A different way to display your photos.....

[wreckdiver1321]

Looking for a good and inexpensive way to show your photos? A lot of people will get big prints and frame them. I wanted to be able to display a lot of prints at once. Here's what I did:

I got a bunch of my favorite shots in 8x10's. Then I hunted around behind various shops and stores until I found a cool looking pallet. I strung some rubber tarp straps from top to bottom and bought a box of binder clips and some fairly large nails. After that, I simply arranged the prints like I wanted and hung the whole assembly.



Pretty happy with this setup overall. It looks very cool, allows me to display a lot of prints at once (in this case 12, although I'm pretty sure I could squeeze 15 on if I really wanted to), and was CHEAP. Printing and framing a single color print can cost upwards of $70-100. This whole thing cost me around $50. $35 for the prints, $11.50 for the straps, $1.75 for the clips, and $0.50 for the nails. I like it so much I'm going to make another one.

Granted, the downside is you have to drive some fairly large nails into the wall to support it (rather heavy). I still like it nonetheless.

 

[WininUtah]

Clever idea but my wife ain't allowing that in our house. That would be a great idea for a craft fair type display!

I do have some of my photos hanging in the house, either as Canvas Wraps or unframed Metal Prints. Both of these methods aren't cheap but you don't need to frame.

 

[photoman]

Put the images on a jump drive and run a slide show on your TV. :ylsmoke:

 

[jnelson4x4taco]

Very cool idea, I like it. My wife and I did something similar but we used steel rain gutter guards, hung vertically and glued magnets to clothespins to get a similar effect.

I have my prints hanging in a local brewery and this would be a cool way to have some rotating images without having to buy frames for each one, thanks!