Alex Wise Photography

Eeek huge image, sorry!

Inspired by a thread on a pho­tog­ra­phy forum I fre­quent, I set out to mount some of my favourite shots. The process is easy and also quite cheap so it works out a nice way of pre­sent­ing your photography.

A few things are needed

• Prints — 8x6” prints from Rgb­Dig­i­tal at $0.95 each.
• Foam­core — $14 for a 40x30” black sheet from Artery. You can find this at your local arts and craft store and is avail­able in both black and white colours.
• Stan­ley knife — This was already lay­ing around but is avail­able at most places includ­ing arts and craft stores, hard­ware stores and maybe supermarkets.
• Self adhe­sive spray — $10 for a can and is avail­able at arts and craft stores and hard­ware stores. This is used to stick the print to the foamcore.
• Blue­tac — $3.50 a packet and is used to stick the foam­core to the wall.
• Ruler — A metal ruler works well to ensure you get a con­sis­tent and straight cut.
• Some­thing to cut onto like a kitchen chop­ping board.

Learn from my mis­take and avoid the print from bub­bling by putting the mounted print under a heavy book to smoothen it out. Also take care when plac­ing the print onto the foam­core so you’re not stuck with fingerprints.

This wouldn’t be com­plete with­out a cheesy time­lapse video with cameo appear­ances from my 7 year old cousin and dad.

http://​www​.vimeo​.com/​8​2​4​9​754