Album Prints

[miha]

I read a lot on enlarging, matting and framing prints. Obviously the majority of prints we make don't end on walls. But I wonder how many of you produce b&w prints to be put in albums as a matter of course?

 

[M Carter]

I was thinking about it when my daughter went off to Ireland and I loaded up an old Minolta RF for her. She got some cool shots, lith printed a couple.

Pictured finding a nice acid-free album and just using photo corners. May still do it sometime...

 

[winger]

Not often enough. It crosses my mind, but then when I get some darkroom time I don't tend to make smaller prints that would fit easily in an album. I really should!

 

[spijker]

I have a few ring binder albums that I put my nicer (11 x 14 inch) prints in. The binders have black cardboard pages and I use transparent mounting corners to mount the photos on the board. I tried various albums with plastic sleeves but never liked the look of the photos behind the plastic. The mounting corners work well with FB prints but not so great with RC prints. The RC paper is thinner and not stiff enough so the prints come out when you turn the page. A few strips of removable double sided tape resolve that, but its not ideal. Smaller print sizes may not have that issue.

ring binder: http://www.itoya.ca/catalogs/art_profolio/art_profolio_html/AP_Multi-Ring.htm
card board pages: http://www.itoya.ca/catalogs/art_pr...ml/Art_profolio_Multi-Ring_Mounting_Board.htm
mounting corners: http://www.lineco.com/cart.php?m=product_list&c=1245&s=266

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I print mostly at 8x10 and keeping it in paper original boxes. Somehow it feels just right. Print size and storage type.

I would also like to print on 5x7 more, which is less expensive, less difficult for me. But strangely I don't like 5x7 storing in the paper box it was purchased. I want it in old fashion albums. Not those plastic with plastic sleeves. It is OK for small 4x6 color prints, but for 5x7 (FB) BW I want zero plastic albums. Where I could find it at not ridiculous price? Is it something DIY? Any tutorials?

 

[M Carter]

Think a bit beyond "photo albums" - there are all sorts of hand made and hand bound journals, sketch books, etc.

Chances are there's someone who does it as a hobby (I know a great person in Dallas who's a paper conservator professionally for instance). Probably people on-line or with an Etsy store that could do something made to order as well, and you could probably supply them with your choice of paper. It's a really popular craft sort of thing, just like, well, having a darkroom.

 

[Luckless]

Hand bound photo books are on the list of "Things to do eventually", but I'm in no great rush to get started. (Mostly because I don't have enough negatives in a common style that I feel make up a set worthy of putting together in book form.)

Still debating what form to do the books in. Ideally something that is relatively easy to remove the photos from for mounting in frames at a later point.

 

[LarsAC]

Besides larger (9.5x12 or 12x16) FB to hang on the wall I do print family snapshots on RC in 5x7 and put them continuously into small albums.

Lars

 

[winger]

I want it in old fashion albums. Not those plastic with plastic sleeves. It is OK for small 4x6 color prints, but for 5x7 (FB) BW I want zero plastic albums. Where I could find it at not ridiculous price? Is it something DIY? Any tutorials?

Try Michaels Arts and Crafts or ACMoore or Hobby Lobby and check the scrapbooking section. Bigger Joann fabric stores have decent scrapbooking sections, too. They usually have a wide variety of albums and not the same at all of them.

 

[miha]

Besides larger (9.5x12 or 12x16) FB to hang on the wall I do print family snapshots on RC in 5x7 and put them continuously into small albums.

Lars

Out of curiosity, why not RC for you wall photos and/or FB for those valuable family snaps that will be appreciated for generations to come?

 

[rpavich]

I read a lot on enlarging, matting and framing prints. Obviously the majority of prints we make don't end on walls. But I wonder how many of you produce b&w prints to be put in albums as a matter of course?

All of the time.

I rarely frame prints, they either go up on my cork board at work, or in the shoebox or photo album.

 

[Ian Grant]

Almost all my prints are fibre based for exhibitions so get matted & framed, the ones that don't make the cut are stored in the original paper boxes. In the past I've made hand made books again using Fibre based paper, however recently I've been using RC paper for some new book projects.

Ian

 

[LarsAC]

Out of curiosity, why not RC for you wall photos and/or FB for those valuable family snaps that will be appreciated for generations to come?

Very good question. Some of the photos on the wall are actually family portraits rather than just snaps. But I still have a package of Polywarmtone in 5x7 in the fridge. I plan to make a more noble album with portraits and PWT someday.

Lars

 

[cliveh]

I have one or two little albums which are not quite full. I like producing miniature prints which have so much condensed detail and they look nice in small albums.

 

[~andi]

For several years now my workflow includes making quick 5x7 proofs on Fomabrom fiber paper (very good price at that size) to judge sharpness and to decide if I go larger with an image not. The friends and family pictures which I like go into albums. It's somewhat a tradition in our family to make albums and pass them down the generations. I have family albums dating back to the late 1800s early 1900s. Realistically, these albums are probably ending up in a dumpster as they don't have a touch interface or reacts to vocal commands

I really like the small 6x9cm contacts in the albums from the 40s/50s/60s with the deckle edge.

Andi

 

[miha]

View attachment 177022 I have one or two little albums which are not quite full. I like producing miniature prints which have so much condensed detail and they look nice in small albums.

Sweet! What size are we talking here?

 

[miha]

I really like the small 6x9cm contacts in the albums from the 40s/50s/60s with the deckle edge.

Andi

I have boxes of these! Sadly most of digital snaps will get lost in broken / obsolete cell phones...