We are going to continue our discussion about wall art in this blog post. This is the fourth part in our five part series on the topic of wall art for your home or office.

In the first part, we discussed the reasoning and beliefs behind offering our clients professional quality wall art opposed to pictures. We then began discussing the first type of wall art that we currently offer - collages.

In the second part, we discussed the differences between print quality with three local retailers in the Central Texas area and compared those prints to a professional lab's prints. There really is quite a difference!

In the third part, we discussed the differences between a canvas gallery wrap from a professional lab and a local retailer. As with prints, there really is quite a difference!

Part Four: Metals

Metal Prints are a completely new type of wall art! They are incredibly vibrant and clear and allow you to experience your images in a whole new way! They are truly a show-stopping conversation piece with an artistic edge and offer contemporary elegance to your portraits in a high gloss piece of wall art.

I began offering metal prints in February after a fellow photographer was raving about how vibrant and clear they were. I decided to order two - one in each type of finish - to see what all the fuss was about. I opened the package and seriously was amazed! The metal prints were so impressive! Photographs of them do not do them justice at all! They must be seen with your own eyes. For this reason, I bring them to each session to show our clients.

Metal Prints are available in two different finishes - a white base or a metal base. Metal Prints are essentially images printed on a sheet of aluminum. They can be mounted in three different ways: magnet mount, float mount, and metal easel. The magnet mount simply means that there is a magnet on the back so that the metal print will stick to any metal surface, such as a refrigerator. A float mount means that the metal print has a mount on the back with a hole in it so that it can be hung on a nail or tack directly on your wall. The metal easel means that there is an easel that is attached to the back of the metal print so the print can sit on a table.

Examples of the Metal Prints in each finish - white base and metal base.

At Smith Family Photography, we offer metal prints in two popular sizes - 11x14 and 16x20. If you'd like one in a different size, we can definitely do that as well!

Check back next week when we discuss Part Five: Collections.