For many people, their only experience with photo prints is through school/sports packages or film development/digital printing at WalMart, Walgreens, etc. Because of this, they tend to think of an 8×10 as big and an 11×14 as CRAZYGONUTSBIG! If you’re one of those people, I’m here to tell you you’re wrong. :) (Or maybe just show you.)
My gorgeous Guthrie girls (without knowing it) volunteered for this project and I commandeered my parents’ mantle since mine is nicely tucked away behind my studio backdrop. Take a look at an 8×10 and an 11×14 print on the mantle.
Not exactly overwhelmingly eye-catching, are they?
If an 8×10 is big, surely you could plaster the side of a barn with a 24×30, no?
Not quite. They just don’t look as big up on the wall as you might think. That mantle could easily handle an even bigger print or a series of prints.
Here they all are together for comparison.
See what I mean? Big isn’t as big as you think. The first time I ordered a few 30×40 prints, I expected them to deliver billboards, but really, they just make awesome wall prints. Measure your walls. Pick a stunning image of your family and blow it up so you can SEE it. Or create a wall gallery. Ask me if you need help. I can bring sample sizes to your home so you can test them out and I can provide layout ideas and mockups like the one below.
And now that I shared, I am escaping to my porch for a lovely grilled dinner before I chain myself to my computer for a weekend of EDIT-ATHON! I kind of hope it rains…don’t tell my friends who are stuck inside offices all week.
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Kellie - Man, bigger really is better, huh?
Also, don’t you put that evil on me! Grand Old Day is on Sunday and I fully intend on having a slightly different “athon”, which will be a little more dangerous in the rain.June 4, 2009 – 6:08 pm
Shuva Rahim - Kick-ass blog post… thanks for blogging about this and getting us all thinking bigger is truly better!June 4, 2009 – 6:51 pm
Dana Fontaine - Once again, you have proven your brilliance! With the images you create, they deserve to be big BIG!June 4, 2009 – 8:08 pm
Jennifer Chaney - Great post! I may be linking to it, or doing a copy-cat post! What’s amazing is you could even go larger, especially with a canvas since you don’t have to account for the frame or mat.
Great post! Thank you!June 4, 2009 – 8:10 pm
Vanessa Lam - This is brilliant! So ingenious of you, thank you for sharing. A picture IS worth a thousand words.June 5, 2009 – 1:43 pm
Megan - What a great idea–it definitely helps to SEE the difference!June 5, 2009 – 7:47 pm
johanna - An eye opener, huh? When it comes to awesome images from one such as yourself, less is NOT more! I agree with Jennifer – go big or go home!June 6, 2009 – 11:11 am