One of my goals for this year is to show my photographs in the size I would have them displayed in my own home. Up until now - besides a 30"x36" frame filled with various 4"x6" prints, I haven't had anything smaller than 12" x 18" of my own personal pictures hanging in my home. I walk by this picture of my Wienerdogs every day and it makes me happy.
I want the photographs I take for you to make you happy every time you pass them in the hall - and you might be surprised how little that 4x6 or even 8x10 looks once you get it in a frame and put it up on the wall! So - to demonstrate my point - I received two of my favorite images from 2007 today as 20" x 30" stretched canvases. You aren't going to believe me - but I would totally get them bigger - I thought 20" x 30" would be so big even I wouldn't believe it - but no - my next one will be a 40" x 60" :)
Here is a quick example: This is Desiree and Jeremy (this photograph makes me laugh because I basically fell on my face about 2 minutes after I took the shot) The Canvas is 30" across and 20" tall - and about 1.5" thick - it is hanging above my fireplace in my living room - I have put a regular 4x6 print next to it so you can see the scale:
See what I mean about the fact that it can totally be bigger? Here is a shot from the side so you can see how the image wraps around the frame:
And my favorite non-wedding shot:
So I encourage you to measure your walls!! And fill the empty space with images that make you smile, inside and out, every time you walk by them!