Sources for Mounting & Framing Fine Art Photos

As a photographer addicted to learning, I am interested in mounting & framing my own images. This will be exclusively for displaying in my home. Nevertheless, I want to learn to do museum- & gallery-quality work. Can someone suggest some authoritative reference sources (i.e. books, tutorials, etc.) in this field?

Thank you so much!

Web searches will help more as the steps are a bit detailed. And "museum quality" framing is quite expensive. Museum glass and museum quality mats are very expensive. You don't need that quality in order to have a nice looking framed photo.

Point well-taken. Maybe my reference to "museum quality" was misused by me. It would have been better if I had simply indicated that I plan to use acid-free, archival materials.

Nevertheless, I am looking for a source to learn mounting & framing techniques suitable for gallery presentation (as opposed to quick-&-dirty, slap-it-together methods).

HappySnapper90 wrote in post #16638264
Web searches will help more as the steps are a bit detailed. And "museum quality" framing is quite expensive. Museum glass and museum quality mats are very expensive. You don't need that quality in order to have a nice looking framed photo.

See if you can find a do-it-yourself frame shop in your area.

Buy as good a matte cutter as you can afford, Logan is one good brand, Google is you friend. Logan sponsors a traveling seminar that teaches hands on basics, check out their web site. Lots of tutorials on the web.

For frames I have used FrameUSA - great selection and price
Framesbymail -- seems good but I have not used them.

Ralff & Lance: Thank you for the info. I truly appreciate it.

ralff wrote in post #16641792
Buy as good a matte cutter as you can afford, Logan is one good brand

That depends on the sizes you want to frame. If they are all large pictures, you may not want to buy uncut mat board because you would end up with pieces of mat board you won't use since you are essentially taking a large piece of board, cutting out the middle 80% and using the outer edge.

And if you intend to do all mats in white, like galleries and museums, you can get discounts in bulk, never have to buy a mat cutter (which are expensive and require a large table to use) or end u with waste materials. Better for the environment. Leave the waste pieces at the shop to reuse!