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There is no law that demands certain print sizes. Have you considered a size that will fit the print such as an 11X17 or a 13X19?
You will have to either get mats cut for the prints or cut them yourself if you have the equipment. For framing there are several different component frames available where you pick the two lengths you need.
Micheals and Hobby Lobby have some nice simple black metal component frames. I prefer a simple frame on most photographs anyway so as not to distract from the subject.
The "piece together yourself" frames that I've seen at hobby lobby look cheap in my opinion. Even at hobby lobby when I asked for a 16x24 frame, their were none. I had a 16x24 giraffe picture that I printed and could never find a frame. I ended up mounting it on a foam board and hanging the picture frameless. It looks great, but not exactly what I wanted. I ran into the same problem with the giraffe photo in the fact that I framed it as I wanted and left no room for cropping so was forced to print 16x24 instead of 16x20.
The matting idea is a good one, but pretty expensive I'm sure to get mattes custom cut. Also I'm not sure of anywhere in my area to get that kind of thing done.
Oh! First, and I do mean the FIRST thing I saw was a compositional error... that lamp growing out of the truck's roof.
Distracting as heck, Nate. I know it is not related to what you were looking at, and I do apologize... but it was a bit of a "oh wow, that doesn't belong there..." moment for me.
The border... yes, thats a very good way to get the aspect ratio you need to get the job done, I'll keep that hint for myself in the future if I ever need it.
Why does he have to have 8x10 and 11x14? Most full service labs offer a wide variety of 2:3 aspect ratio prints. Check out Mpix.com.
My strategy to deal with this has been to educate the client about aspect ratio before shooting. I tell them that the normal aspect ratio of the camera is 2:3, and that while some photos will be able to be cropped to another aspect, some won't, and if they need 4:5 or 5:7 I can do that, but they have to tell me ahead of time. Most people don't care unless they are trying to fit a specific frame. It can be tough to find 2:3 aspect ratio frames in department stores, but framing shops and online stores have lots of 2:3 aspect ratio frame options.
Because you can't hardly find a frame for a 8x12 and I have had no luck in finding frames for things like 16x24, 10x14, etc... What's the point of printing it if you can't frame and hang it? Obviously a frameless foamboard mounting solves this but many don't like that look. I personally prefer a matted framed print over a frameless foamboard mounted print.
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Pretty much any size you want. A wide selection of styles. Personally, unless it is a portrait of some sort, I prefer a simple black gallery style with mat.