When looking through your phone, you might come across some amazing memories from one of your photo galleries. It could be from a holiday with friends, a christening, or a family gathering. Perhaps it is a photo of your children when they were very young, or from any number of other social occasions from your past.
You then decide that it would be a great idea to take several of these photos from your phone, print them out, and display them in a picture frame on the walls of your house. However, an issue that comes to mind straight away is: how can I do this without making the walls feel cluttered? You don't just want to print and frame one or two photos — you actually want to use around 25.
Fortunately, there is a solution: the multi-aperture picture frame. These types of frames enable you to house not only 25 photos in a single frame, but sometimes over 50. Furthermore, there are usually hundreds of multi-photo frame layouts to choose from.
This is the ideal way to turn your favourite photos from hidden images on your phone into a stylish, gallery-style picture wall. Here are some quick tips to help you organise the layout for your multi-photo frame to ensure it has the maximum visual impact.
Apertures are the precision-cut windows inside a picture mount, and the layout you choose should reflect the story you are trying to tell.
The Triptych: This layout features two to four openings and is ideal for photos such as animal portraits, action shots from a sports event or music concert, or three incredible landscape variations shot during a single holiday.
The Gallery Grid: This layout has nine to twenty-five openings, and it’s often suggested that it looks like a physical Instagram grid. It is the go-to choice when you want to showcase special occasions, such as a wedding, a graduation, a christening, or something similar.
And then there is what is known as The Masterpiece, which accommodates up to 52 openings. These types of layouts are ideal when you are looking to document a full year, as they enable you to include a photo for every single week. It is, quite simply, an incredible way to highlight and display a family yearbook, which can then be proudly hung for all to see in your living room.
When choosing a multi-photo frame, it is worth remembering that quality counts. If you simply choose a cheap, mass-produced plastic frame, it is likely to bow under the weight of larger displays, and budget card mounts can yellow over time. Instead, it is prudent to choose frames that are handcrafted from premium real wood to ensure structural integrity.
If you currently have a large number of photos on display and hung on your walls, but you aren’t happy with the way they make the room feel cluttered, or if you want to start showcasing some of the amazing photos that you have stored on your phone, then the multi-aperture picture frame, as explained above, would be an ideal choice.