Understanding Different Picture Frame Sizes
Posted on December 14, 2009
Filed Under Digital Camera Features, Good Digital Cameras |
Pictures or photographs are an indispensable part in everyone’s life. They are witnesses to each special event that we have celebrated in life with friends, family and colleagues.
They also capture special moments in our lives whether graduating from school, christmas party, job promotion, and many more.
While most of our pictures are kept and preserved in several photo albums, there are some photos that are too good to be kept hidden for everyone’s view.
These pictures, we proudly show off in picture frames. What are the Standard Picture Frame Sizes that we can choose from? How do we make the right selection?
Choosing a Picture Frame
When considering what kind of picture frame to get, more than the design and material of the frame, what we should decide first is the size of the frame itself.
Standard Picture Frame usually available in five sizes: four by six; five by seven; eight by ten; eleven by fourteen; and sixteen by twenty.
All of these measurements are in inches. What we should keep in mind when looking for the right picture frame size is that the measurements are the actual size of the photos and not the frame itself as there is usually a border that comes with the frame.
The borders are not considered when choosing Standard Picture Frame Sizes, but the actual space where we will be inserting or placing the photo.
In other countries, there are a few other frame dimensions that are also considered as standard picture frame size. These measurements are 4×10, 5×5, 8×8, 20×24 - still all measured in inches.
Some of these standard also comes in additional half-inch sizes, so we’d best check what photo dimensions we have printed ou.
~ xmas is coming! read our Christmas Tree Size Guide first before getting one for your family
Other Considerations
There are two additional thing that we need to consider, which are the flexibility of the frames (either horizontally or vertically), and panoramic frames for wide-shot photos.
On the other hand, we will not be hard-up on finding these standard picture frames as these are readily available on the internet if we can’t locate them in regular land-based stores.
By using the internet, we can easily fining several excellent photo frames, and we can also easily order them online. Once we have received our delivery, we can immediately set-out to place our photos in the frame and display them in plain view for everyone to see and enjoy.
~ a bookcase might be a good place to put your photo frame, read our Bookcase Dimensions guide to know more
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