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How To Make Cove Mats
Recently, David Lantrip, MCPF, GCF, spoke to members of the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA)Website about how a computerized mat cutter (CMC) can do more than cut simple mats. Among other benefits, he discussed how they can make it easier to cut cove mats without getting into the math, since that would involve trigonometry. I…
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Our Giant Butterfly Article Got Even Better
Another reader, Danielle Burmeister, provided new photographs of her butterflies to fill in some gaps in our Giant Swallowtail article. Enjoy!
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“New and Improved” Mat Options
Since 2017, when we first created our webpage on Matting Embellishments(Updated), we’ve gotten better: Finding Proportional Mat Margins Instead of increasing the differences between the side mat width and the top width, and then from the top width to the bottom width, by a fixed amount as shown in Choice D of the original article,…
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EPHAS 2: Osprey Family
The second article of our “Every Picture Has a Story” seriesFirst happens to be Nancy’s favorite image, Osprey Family. Our web page for this image discusses how Nancy risked her life to get this picture. Then it talks about the challenges of putting this composite together. There are links to even more stories, like the…
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‘Sandhills On A Stroll’ in Black & White?
At an art festival many moons ago, a visitor wondered aloud if our “Sandhills On A Stroll” image might look better as a black and white. I may have mentioned that the sandhill’s red cap could be considered it’s most distinctive characteristic, and I might have been too dismissive at the time, but our busy…
About This Blog
Bee Happy Graphics develops, promotes, and sells the photography of Nancy Moreland (as well as processing and printing the work of other people). This blog discusses Nancy’s artwork and photography in general; introduces new photography, printing, and framing techniques; and announces art festivals and other upcoming events we may be a part of. To learn more about Bee Happy Graphics, check out www.BeeHappyGraphics.com.
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