Tips for photo exhibition (at work)

dinneenp

Hi,
We're having a photo exhibition at work (about 20 photos).
photos will be displayed in the atrium.
I'm wondering
what's ideal size for photos
should I put a plain white frame around them all or just the photo

Any other tips would be great.
Thanks,
Pa.

Fenster

Make sure the one of your boss has pride of place!

PCPhoto

get each one properly mounted (can do it yourself if funds are tight) ..... and ensure the photographers name and details (if required) are linked to every pic - so people can see who took what pics.

everyone will be happy as long as their work is displayed and visibly easy to find out who took it.

arrange them around the wall of the atrium (so people can pose with their own work) or maybe on pillars in center of atrium if any.

dinneenp

Hi,
The photo exhibition is planned for this month so I'm trying to finalize things.
Each person will have about 3 pics so I want to keep costs down, it's our first exhibiton (very informal)
1. what's best size to print pictures? 12*16 or differnet size?
2. Printing doesn't seem to be cheap. (I know there's a lot of threads about printing and recommended places). Would places like Aldi be bad quality or acceptable but not as good as others?
2B. Can someone recommend where to get prints done (doesn't matter if online or instore, I'm looking for cheap but obviously good quality).
3. Framing pics would be too expensive so mounting seems to be best option.
how easy is it do your myself (if not too hard are there any tips/where to buy the material/website with tips) or would you recommend getting it done professionally?
4. anything else?

thanks,
pa

CabanSail

It would probably be best to keep the images smaller (A4 ish) than go larger. This will keep the costs down & also avoid things like pixelation from files which do not have enough resolution.

Why not have a chat to stcstc about options which will suit your budget. He is always very helpful & if he cannot help you himself will steer you towards someone who can.

jjoconnor

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi,
3. Framing pics would be too expensive so mounting seems to be best option.
how easy is it do your myself (if not too hard are there any tips/where to buy the material/website with tips) or would you recommend getting it done professionally?

i recently used framing fantastic in antrim and they were massively cheaper than dublin. you can have them sent down in a few days if you have enough time.

the mounts were top quality and ridiculously cheap

Hugh_C

Dunno if you're anywhere in the region of IKEA but they stock some pretty decent frames for a reasonable price. I do a lot of square stuff (as in square pictures) and you can get a 50x50cm frame (which takes an 11.5 x 11.5 inch print with mount supplied) for about e25. The print itself was very reasonable from stcstc mentioned elsewhere. Ikea do all sorts of sizes and shapes, so you might get a few ideas by looking at their online store.

The advantage of doing this is that you have something to take away at the end of your exhibition and hang on the wall at home or wherever.

Looks like this - you can;t tell the scale but it's pretty big:

dinneenp

Cheers, I was looking at something like this from Ikea

CabanSail

If using those I would get the 40x50 size, as that is close to 16"x20", which is a fairly standard size for exhibition.