Hi all
I was unsure what sub-fora to post this (possibly) discussional question, so if there is a more appropriate one......mods please move it
I have ordered some cut mounts of a range of colours as 'a library of reference colour mounts' to lay over a print but it also struck me as follows:-
Is there a readily available way of creating in, for example, PS CS6 (or other softwares that you might suggest?) a wider canvas duplicated with various colours to drop the images into and see them side by side to "get the feel of which one to choose".
Obviously, it would be onerous to have to create them each time so they need to be template like..........................e.g. if you could open such a set (white, red, blue, green...even a white with black core.... etc) and drop the subject image into them all in no more than a couple/few keystrokes.
The reason for the question and my uncertainty is because until now I have only ever used pure white rather than off white mount but it was put to me, by the curator of an exhibition, that as is more common with art (rather than photography) that a picture can be enhanced by using a mount colour that compliments the image.................this can either be a black core white mount to give some edge definition or e.g. a pale blue mount that echoes the sky and/or the sea in a sea/landscape picture. (NB yes, an interior design principle of pick a colour and compliment it in the surroundings)
Yes, a photograph needs to 'speak for itself' but as many (all) photographs are enhanced in their post processing why not include the colour of the mount in the “processing for display” (a double mount [duo colour such as white & grey] can be an option?) and what about the colour of the frame to be included as part of the process???
Just by way of an example that I saw and it was bought by someone at an exhibition ~ a Red Poppy in a field, processed as selective colour, the Red of the poppy, in muted monochrome background, this was framed in a black frame with a black mount. Very effective though IMO the sort of picture for a very specific placing & usage.
One might say that purity of intent in the PP of the photograph that is placed in white mount will always speak for itself. However, this may not always appeal to a buyer when it comes to "that is nice but where can I hang it in the house......." NB by making the final print mounted/mounted & framed a self contained presentation it should be able to be hung in a wider range of room settings even if it does not match/compliment the decor...............but with a plain white mount or alternative as outlined above?.......................that is what I am struggling with, hence the question.
FWIW I am not talking about trying to pre-empt what any buyer's would like to see but more about the balance between the purity and neutrality of the way a photograph is mounted/mounted & framed in white mount compared to considering, the colour/double mount/black cored mount et al, as part of the whole process of 'processing' the photograph for presentation display.
Subtle ways of making the photograph more appealing, afteral do we not as required PP already to make the image more satisfying to look at???
TIA for any insights and thoughts on this matter
