Grunge Border Effect

[Face]

I was at a photo show and saw a few photos with grungy borders. How is this effect achieved? Thanks

 

[oriecat]

Define grungy...

If you mean something like the border on my pic here, it was done using a filed out full frame negative carrier.

 

[Face]

yeah that's what i meant. now negatives fill the carrier i have... so is there an alternate method?

 

[oriecat]

Ya buy another one and ya file it out.

 

[ksmattfish]

I make full frame neg carriers from mat board.

 

[oriecat]

That would work for full frame (and I need to make some myself) but can you get the filed out effect? Or a ripped paper effect maybe? I need to try that out.

 

[ksmattfish]

Matboard doesn't give the funky reflections that filed aluminum does, but the hole can be cut to any shape, as long as it will still hold the neg.

 

[mrsid99]

I was at a photo show and saw a few photos with grungy borders. How is this effect achieved? Thanks

Handling pics with grubby hands in my case!