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This is probably something that most brides don’t really think much about, but after all the portraits, the wedding, and the stress of planning, there are many more decisions to be made and a lot more money to be spent. When you book your photography package with your photographer, you probably don’t think about how you will display your photos afterwards. Granted, you think about how many pictures you get, what type of albums you will have, how many hours of coverage you want - but what exactly are you going to do with all of those loose pictures?
Last week, I had no idea. I figured I’d just go out and buy a $20-30 frame and that’d be that.
Sooooo wrong.
After I spent hours upon hours at 2 different custom framing stores and meeting with my photographer (she can send her photos out for framing as well), I decided to go with a simple dark frame with a very subtle woodgrain look - it was modern yet classic and it went well with both my colored prints and my black and whites.
However, the frame wasn’t the only thing I had to choose - there was also the matting color, texture, material, thickness, ply, and not to mention the type of glass - who knew there were different kinds of glass that went inside a frame?!?
Initially, I felt very overwhelmed - there were literally over thousands of combinations to choose from - where to even start?!
Fortunately, my photographer was able to help me narrow it down by pulling out my print and helping me play with different combinations that she thought looked good and what she thought I would like. So that helped tremendously - I decided on an ivory mat because my gown was ivory and I chose a dark wood frame because it is what would match the decor of our home the best.
I went to a specialty framing store to see what selections they had in the general category of items I was looking for and found the perfect combo at Art & Frame Expo. I also searched at Aaron Brothers, which to my surpise, carried the exact same selection / ordered from the same manufacturer as Art & Frame. Both companies had a price match guarantee plus 15%, so that was fabulous, but I ended up not using it. The independent store, Art & Frame Expo ended up being much much cheaper.
When I got there, there were about 5 types of glass to choose from ranging from regular glass to non-reflective glass, UV-protective glass, to what they called “museum glass”. I’m not an expert, but I when compared side-to-side, the Museum Glass won hands down. Although it was the priciest of the bunch, I chose it to frame my bridal portraits - you just have to see it to believe it - it’s FANTASTIC. It literally looks invisible on the frame, doesn’t distort the color of the portrait, and there’s little to no glare.
Just look below:
(note: this is hanging up at my parents’ house currently, where the walls are white white, but at my house, the walls are more of an ivory wash, so the mat will go great with the wall color)I took both of these WITH flash - there’s no glare on the glass, but there is one on the frame - isn’t that crazy cool?!
You should definitely check this option out for your portraits - worth every penny. 
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There’s a great-but-pricey frame store by me, where they have a watercolor and a shadowbox framed with three different types of glass. So on the left you have your “normal” glass, which makes the watercolor look yellowish; on the right, a slightly clearer glass, which looks fine; and in the center…it looks like there’s nothing there. That’s the really expensive glass. I once commented on what an effective sales pitch that was, and the woman at the counter chuckled, “People ask why they should consider upgrading the glass, and I just say, well, look.”
Sarah- YEAHHH - that’s what got me too - they had this picture of a sunflower in reds, oranges, yellows, with a blue background and the center looked so VIVID and clear in comparison to the others - I had to go with it and I absolutely love the results - you can’t go wrong!
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Mrs. Plum, Dallas
Age and Occupation in 06: 22, Accountant by day/Floral and Event Designer by night and weekends
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 24, Security Admin
Engagement Date: December 31, 2004
Wedding Date: June 29, 2007
Venue: Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and Gardens
About Me: I have been engaged for about two years now - yes, a long engagement, because my fiance and I wanted to wait until I graduated college, which I did this past summer! He proposed after dating just two months - crazy, I know, but 2 years later, here we are, still crazy in love :-). We are having not one, but TWO weddings and TWO receptions in one weekend - American-style and Vietnamese-style - in Dallas, Texas, where I was born and raised!
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