[Leica] Picture size

[rgacpa at yahoo.com (Bob Adler)]

Intereseting thread to me.
35mm frame size is 4x6 and multiples thereof: 8x12, 12x18, 14x21, 16x24.
It's tough when you work hard to frame an image and then have to crop. I 
tend to stick to the 4x6 format and cut my matts?and get frame sizes to 
match. What am I missing? Are the other formats preferred by viewers? I 
understand?some of them come from film sizes (8x10 and 16x20 = 4x5 sheets), 
but is it aesthetically preferable?
Thanks,
Bob
?Bob Adler
Palo Alto, CA
http://www.rgaphoto.com 




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From: Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>
To: Leica LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Fri, March 5, 2010 8:05:58 AM
Subject: [Leica] Picture size

Mark writes:

My standard as most photographers was 11x14's for decades. Shows could be

11x14 but got to me mainly 16x20.

Sometimes I'd go through an 8x10 phase. As would my friends it seemed.

Right now my default is an idiosyncratic 5x7. Not a real popular size you

hear of people printing in? but I like it.

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Photo shows restrict picture size as a matter of convenience, practicality
and economics. By a strange series of events I became one of the directors
of a large photo show in the Hudson Valley. The area is a hotbed of Madison
Avenue photographers and artists who try to establish their artistic
credentials (as opposed to commercial credentials) by exhibiting in the
show. Out of necessity we had to restrict the maximum picture size to 16x20
inches. It was a balance between available wall space and the number of
photographers who could exhibit. Besides bigger pictures were too difficult
to store and handle. I personally would have liked to see a few wall
spanning murals but, alas, I was outvoted. Fewer photos meant lower exhibit
fees and eventual bankruptcy.

Larry Z

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