Here are some photos taken that day in Birmingham.

The padlock sculpture at the entrance of Jewellery Quarter where we live:

Chamberlain Square, a view on Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and an ice cream van:

Victoria Square:

Mailbox Square:

Some snapshots of the Birmingham city centre:

A landmark “bubble” Selfridges building:

Newstreet near the railway station:

It can be a gallery of identically sized images or a mix of items of various shapes and sizes, a symmetrical arrangement or a grouping of small scale photos around a bold piece. Your creativity is unlimited! The trick is to use similarly coloured frames or mouldings. It works with canvases too.

Interior designers love wall collections and frequently share them in Ideal Home, Living etc., Inside Out and other publications. I have prepared several tear sheets from interior design magazines to boost your imagination but you are welcome to look through your own magazines for inspiration.

I’ve prepared some examples to help you visualise the box effect produced by this way of image presentation.

In black:

In beech (light wood):

In wenge (dark brown):

Boxframes look great in free-standing arrangements and wall collections:

They are also ideal to showcase designer vintage and graphic layouts.

Frame mouldings are available in four popular colours: black, silver, wenge (dark brown) and beech (light wood). Finest quality off-white and white mounts are used to display images to their best advantage. Archival prints by a top UK professional lab are heat-sealed to a backing board and framed by qualified craftsmen.

Square and custom sizes are available. A discounted rate for multiple products (feature walls/collections) apply. Please enquire!

Multi-aperture frames (multiframes) allow you to display several images in a variety of layouts in the same frame. I know how difficult it is to picture how an image would look like in a frame so I have prepared a few examples:

Example 1 - three 6″x9″ prints in a single black multi-aperture frame:

Example 2 - two 8″x12″ prints in a single silver multi-aperture frame:

Example 3 - one 10″x14″ print in a 16″x20″ wedge (dark brown) frame:

Example 4 - one 12″x18″ in a 18″x24″ beech (light wood) frame:

Instead of one large framed prints a number of smaller prints can be arranged into a wall collection that serves as a visual focus.

Example 5 - feature wall/wall collection of framed prints

Kate arranged us to meet on the playground as a safe and activity-rich environment for kids. It was good for photography too. Here are some photos from their shoot:

Some in black and white:

Happy!

Those ropes are made for action shots:

I loved Deborah’s hat and shoes!

Applying dramatic make-up:

Flowergirls are getting ready too:

Justin tries Deborah’s wedding gift - a new watch:

Justin and the boys outside before it started raining:

Deborah coming down the stairs before the ceremony:

The bridal party is ready for action:

The ceremony:

At the drinks reception:

Deborah with her flowergirls:

As it was raining outside we had a brief photosession with the bride and groom indoors at Horton Grange just before their speeches:

The speeches:

Cutting (slaughtering) the cake:

The rain turned into a light drizzle around 7pm and we braved the outdoors to explore the picturesque grounds of Horton Grange Hotel:

Guests waiting for Deborah and Justin’s first dance: