i'm sure this has been answered somewhere in one of the watermark discussions, but i did a quick search and didn't find it so please forgive me for asking again...
short story is that my mom wants 3 of my photos to frame and hang in her office and is suggesting i sign them... does one do this? how?
i have two photos that we purchased framed... one is signed on the mat... the other isn't signed at all, altho' the photog's business card is stuck on the back...
as i will only be providing the prints, and she will look after the framing neither of those options is really open to me... i'm not overly fussed about this - i don't feel a need to sign them... just wondering what the general practice is...
@aponi bahhaaaaaa! you got that right! like i said, i don't feel a particular need to sign them... just that she specifically asked me to :)
@hellie hi Johanna... i do have photoshop... but i am in the camp that doesn't do watermarks :) i assume my mom is thinking that i would just take a pen and sign at the bottom of the photo - but like i said, this doesn't seem to be the norm from what i can tell
one printer told me should sign on the mat using gold sharpie. another told me to sign on the back. i've seen a few where the photographers signed on the prints themselves on the lower right corner. i sign mine on the back, with the year the photo was taken and a title.
There are three options I know of: Sign and date the print with a pen intended for that use. (A good art or photo store should have what you need.); Sign and date the mat before it is placed in the frame. Pencil is acceptable, but spelling counts. ;-) ; On the back of the framed work, place a placard containing pertinent information, including title, artist's name, date, print number, and signature. Any of those should work.
I just read two threads online about it, and it's interesting the differences of opinion! Since I'm not planning on creating museum pieces, if someone asked me and they really wanted my signature on the print, I'd probably do the one where you photograph your signature and then create a layer of the image and add it in the lower right corner of the print where it won't get covered by the mat. I'd make it pretty subtle.
lol northy, my mum made me sign a magazine my image was printed in even though my name was clearly below the image. Prints are a little different though, I personally would do what @m9f9l said :D or use my wacom to sign in photoshop.
I use a small print of the image, with the title of the photograph, stuck to the back of the frame and have my name and details, the year the photograph was taken and whether it is from a collection of photos.
I think signatures on the mount look best. If it's a black mount, either use a silver pen or sign on the back. I'd say overall though that as you're signing 'by request', I'd sign wherever your mum wants you to sign :)
call me old fashioned but I like the tactile feel of the image. I also didnt want to detract from the image itself so I got mine printed out, mounted and framed. I then used a silver sharpie and rather than sign it, I wrote the location and the time on the bottom right
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@hellie hi Johanna... i do have photoshop... but i am in the camp that doesn't do watermarks :) i assume my mom is thinking that i would just take a pen and sign at the bottom of the photo - but like i said, this doesn't seem to be the norm from what i can tell
Sign the mat, or use a gold sharpie and sign the glass when they are framed.