In the pre-pandemic world, after your photo session, we’d meet in person in my office for your ordering appointment. You would sit on my comfy couch, enjoy a cup of coffee (or glass of wine) see your images on my big TV screen, and as we chatted about how you wanted to display the photos in your home, you could look around my office and see samples of the different products that I offer. You could also see how big different sized pieces really are.
Even though I have now re-opened my office to in-person meetings (the seats are at least 2m apart), that still isn’t a comfortable health choice for some clients. Of course, zoom video meetings are an easy answer for the conversation and image review part of things, but familiarity with the different product options is a bit more challenging. In response to this, I’ve created a Product Guide with descriptions of my most popular lines.
Portfolio Box & Mounted or Matted Prints
These beautiful, handcrafted portfolio boxes are available in several colours of linen, or in modern natural wood with leatherette, with your choice of up to 10 or 20 matted or mounted images inside.
Whether for use as a session collection, an archive to add to over the years, an event keepsake or a treasured gift for relatives or special friends, a Portfolio Box preserves meaningful memories forever.
Coffee Table Books
Available in two formats – Standard or the Premium Layflat
Standard
My press printed coffee table book is specially printed just for you in a classic and friendly 8X10 or 11×13, 20-page hardcover book. Designed with simple magazine-style layouts and a printed cover with images from your session, the finished product looks like an art book from a bookstore, with a matte photo cover and slim, sleek pages. Your custom layout is meticulously created to best showcase your images in a tastefully modern yet timeless design. Text can be added as an option.
Layflat
For clients who adore the highest level of coffee table art books, Layflat books feature a Premium Lustre paper. Pages are glued back to back with a thin insert, so each page is ultra-thick. Layflat books use one continuous sheet of paper for each page spread (e.g. pages 2 and 3 are a single sheet of paper) folded down the centre and glued to the next spread, instead of individual pages glued into the binding. This makes Layflat ideal for showcasing photos that run across two facing pages.
(compare book thickness, below right)
Wall Art
The true treasure of your portrait session is the creation of stunning, ready to hang, custom portraits to display in your home. Sarah Sims Photography is proud to offer unique choices for beautiful, decorative art that will remain a joy for years to come.
While I offer four basic options for displaying your images, I also create custom portraits to your size needs and specifications, including square and large sizes, as well as your choice of color or black and white images.
The four most popular wall art options I offer are :
– Unframed and mounted
– Classic framing
– Gallery canvases
– Acrylic float mount
If you are looking for something else, please let me know. My lab partner is able to produce a wide variety of beautiful products.
Gallery Wrapped Canvases
Printed directly on fine art canvas, your image is wrapped around a custom made stretcher frame for a clean, gallery style look. Ready to hang upon arrival, clients enjoy instant gratification coupled with life long memories in a museum quality image.
These are not any canvas that you might get from Costco or a “quick and easy” website. All gallery wraps include a semi-gloss laminate that not only protects the canvas from scuffs, scratches, and cracking, it also provides UV light protection for years of enjoyment. The front face is reinforced to prevent warping. Backs are sealed and ready to hang with either metal brackets or wire hanger.
Acrylic Floatmount
The ultimate in contemporary presentation, printed on metallic photographic paper and rear-mounted on 1/4” high-quality acrylic, with smooth edges and a solid black backing. The image is hung from a 3/4” floatmount hanging bar. The final product actually looks like it’s floating on the wall.
Classic Framing
I offer a high-quality line of simple frames designed to complement any decor – classic, modern, or rustic. Their clean style ensures that the frames don’t compete with the image, but enhance and elevate it. The classic framing is hand-assembled white or black lacquered wood frames with matt and glass.
If you prefer custom framing for a different look, I can work with my framing specialist to create something just right for you and your home.
