I am trying to get prints ready for possible sale at craft/art shows this summer (though I have also read that photos don't sell well at these events). I ordered a bunch of 5 x7 prints at Costco this weekend. I also did some reading about how to mount and mat my photos. I checked out a few different craft stores but none had the mounting boards described on some of the websites I read. So I bought a few mats and some foamcore board to see how that would work as a backing instead, since I found a foamcore cutter on sale. The hardest part is cutting straight! I wonder if using the 45 degree angle instead for cutting would minimize any unevenness? I started researching a good website for buying affordable mats but am not sure yet which I will use.
I want to try a few photos on mounting board and compare these with the foamcore to see which I like better. I also liked having a black and white mat. With two copies of each photo, I could easily compare to see which I think suited the photo better. If neither suited the photo well, it made me wonder if the photo was what I didn't like. Here are the first two I mounted and matted.
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