What is a float frame?

For a while now we have been offering float frames as a clean and modern way to display your photo collage. We often get asked “what is a float frame”, so we have taken some close up photos to give a better idea what the frames look like . Hopefully these close up photos of a Levi 36 will help.

Showing the outside of the frame.

The life poster collage is mounted onto a backing board which is then glued to the wooden frame – it sits just inside the frame so you don’t see any of the fixings.

Here you can see how the image sits inside the frame

The frame is lightweight making it easy to hang and as it sits flush to the wall you don’t see the picture nail. It’s also glass free so there’s no refelections.

The back of the frame - can be hung very easily using one or two picture nails

To see our range of framed life posters click here.

Tags: A2 photo collage, Float frame, general news

Levi 36 photo collage

We recently added a square photo collage to our collection – the Levi 36 – 36 photos 16″ x 16″ and mounted in a white wooden float frame. It’s been proving very popular and we’ve being enjoying creating some truly stunning life posters.

One stand-out Levi was made up of various flower shots – (Brilliant photos taken by Clare Maffioli) and was a great example of a life poster collage based on something other than people. As we enhance each photo – the colours are brought out and the details made more prominent by sharpening. Printed using our K3 UltraChrome inks the end result was fantastic – so we took a pic to share with you (thanks to Clare for letting us do this).

To find out more about the Levi 36 photo collage, just click here.

Tags: Float frame, general news, photo collage

Wessex 20 photo collage

We have had a number of requests to add text to photo collages, so we thought it would be good to offer a life poster with text as standard.

The Wessex 20 is an A3 collage that features 20 photos in a square cell. The centre area is used for a short message of your choosing. The colour for the background of the text area will be chosen based on the colour of your photographs – sometimes a gradient will work well (as shown in our example) or a solid colour might be best.

The Wessex 20 makes a great birthday present or a personal way to mark a special occasion. As with all our collages we enhance all your photographs.

You can buy the Wessex 20 either unframed or framed in a wooden float frame.

Tags: a3 collage, general news, text on collages

Frazer 86 unframed photo collage

We now offer the popular Frazer 86 as an unframed photo collage print.

The Frazer 86 is ideal for showing a large number of photos whilst giving special prominence to 4 photos of your choosing.

As with all our collages we enhance all your photos to make them look their best.

The Frazer is printed on Epson Professional photo glossy paper – 255gsm.

To order your Frazer 86 please click here.

Tags: A2 photo collage, general news, photo collage

Life Poster weekend – buy 1 get 1 FREE!

On the 20th, 21st and 22nd May we are holding our first Life Poster weekend.

Over these three days when you buy any of our unframed A3 life posters (Maxwell 24, Second 20, Austen 50, Brooklyn 56) we will send you another copy of the print FREE – so you have a photo collage to give and one to keep! Why not spoil your Dad this Father’s Day and give him a present he will remember, with the extra bonus of you getting a copy too.

All you have to do is make sure you order your life poster collage on the 20th, 21st or 22nd May, so mark the Life Poster weekend in your diary now!

You don’t have to send us your photos that weekend, just order your life poster collage. To see our range of A3 life posters please click here.

Tags: 50 photos, 56 photos, a3 collage, general news, special offers

Taking photos for the Second 20 photo collage

To celebrate the launch of our updated website we introduced the Second 20 photo collage. The idea with this one is to take a series of snapshots of your favourite small person (or persons) on a plain background. We then take your photos and turn them into a stunning photo collage – highlighting the expressions and bringing out the character of the person(s) in the photos.

Taking the photos themselves is easy and does not take long at all. The main requirement is to have a plain (preferably light coloured) background to take the photos against. The reason for this is that it does not distract from the face of the person in the photo and keeps all the photos uniform.

Try and use natural lighting if possible, so you don’t have to use the flash. Doing this will help to avoid stark dark shadow areas. If lighting is not great, then switch the ISO setting on your camera to a higher number. Above all, remember that this is not supposed to be an exercise in taking technically perfect photos, but rather to capture expression and to have some fun!

Two of our original photos:

A prop of some kind will really help with getting children to relax and mess around a bit! We just gave our son Ethan his mum’s glasses and that was all that was needed! The only bit of direction we did was to ask Ethan to look left, right, up and down. The rest was him just doing his own thing!

The finished Second 20 Life Poster:

It took 5mins to take the photos, but we will treasure our Second 20 for years to come.

When you send us your photos, we will convert them to black and white, adjust as needed, then create your life poster. It will be printed on Professional Epson 255gsm glossy photo paper.

To order please click here.

Tags: a3 collage, general news, photo collage, photo tips

Life Poster at Milford Carnival

Our stand set up and ready to go at the start of the day

We had a great day at the Milford-on-Sea Carnival on Saturday. The weather was perfect (a big concern after the awful week) which meant we could show off a selection of life poster photo collages without fear of them being blown away.

Our selection included the Austen 50, a new A2 life poster (which we will put up on the site soon), the Forever 72 and two custom framed life posters. One of the custom life posters acted as the centre piece. With 55 landscape photos mounted and framed in a dark wood, it proved a real hit! A great example of a custom life poster photo collage.

This was the first time we have done something like this – so ‘thank-you’ to everyone who came to our stand to have a chat to find out what we do!

Tags: general news

Online ordering update

We have recently upgraded our online ordering system to be more user friendly and allow us to add new photo collages more easily. Our life poster photo collages are now split into categories based on size and whether they come in a frame or not.

If you live in the SO41 post code area you will qualify for free delivery as well – a saving of up to £10. To see our current range of life posters please click here.

Tags: general news, online ordering

Austen 50 photo collage

Austen 50 photo collage with 2 large photos for close ups!

A new photo collage to our range is the Austen 50. This A3 collage features two large photos giving you the opportunity to focus in on two extra special images, whilst still giving you space for 48 other photos.

The Austen 50 is available to order today and as with all our photo collages we enhance your photographs to bring out the colours to create an overall stunning effect.

Tags: 50 photos, a3 collage, general news, photo collage

Say hello to Josef

A bit of personal news, as we welcome Josef into our family! Born on the 22nd June, his (late) arrival is wonderful news to our family and friends. We wanted to share it here too – with a photo of our new little Sleepy Head!

A new, unsuspecting subject for more Life Poster material!

Tags: general news