your house into a home and you've done it with a touch of your own artistic flair!And don't fret if you think you just can't take a good photo no matter what you do or what camera you use. There are ways of presenting your photos in such a way that again - you can create individual pieces of Art unique to you and your home. One way is to make a collage of several photos that have similar features within them that allow you to utilise what may be a simply "ok" photo into a full A2 size print/poster that has taken on a whole new look! Check out the next image, it was 3 photos taken from the same bunch of flowers. Each photo on its own was nothing special, but with a few simple effects and a bit of rearranging - it's had a complete transformation into something interesting and lovely to look at.  |
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