Big Time.

Last year I wrote this post about larger prints. I’ve decided the topic is worth revisiting as I’ve had no fewer than SEVEN clients call me in the past week in a panic about how they wished they had ordered bigger. It happens all the time! Here, for your edification, is a visual aid from my own, slightly disheveled home. I tried to take all of these photos from the same vantage point so the differences would be clear. (Each of these three bookshelves is about 32 inches wide. This is about a third of the wall in my tiny little living room.)

Blank wall:

This is how it normally looks:

How big do you think those prints are? BIG 8x10s? Maybe even HUGE 11x14s? How about this one?

That one above is the 11×14. Here’s that big 8×10:

And for the truly afraid, here’s a 5×7:

The prints in the second photo are 16×20, and I almost wish I had gone bigger! The frames help to balance things out a bit, but when you go frameless, the big prints really, really stand out:

That’s 24×36. Imagine how two of those would look. Pretty amazing, right?

I took all of the above photos with my point and shoot in the late afternoon light, so the quality is a little poor. Here are some real life examples from the homes of clients who really get it! The next two images are from Michelle Rasmussen of Wondertime Photography. Gorgeous, right?

How cute is this wall? (from Amy Ro Photography.)

And I especially love this one from Sara Goetz Photography (and you know I’m digging that orange wall…)

So, did I convince you? I do know that going big is more of an investment, but I’ll bet you were willing to pony up for the bigger flat screen! Aren’t your portraits ready to stand out and be noticed?

**stepping off soapbox**