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Prague print in an Airbnb in South West London.

Many years ago before I started my gallery I had a market stall on Northcote Road in South West London where I sold my framed prints on a Friday and Saturday. Occasionally in those early days I would be asked to do a commission.

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Framed prints of London are perfect gifts.

Framed prints are great gifts. For the man or woman who has everything a reminder of a time or a place can be the perfect gift. A number of our clients have given our prints to colleagues for retirement and leaving presents.

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Why we use black frames. Black frames work well as sets.

You’ll see in my galleries all of my prints are in black frames. There are two reasons for this. I like to show my clients a real print in a real frame because I make everything by hand and I like to think that my prints work so well in sets that the frames need to be the same.

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Prints for Office walls. Framed city prints are perfect.

There’s a huge choice out there of art that can be put of office walls. And a lot of it is inexpensive. There is also a lot of ‘fine art photography’ to choose from. When you key in for example ‘Prints of London for and office’ we lurk around the bottom of the first page, sometimes somewhere on the second page.

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Prints for Hotels. The Park Plaza County Hall in London.

The Plaza Hotel County Hall at the south end of Westminster Bridge in London has two of my framed photographs either side of the bed in each of the ‘superior’ rooms. This was a commission and I loved every minute of it.

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What is a light streak and how I make one.

A light streak requires a slow shutter speed and the camera needs to be sitting on a tripod. It tests every element of your skill as a photographer and I feel very smug when I’ve been successful with one.

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New York prints on a staircase and other tricky spaces.

Offices and homes have corridors and if you live in terraced house you’ll more than likely have a staircase. Some offices in period buildings have staircases and have to think about whether or not to hang pictures in what can sometimes be a tricky space.

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The versatility of the panoramic framed print for an office.

The Panoramic print is something quite different from your normal landscape or portrait print. The shape is different and the subject matter is also often unique to the frame shape. Wide angle shots fit the panoramic frame perfectly and views from bridges and seem to fit the shape perfectly.

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Prints for offices and commercial spaces.

It’s the first thing I notice when I go into an office is are there nice pictures or art on the walls. Maybe it’s just me but it says so much about a business and if there is great art of the walls. If it’s fine art photography it’s even better.

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