Image border or no image border
Sep 29, 2018 00:39:09 #
tnste
Loc: New Westminster, BC
I submitting three B&W digital photos for a competition with my photography club. One photo I am considering entering is a landscape and I am considering submitting the photo with an image border. Club members in general frown on adding borders saying it is a distraction and does not add anything to the photo. I googled this subject and got mixed comments. Most people like adding a simple border saying it finishes off the photo. Others dont because it can be a distraction. I have added a border to some photos for competition in the past and got criticized for doing so. How do you know when to add a border or not? Would appreciate comments from the UHH forum.
Photo with border
Photo without border
Sep 29, 2018 00:44:18 #
Sep 29, 2018 00:47:02 #
tnste
Loc: New Westminster, BC
factsbob wrote:
Without border is more dramatic!
Thanks for your opinion.
Sep 29, 2018 00:52:43 #
loosecanon
Loc: Central Texas
I agree: borderless is better. With a border you're looking through a window. Without a border you're there.
Sep 29, 2018 00:55:54 #
Sep 29, 2018 01:00:40 #
Sep 29, 2018 03:15:46 #
tnste wrote:
I submitting three B&W digital photos for a co... (show quote)
Are you framing them for display / competition? How does each look in a frame matted?
I prefer No Border.
Sep 29, 2018 08:17:23 #
Interesting--at my camera club there’s always a comment about a borderless image that it somehow seems incomplete. I’m beginning to agree, and I think the bordered image here is the better choice. We almost always mat our prints with borders, so why not do the same with our digital images?
Apparently from the other comments here, I’m about to be crucified.
Apparently from the other comments here, I’m about to be crucified.
Sep 29, 2018 19:28:20 #
tnste
Loc: New Westminster, BC
lamiaceae wrote:
Are you framing them for display / competition? How does each look in a frame matted?
I prefer No Border.
I prefer No Border.
The photo is for a club non print competition; for digital display by a photo projector. Decided to go borderless
Sep 29, 2018 20:10:42 #
Sep 29, 2018 20:25:37 #
Borders, as with mats, change the relationships of the work itself. You think you have a nice, rich black, add a true black border, and, oops!--your black isn't so black. Stick to borderless.
Sep 30, 2018 04:07:25 #
artBob wrote:
Borders, as with mats, change the relationships of the work itself. You think you have a nice, rich black, add a true black border, and, oops!--your black isn't so black. Stick to borderless.
That actually is a good point. I've seen just that.
Sep 30, 2018 07:29:40 #
Our club prefers a boarder on projected images. This is also frequently mentioned by judges. Try a thin straight white boarder instead of the double boarder with slightly rounded corners. That would by my preference.
Sep 30, 2018 07:59:44 #
Sep 30, 2018 08:49:21 #
My preference is no border.
tnste wrote:
I submitting three B&W digital photos for a co... (show quote)
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