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Summary: Choosing double mattes to enhance the appearance of your black and white photo; learn tips, tricks and more in in this free photography video series on framing taught by expert Minnie Bell.
Minnie Bell has over 20 years of experience framing pictures and fine art. She currently works for Nacq Partners, a company who specializes in picture framing and antiques. Customers...read more
"If you add more than one matte, it adds a little bit of depth to your picture it helps to bring the eye down into the picture a little bit more. It gives you a little bit better cope on finding the little details in a picture. You can look at a picture 50 times and never see quite all of it, you'll see the big pieces and you'll see the pieces that highlight. But there is a lot of pieces that people tend to miss and when you start to put different colors on there, it will start to bring out some of the pieces that are just kind of setting there in the background. I chose this gray because I though it will help to give it a little of, you can also go this direction, the black helps break the color from the picture which gives it a little bit more character. It also gives a little bit more depth by making the colors go off by one dark and one lighter."
eHow Article: Double Matte Options for Black & White Photos