[alt-photo] Re: bottom-weighting mats

[Richard Knoppow]

       This is the method I was shown in my teens nearly 
sixty years ago. I think it was derived originally from 
"Dynamic Symmetry"; while that theory has been pretty much 
invalidated some of its rules do often result in pleasing 
visual effects. The method shown works most of the time but 
I find does fail for some images particularly where the matt 
is significantly larger than the print. I have also found 
that certain images work best when mounted off-center as in 
magazine layout presentation.

--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk at ix.netcom.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Brewer" <john at johnbrewerphotography.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 8:41 AM
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: bottom-weighting mats


>I almost always bottom weight my mats and use a method 
>similar to this
> http://www.russellcottrell.com/photo/centering.htm
>
> John.
>
> On 30 November 2011 16:07, Christina Anderson 
> <zphoto at montana.net> wrote:
>
>> How many of you bottom weight your mats and if so by how 
>> much? I have been
>> told that contemporary work has abandoned that practice, 
>> but uses mats of
>> equal size all the way around. Short of bringing a tape 
>> measure with me to
>> galleries, input on both sides of this issue much 
>> appreciated.
>> Christina Z. Anderson
>> christinaZanderson.com
>>
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