How do you display your prints? Nobody looks at my albumns!

Hollie said:

So few people do studio portraits, I try, but I would love to know
how you set up the lighting, which camera you use, backdrops for
the wonderful studio portraits you took.

Great Photos Mike!!!

Hollie

Mike Flaherty said:

I love photography and thoroughly enjoy working in my digital
darkroom. I, too, am faced with family/friends who seem somewhat
disinterested in viewing photos. Of course, I'm the first one they
call upon to take pictures for them of important events. I've
joined a local photo club and, at the monthly meetings, I have a
chance to share with others my newest images - and I get to view
theirs. It's great fun. Additionally, I sort of "force" family
and friends to look at my work by putting the prints in their laps
(physically) when they come to visit. Short of being downright
rude, they have to look at each one and comment. So far, they keep
visiting. Sometimes, desperate needs require desperate measures.

Hollie said:

Good post Hollie -
I often wonder about some of the same things myself. I wonder
sometimes why I shoot and process all my photos. I do get a great
sense of personal enjoyment, and usually don't care if anyone else
cares or not. I think that's why these forums, and pbase, are so
popular among the photographers here. Like you said, we seem to
care about each others images here, but in my world not too many
people care that much.

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--
Mike Flaherty
http://imageevent.com/mflaherty/mikesgallery

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Hollie said:

I posted a similar thread on this forum but thought this thought
needed its own thread.

I have tons of photo prints from my husband's early days to great
prints I've taken digitally and had printed at Ofoto, then put in
large "acid free" beautiful albums.

I keep moving these albums around to various areas where people can
view them and nobody ever looks at them!!!

We don't have small children but even the grown children and
grandchildren don't look at them, even pictures of themselves.

Some friends just throw away their photos since they say none of
their family or friends care to look at them. These are pictures of
Angkor Wat and other fabulous places.

I don't feel like keeping albumns if I'm the only one who is ever
going to see them. And it is a lot of work to do them, I am
backlogged.

I also tried putting loose prints in a cute rectangular lined
basket sited in the living room, hoping the tactile experience of
picking up a 4 x 6 would help. No one has touched it in years.

On the othe hand, everyone loves to look at pictures posted on the
refrigerator, grown up people having cocktails gravitate there. We
recently got a stainless steel frig, and magnets don't stick to it.

So now I am trying to use a hallway adjacent to the kitchen and wet
bar area fo hang large frames with poster board. I have put photos
on it, not finished yet, but they aren't interested in that either.
Next I'll be redoing the lighting in that hall to try to show them
off, but I am tired.

Of course I send a few photos to friends and give them links to my
online web sites where all our pix are posted....and our friends
barely go there either!!! It seems the only people interested in
our great photos are other photographers, like you at dpreview.

I think times have changed, unless you have small children, I am
wondering why I buy expensive albumns, it's like once the photos
are in there, they become a casket.

Of course many of you are doing website photos and perhaps have
photographer friends you share with. I get the snapshots from
relatives from e-mail but those aren't great photography. I do love
photography, mine and others, as an art form. Perhaps when the cost
of those digital frames come down I will have a place that
satisfies me, but wouldn't one have to change the batteries
constantly?

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

Hollie

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/lost_cities_trip

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Hollie said:

I posted a similar thread on this forum but thought this thought
needed its own thread.

I have tons of photo prints from my husband's early days to great
prints I've taken digitally and had printed at Ofoto, then put in
large "acid free" beautiful albums.

I keep moving these albums around to various areas where people can
view them and nobody ever looks at them!!!

We don't have small children but even the grown children and
grandchildren don't look at them, even pictures of themselves.

Some friends just throw away their photos since they say none of
their family or friends care to look at them. These are pictures of
Angkor Wat and other fabulous places.

I don't feel like keeping albumns if I'm the only one who is ever
going to see them. And it is a lot of work to do them, I am
backlogged.

I also tried putting loose prints in a cute rectangular lined
basket sited in the living room, hoping the tactile experience of
picking up a 4 x 6 would help. No one has touched it in years.

On the othe hand, everyone loves to look at pictures posted on the
refrigerator, grown up people having cocktails gravitate there. We
recently got a stainless steel frig, and magnets don't stick to it.

So now I am trying to use a hallway adjacent to the kitchen and wet
bar area fo hang large frames with poster board. I have put photos
on it, not finished yet, but they aren't interested in that either.
Next I'll be redoing the lighting in that hall to try to show them
off, but I am tired.

Of course I send a few photos to friends and give them links to my
online web sites where all our pix are posted....and our friends
barely go there either!!! It seems the only people interested in
our great photos are other photographers, like you at dpreview.

I think times have changed, unless you have small children, I am
wondering why I buy expensive albumns, it's like once the photos
are in there, they become a casket.

Of course many of you are doing website photos and perhaps have
photographer friends you share with. I get the snapshots from
relatives from e-mail but those aren't great photography. I do love
photography, mine and others, as an art form. Perhaps when the cost
of those digital frames come down I will have a place that
satisfies me, but wouldn't one have to change the batteries
constantly?

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

Hollie

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/lost_cities_trip

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mattfrederick said:

Hollie, you may be surprised how far a personal website goes. The
more information you throw into it, the more people will keep
coming back. I've got a personal site that features images I've
captured and created as well as a running blog (web log) and a "now
playing" list (current music). Its always rewarding (is that
pride?) when someone says "Hey, I just visited the site" Anyway,
that's not what motivates my photography, but it is nice to hear
from folks.

M

http://www.theMirrorpool.com

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karenaxe said:

my mother has a cork bulletin board along the length of the wall in
the kitchen (about 8 feet wide and 3 feet high ). She has
hundreds of photos of family and friends and everyone who comes to
visit always looks at what is new. She wants the smallest size
prints in order to have room for so many. She just reluctantly
took down some old prints in order to put the new photos of her
grandaughter's wedding up. They are tacked up the old fashioned way
with thumbtacks--not for your special art prints.

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MK said:

Just pop in a big hard drive and hook it up to a screen. Best way
would be to get a flat LCD screen. Plug the PC in and hide it
somewhere and just run a cable to the LCD screen. Now just set up
one big slide show pointing to that hard drive.

Like I said, a bit excessive but it'll be the talk of the party for
your guests.

Hollie said:

I posted a similar thread on this forum but thought this thought
needed its own thread.

I have tons of photo prints from my husband's early days to great
prints I've taken digitally and had printed at Ofoto, then put in
large "acid free" beautiful albums.

I keep moving these albums around to various areas where people can
view them and nobody ever looks at them!!!

We don't have small children but even the grown children and
grandchildren don't look at them, even pictures of themselves.

Some friends just throw away their photos since they say none of
their family or friends care to look at them. These are pictures of
Angkor Wat and other fabulous places.

I don't feel like keeping albumns if I'm the only one who is ever
going to see them. And it is a lot of work to do them, I am
backlogged.

I also tried putting loose prints in a cute rectangular lined
basket sited in the living room, hoping the tactile experience of
picking up a 4 x 6 would help. No one has touched it in years.

On the othe hand, everyone loves to look at pictures posted on the
refrigerator, grown up people having cocktails gravitate there. We
recently got a stainless steel frig, and magnets don't stick to it.

So now I am trying to use a hallway adjacent to the kitchen and wet
bar area fo hang large frames with poster board. I have put photos
on it, not finished yet, but they aren't interested in that either.
Next I'll be redoing the lighting in that hall to try to show them
off, but I am tired.

Of course I send a few photos to friends and give them links to my
online web sites where all our pix are posted....and our friends
barely go there either!!! It seems the only people interested in
our great photos are other photographers, like you at dpreview.

I think times have changed, unless you have small children, I am
wondering why I buy expensive albumns, it's like once the photos
are in there, they become a casket.

Of course many of you are doing website photos and perhaps have
photographer friends you share with. I get the snapshots from
relatives from e-mail but those aren't great photography. I do love
photography, mine and others, as an art form. Perhaps when the cost
of those digital frames come down I will have a place that
satisfies me, but wouldn't one have to change the batteries
constantly?

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

Hollie

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/lost_cities_trip

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rainman said:

I do get a great
sense of personal enjoyment, and usually don't care if anyone else
cares or not.

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tony ulchar said:

Hollie:
My wife is a professional picture framer and we've both been
shooting film for over 20 years - lots of stuff to show off.
Friends and family always want to see what we've got. The best way
to get them to look at your photos is to SHOW THEM. The gallery rod
system posted earlier is a great idea if you want to change your
photos around frequently. They're usually used in galleries and
museums but offer great versatility in how your art is displayed.
One of the best is Arakawa Hanging Systems
( http://www.arakawagrip.com . Hope that helps

Tony Ulchar
http://www.customframinghousecall.com

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MK said:

Just pop in a big hard drive and hook it up to a screen. Best way
would be to get a flat LCD screen. Plug the PC in and hide it
somewhere and just run a cable to the LCD screen. Now just set up
one big slide show pointing to that hard drive.

Like I said, a bit excessive but it'll be the talk of the party for
your guests.

Hollie said:

I posted a similar thread on this forum but thought this thought
needed its own thread.

I have tons of photo prints from my husband's early days to great
prints I've taken digitally and had printed at Ofoto, then put in
large "acid free" beautiful albums.

I keep moving these albums around to various areas where people can
view them and nobody ever looks at them!!!

We don't have small children but even the grown children and
grandchildren don't look at them, even pictures of themselves.

Some friends just throw away their photos since they say none of
their family or friends care to look at them. These are pictures of
Angkor Wat and other fabulous places.

I don't feel like keeping albumns if I'm the only one who is ever
going to see them. And it is a lot of work to do them, I am
backlogged.

I also tried putting loose prints in a cute rectangular lined
basket sited in the living room, hoping the tactile experience of
picking up a 4 x 6 would help. No one has touched it in years.

On the othe hand, everyone loves to look at pictures posted on the
refrigerator, grown up people having cocktails gravitate there. We
recently got a stainless steel frig, and magnets don't stick to it.

So now I am trying to use a hallway adjacent to the kitchen and wet
bar area fo hang large frames with poster board. I have put photos
on it, not finished yet, but they aren't interested in that either.
Next I'll be redoing the lighting in that hall to try to show them
off, but I am tired.

Of course I send a few photos to friends and give them links to my
online web sites where all our pix are posted....and our friends
barely go there either!!! It seems the only people interested in
our great photos are other photographers, like you at dpreview.

I think times have changed, unless you have small children, I am
wondering why I buy expensive albumns, it's like once the photos
are in there, they become a casket.

Of course many of you are doing website photos and perhaps have
photographer friends you share with. I get the snapshots from
relatives from e-mail but those aren't great photography. I do love
photography, mine and others, as an art form. Perhaps when the cost
of those digital frames come down I will have a place that
satisfies me, but wouldn't one have to change the batteries
constantly?

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

Hollie

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/lost_cities_trip

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Hollie said:

Loved your site, are you a graphic designer?
I've always wondered...do you get a ton of spam because of the
website?

Thanks for sharing,
Hollie

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Hollie said:

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

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Hollie said:

I hadn't looked at monitors in awhile and they now do everything,
TV, digital movies, some have little computers built in, and some
big computers, in a few years these will be quite reasonable and
what an eye catching display. I like it.
Thanks,
Hollie

MK said:

Just pop in a big hard drive and hook it up to a screen. Best way
would be to get a flat LCD screen. Plug the PC in and hide it
somewhere and just run a cable to the LCD screen. Now just set up
one big slide show pointing to that hard drive.

Like I said, a bit excessive but it'll be the talk of the party for
your guests.

Hollie said:

I posted a similar thread on this forum but thought this thought
needed its own thread.

I have tons of photo prints from my husband's early days to great
prints I've taken digitally and had printed at Ofoto, then put in
large "acid free" beautiful albums.

I keep moving these albums around to various areas where people can
view them and nobody ever looks at them!!!

We don't have small children but even the grown children and
grandchildren don't look at them, even pictures of themselves.

Some friends just throw away their photos since they say none of
their family or friends care to look at them. These are pictures of
Angkor Wat and other fabulous places.

I don't feel like keeping albumns if I'm the only one who is ever
going to see them. And it is a lot of work to do them, I am
backlogged.

I also tried putting loose prints in a cute rectangular lined
basket sited in the living room, hoping the tactile experience of
picking up a 4 x 6 would help. No one has touched it in years.

On the othe hand, everyone loves to look at pictures posted on the
refrigerator, grown up people having cocktails gravitate there. We
recently got a stainless steel frig, and magnets don't stick to it.

So now I am trying to use a hallway adjacent to the kitchen and wet
bar area fo hang large frames with poster board. I have put photos
on it, not finished yet, but they aren't interested in that either.
Next I'll be redoing the lighting in that hall to try to show them
off, but I am tired.

Of course I send a few photos to friends and give them links to my
online web sites where all our pix are posted....and our friends
barely go there either!!! It seems the only people interested in
our great photos are other photographers, like you at dpreview.

I think times have changed, unless you have small children, I am
wondering why I buy expensive albumns, it's like once the photos
are in there, they become a casket.

Of course many of you are doing website photos and perhaps have
photographer friends you share with. I get the snapshots from
relatives from e-mail but those aren't great photography. I do love
photography, mine and others, as an art form. Perhaps when the cost
of those digital frames come down I will have a place that
satisfies me, but wouldn't one have to change the batteries
constantly?

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

Hollie

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/lost_cities_trip

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Donald Cooper said:

I got a few Kodak Picture Frames, kept one and gave a few to
others. People definitely notice them at all locations, although
I'm not sure if it's the gadgetry of it all or the pictures. I'm
thinking the former. But the big downside of this is the screen
display is not very good. The concept works however.

Next step would be a flat screen TV with a Nixvue Vista giving a
continual slide show. It will be hard to miss that! (Sort of the
elephant in the living room )

That said, the refrigeator seems the best! Putting the images
anywhere else but the kitchen/family room is a loser IMHO. Why not
some other room? This is a bit like asking why people don't ever
actually go into the living room or dining room when you throw a
party. They don't. They all gravitate to the kitchen, which is
where the action is. I think this is one reason the refrigerator is
winning. The second is that the photos on the refrigerator are
great because people can be part of the conversation and look at
the same time, which they can't do if they have their head in an
album or even looking through a basket. But if you have a sitting
area which is part of the kitchen, I'd put the basket of photos
there or on the counter and see what happens.

Also if you had a description of what was happening, that might
help also.

Hollie said:

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

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MK said:

Use price searching engines like pricegrabber.com and you may find
them less than 15".

If you really want a nice installation, drill a hole in the wall
where the monitor will be mounted and drop the cord inside the
wall. The hole will be hidden by the monitor when mounted. Near
the bottom drill another hole and fashion a wall plate (a la AC
socket) for the connector. It'll be sort of like a network plate.

Hollie said:

I hadn't looked at monitors in awhile and they now do everything,
TV, digital movies, some have little computers built in, and some
big computers, in a few years these will be quite reasonable and
what an eye catching display. I like it.
Thanks,
Hollie

MK said:

Just pop in a big hard drive and hook it up to a screen. Best way
would be to get a flat LCD screen. Plug the PC in and hide it
somewhere and just run a cable to the LCD screen. Now just set up
one big slide show pointing to that hard drive.

Like I said, a bit excessive but it'll be the talk of the party for
your guests.

Hollie said:

I posted a similar thread on this forum but thought this thought
needed its own thread.

I have tons of photo prints from my husband's early days to great
prints I've taken digitally and had printed at Ofoto, then put in
large "acid free" beautiful albums.

I keep moving these albums around to various areas where people can
view them and nobody ever looks at them!!!

We don't have small children but even the grown children and
grandchildren don't look at them, even pictures of themselves.

Some friends just throw away their photos since they say none of
their family or friends care to look at them. These are pictures of
Angkor Wat and other fabulous places.

I don't feel like keeping albumns if I'm the only one who is ever
going to see them. And it is a lot of work to do them, I am
backlogged.

I also tried putting loose prints in a cute rectangular lined
basket sited in the living room, hoping the tactile experience of
picking up a 4 x 6 would help. No one has touched it in years.

On the othe hand, everyone loves to look at pictures posted on the
refrigerator, grown up people having cocktails gravitate there. We
recently got a stainless steel frig, and magnets don't stick to it.

So now I am trying to use a hallway adjacent to the kitchen and wet
bar area fo hang large frames with poster board. I have put photos
on it, not finished yet, but they aren't interested in that either.
Next I'll be redoing the lighting in that hall to try to show them
off, but I am tired.

Of course I send a few photos to friends and give them links to my
online web sites where all our pix are posted....and our friends
barely go there either!!! It seems the only people interested in
our great photos are other photographers, like you at dpreview.

I think times have changed, unless you have small children, I am
wondering why I buy expensive albumns, it's like once the photos
are in there, they become a casket.

Of course many of you are doing website photos and perhaps have
photographer friends you share with. I get the snapshots from
relatives from e-mail but those aren't great photography. I do love
photography, mine and others, as an art form. Perhaps when the cost
of those digital frames come down I will have a place that
satisfies me, but wouldn't one have to change the batteries
constantly?

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

Hollie

http://www.pbase.com/hollie/lost_cities_trip

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Donald Cooper said:

I got a few Kodak Picture Frames, kept one and gave a few to
others. People definitely notice them at all locations, although
I'm not sure if it's the gadgetry of it all or the pictures. I'm
thinking the former. But the big downside of this is the screen
display is not very good. The concept works however.

Next step would be a flat screen TV with a Nixvue Vista giving a
continual slide show. It will be hard to miss that! (Sort of the
elephant in the living room )

That said, the refrigeator seems the best! Putting the images
anywhere else but the kitchen/family room is a loser IMHO. Why not
some other room? This is a bit like asking why people don't ever
actually go into the living room or dining room when you throw a
party. They don't. They all gravitate to the kitchen, which is
where the action is. I think this is one reason the refrigerator is
winning. The second is that the photos on the refrigerator are
great because people can be part of the conversation and look at
the same time, which they can't do if they have their head in an
album or even looking through a basket. But if you have a sitting
area which is part of the kitchen, I'd put the basket of photos
there or on the counter and see what happens.

Also if you had a description of what was happening, that might
help also.

Hollie said:

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

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peter konzuk said:

I'm sure Martha wouldn't approve but..



I posted your same question on the Nikon forum a couple of days ago
before I found your thread. Not too many suggestions there but I
must give credit to Magnus Bjork who suggested the digi-loo..
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1007&message=3174159
Peter
BTW I really would like to get rid of my digi-fridge or at least
find a more elegant solution. About the only bonus is we have a
bunch of 'magnetic poetry' holding up the images and everyone has
fun adding their two cents worth to the pictures.

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Bruce Kolber said:

Donald Cooper said:

I got a few Kodak Picture Frames, kept one and gave a few to
others. People definitely notice them at all locations, although
I'm not sure if it's the gadgetry of it all or the pictures. I'm
thinking the former. But the big downside of this is the screen
display is not very good. The concept works however.

Next step would be a flat screen TV with a Nixvue Vista giving a
continual slide show. It will be hard to miss that! (Sort of the
elephant in the living room )

That said, the refrigeator seems the best! Putting the images
anywhere else but the kitchen/family room is a loser IMHO. Why not
some other room? This is a bit like asking why people don't ever
actually go into the living room or dining room when you throw a
party. They don't. They all gravitate to the kitchen, which is
where the action is. I think this is one reason the refrigerator is
winning. The second is that the photos on the refrigerator are
great because people can be part of the conversation and look at
the same time, which they can't do if they have their head in an
album or even looking through a basket. But if you have a sitting
area which is part of the kitchen, I'd put the basket of photos
there or on the counter and see what happens.

Also if you had a description of what was happening, that might
help also.

Hollie said:

Any ideas? Martha Stewart where are you?

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