MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

Just my 2 cents worth, but I think the holy trinity of a capture has 3 elements... Actual composition, appropriate matting, and a complimentary framing. A beautiful click can be RUINED by improper matting as to color tone, sizing. Same goes for complimenting the actual capture with an appropriate frame... i.e. ever see a shot of contemporary line, angles and tones ruined by an ORNATE wooden frame.. ? Just my thoughts about an overlooked aspect of presenting your image in the best way possible.

Leinik Loc: Rochester NY

I totally agree with you, too often print are ruined by distracting matting or framing.

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

Thank you... Everyone seems obsessed with the print. More discussion is needed on this subject and less on MP obsession.

bikinkawboy Loc: north central Missouri

I see frames like women’s makeup; it should make the subject look better, not be the subject.

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

Exactly, but when you are trying to frame a particular subject the frame becomes the subject as it is contemplated to enhance the ACTUAL subject..... I see SO many framed prints that could be presented so much better if more thought could have been put into the other 2 components of the presentation trinity...

JD750 Loc: SoCal

The artistic process applied holistically from beginning to end. Yes this makes perfect sense!

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

I know this is late to the discussion, but I've been doing my own framing and, you gotta know, experimenting for quite a few years. Sometimes you stick your toe in the water and get sucked into a black hole, lol. Here's one I just finished and shipped to a client on the east coast. The frame is birch (which is a mistake because that species doesn't stain all that well...PITA) AND I decided to try a brass inlay. Well, several processes later I finally got an acceptable result but, boyoboy, I don't think I'll do brass any time soon...at least before I get a good drum sander; I knocked the metal down to the wood with a 4' belt/disc sander and then ran the pieces through my bench planer...way too much work, lol. But I *think* in total effect, I generally get the result *I* see...dunno about others. At least my client liked it! PS...the color rendering is off, that green is more torquoise but you get the idea...

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

Matting, frame and subject ALL compliment one another and reflect some aspect of the other 2... Kudos to you and your settings of the Holy trinity of presentation.... Subject, Mat, and frame !