Arranging Pictures On Your Wall: The Attractive Placement
of Your Wall Mounted Fine Art Photography Scenic Photos and Images

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Tips on How to Attractively Display Your Fine Art Photography
Scenic Photographs

General Considerations & Suggestions:

 
(These are universal principles. The following displayed wall images in the photos below are not Hawaiiseen.com images .)

 Arrange to Place Your Scenic Photograph at Your Viewer's Eye-Level:
Try to position your pictures on the wall so that the picture's main area of viewer interest is at eye-level.
(A common mistake is place the picture too high.)

Example A: Where to position the picture for viewers who are standing.
Example A

    If the viewers in the room will usually be standing (such as in hallways or foyers) place the pictures at the eye-level of a standing viewer.

Example B: Where to position the picture for viewers who are seated.
Example B

    If, on the other hand, the viewers will generally be seated (such as in a waiting room or a research area), place the picture at the eye-level of a sitting viewer.

 

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    If you'd like to use a picture to create an intimate/personable setting for a room, group furniture directly beneath or near the picture.

    Example C: Where to position the picture when you wish to create an intimate/personable room setting.
    Example C

 

    If, however, you'd like a large picture to be a focal point in the room, avoid grouping any furniture beneath it or have any furniture obstruct the view of the image.

Example D: How to display a large picture that you wish to serve as a focal point.
Example D

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How to Place Your Scenic Photograph When You Want to Increase Your Area's Sense of Space:

If the picture is to be used in a room with a low ceiling, your room can be made to seem larger by your hanging the picture's center of interest about 4 inches below the average eye-level (of a standing viewer).

Example E: Where to position your picture when the room has a low ceiling.
Example E

 

If you wish to emphasis the height of your wall, use a vertical linear arrangement for your group of pictures.

Example F: How to hang your group of pictures when you want to emphasis the height of your wall.
Example F

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If, however you wish to emphasis the broadness of your wall, use a horizontal linear arrangement.

Example G: How to position your group of pictures when you want to emphasis the boardness of your wall.
Example G

    It's best not to hang a small (as opposed to a large) single picture on a large wall. For such a wall, a group of pictures makes a better composition. Also, your group of pictures need not be arranged in a row. In fact, a nonlinear cluster of pictures can also result an interesting arrangement. These are usually pictures that have a similar subject -- which gives the cluster a sense of cohesion. Another way to give cohesion to your grouping is to have all images in black and white or color, and to frame each of your images in the same style of picture frame and mat. In the example here, we see both: Similar subjects (structures) -- and all black and white images, set off in the same type of mat border and picture frame. Images in your cluster may also be very different from another and yet possess a cohesiveness through just a single element (such as being all black and white photographs despite varying visual subjects).

Example H: When you hang a group of your pictures on the wall, you can give the grouping a sense of cohesion.
Example H

 

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How to Decide On Your Scenic Photograph's Placement -- Without First Putting a Hole in the Wall:

Now arranging pictures on a wall may seem like a lot of moving of pictures around that wall while still having to decide where to finally place them. But there's an easier way to do this decisionmaking process and still see what you'll be getting -- without driving a nail: Simply use a sheet of paper cut to the size for each framed picture you intend to hang on that wall. Use masking tape to attach these sheets to the wall where you are considering placing your chosen picture. Move your paper "stand-in" around until you decide on the placement and grouping composition that suits you. Then simply lightly mark each wall position you've decided upon with a light pencil or piece of chalk. From that point on, you're all set.

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