Well after two years of living in my home in Carlsbad, I finally started putting up the home gallery I've been dreaming of. I have an Epson 4800 printer that lets me print my panoramas up to 16"x59" and of course the standard 16"x20" prints. As I've mentioned before, I've also become a bit of a framing expert because I'm too cheap to pay the rather high prices for the non-standard panorama frame sizes. I have to say it's been a real learning experience for me, but a lot of fun too.

The pic below is a stitched panorama of my stairway gallery. Sorry for some of the distortions caused by the stitching, but I was shooting pretty wide to get the whole thing in. While I am kinda shamelessly showing off my work here, I'm also interested in seeing what some of you have done around your homes, if you don't mind sharing.

BTW those are my goldies Calla and Maggie who can never resist being in a photo.

Geo

Sorry about your stressed out dog!
Great looking gallery.

Looking very nice indeed! Why that heron on the right seems to almost jump off the wall!
Seriously, it looks quite good. I have to get on to hanging my stuff, and learning how to frame stuff too.

If I master mounting and framing, the money I save can go to help pay for the extra ink I will consume by printing more.

looks great. and you have a beautiful home as well!

While matting and framing are a matter of preference there are a few standards that I think should be followed.

I'm not an "expert," but I believe that the mats should have identical widths on the top, left, and right sides, the bottom could be slightly longer, but the sides should normally not be more narrow, or wider than the top or the bottom.

The shot of the bighorn, and a few others on the right wall seem to have variable mat widths, from side to side and top to bottom. The top, left, and right sides should all match one another, the bottom can and often should be wider.

I wish i had your space and motivation to hang my stuff up. . .


Tony

I love this thread, since it brings up so many questions. About the matting. I agree with Tony on the matting. If you do not value your work enough to show it off in the best light, than who will? It is like me trying to put my feet in a smaller size shoe just because it is on sale. It still hurts!

I understand the framing issue. And so do my clients. What I feel is sometimes a better solution while still using ready made frames, is to print smaller and matt larger.

I have been wanting to add to this link but I am cleaning up the studio first. I went to shoot it and realized it needs a spring ( okay, not because of spring) makeover. But you bring up the point of home galleries and that is what is very interesting to me. What we hang in our home and what we show in our studio space. If you are lucky enough to have a separate space for shooting then of course putting other peoples stuff in it would not make much sense. But what do we as artists live with in our own environment?

I have always preferred to have other artists works in my space. But the older I get and liking a few more of my animals images around, that has changed slightly. It is a balance for me on my ego. I want other peoples works to inspire me. And of course when they are friends, having their work around is very special.

So, I would like to know what type of work hangs in your private spaces of your homes?

George, I am sorry you took my comments in a very negative way. They were mentioned to help, not make you upset. I understand your reaction and I apologize if it came across incorrectly. My intent was to help. Your work is beautiful and museum mounting in my opinion would only enhance the images.