Tag: 4P&F
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Quiz: What Paper Size?
Here’s another math problem inspired by real life! Each correct answer could earn you five dollars ($5) off any of our products or services (to redeem in person, just print and show your certificate). Good luck!
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We Updated Our Display Panel Instructions
A year ago, we published plans and instructions for building the display panels we use in our art festival boothannounced. Since then, we’ve added a section on how we attach the panels to the booth without using the legs and another section on how to make sure neighboring panels stay aligned. You can find this…
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Using Multiple Moulding Widths In One Frame
revised 12/31/2021 In this article, the first of the “Weird Wood” seriesintro, we show how to build a picture frame using four strips of moulding that aren’t all the same width. Although Figure 2 uses a different width for each piece of moulding, we used three different sizes in our test frames (only because I…
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All Rectangles Are Not The Same (or even Similar)
Our friend, Ibis Hillencamp (whom you may remember for the advice she gave on our FAQ page about becoming a better photographerlink) thought people might need an explanation of a photograph’s aspect ratio and why you need to consider it when enlarging or cropping your images. After explaining that, I give some ideas for filling…
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Tell It To The Judge: In Defense Of Photographers & Canvas
To be transparent, I must say I’ve developed some theories about the biases of art critics and the judges of art festivals, based mostly on their selections of art to be awarded prizes at these festivals (and maybe my own biases). I’ve noticed certain patterns that I was hesitant to discuss here until I had…