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.