Displaying Your Photos, Part II

A year or so ago I placed my first print order for small 'contact cards' using two of my own photos. I no longer have a business, but I do have a blog . . . and sometimes during my travels I like to hand someone a card with my personal info so they can stop by the blog, or drop me an e-mail if so inclined. These small cards can be printed on both sides and therefore can be used as business cards.

You can just see my two cards above, but 

even more important, you can see the 

recent correspondence which accompanied 

my latest order.

I'm loving this small, friendly print business in San Francisco - 

SOCIAL PRINT STUDIO 

It was here I found another way to get some favorite photos I'd taken - shown in my last post - so they can be displayed casually in my home. I have very little wall space for hanging photos and, although photo books are nice, they are often stuffed away in bookcases, or in my case hidden in armoires.

These are Social Print Studio's 4" X 4" squares. 

The archival card stock used is an excellent quality, not 

at all flimsy, with a smooth matte finish which feels 

silky . . . and at $12 for 24 prints, great value.

The actual printing is even better than my photos here - 

I had lighting problems when photographing them. 

I am very happy with the print quality and colors.

I also purchased one of Social Print Studio's Ipe wood 
blocks to display my prints. This makes it easy to change 
them around depending which one I might want to view 
on a particular day.

If you visit Social Print Studio you can see their interesting product line which includes many sizes of prints, cards, books etc.  It was quite easy to upload my photos - the one problem I encountered which required an e-mail brought a very quick and helpful response. This is a group of young, vibrant artists, all working hard to bring great products to those of us who love to take photographs and then do something special with them!

I'm now planning to have more prints made - I do have an awful lot of photos - perhaps some greeting cards, and more sets of squares including some I'm thinking will make great gifts for the holiday season . . . . . which, like it or not, will be here before we know it.