c.cloudwalker
TPF Noob!
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The framing part... ugh, the first time I had stuff framed for a show, I thought 'durnit, I'm in the wrong business!' It's pricey.
I guess I'm one of the oddballs in the digital age. I do have thousands of unwashed images, but those I tend to process out fully end up at least as a 4x6, 4x5, or 5x7, or alternatively, in a photobook. My walls are covered with mine and other photographers' photos, and when it's just for myself, discount frames from the art stores do the job.
Yes, it is expensive. My first show, I felt lucky because I sold enough to pay for the framing materials. Labor was mine so that was kind of free.
Another great way to get really cheap frames (but sometimes beautiful ones) is at auctions. People kept wondering why I was buying so much cheesy art work but I never paid more than a couple bucks for them. Sometimes got a box lot with a dozen frames or more for that little money.
Of course, it helps if you cut your own mats so that you don't worry about frame sizes