Displaying Senior Pictures

[rooster222]

My dd's pictures are done and we have a million good shots to choose from. She has formal shots taken at an upscale hotel and some casual shots in jeans and a dress in a flower field.

I can't figure out how/where to display. I have another dd that is 2 years younger so I feel like I need to consider that I'll have another set of photos in a few years.

Can anyone share how they've displayed their child's senior pics so that it doesn't end up looking like a shrine to said child? I have lots of wall space...family room, dining room, hallways.

[Susie]

My kids are too young for senior pics specifically, but in terms of displaying family photos/portraits, we did a gallery wall in the upstairs hall in our old house, so that only people going up to bedrooms would see it (but we would see it regularly). There were professional pics of each child, and of us, but it wasn't limited to any one person or any one point in time. There was a photo from our wedding, a photo of my family from my brother's wedding (my mom died shortly thereafter), photos of the kids, etc. Even if the senior portraits are the reason you create it, you can mix other things in to reduce the "shrine" vibe.

[nicolewi]

Update: I measured and the whole thing with frame is like 20x24.

My mom ordered a huge picture (I originally said 11x14 but realized I was way off) b/c that was a "thing" at the time and put them on a stair wall. Now she didn't know what to do with these huge pics so she gave them back to us, and I have my framed pic sitting on a mantle (as a joke) and have no clue what to do with it.

So...smaller than mine.

[rooster222]

Nov 22, 2022 10:17:10 GMT -5 nicolewi said:

My mom ordered an 11x14 b/c that was a "thing" at the time and put them on a stair wall. Now she didn't know what to do with these huge pics so she gave them back to us, and I have my 11x14 sitting on a mantle (as a joke) and have no clue what to do with it.

So...smaller than that?

This made me laugh because my mom wants an 11 x 14 so she can hang dd's senior pic next to mine!

[rooster222]

Nov 22, 2022 10:12:23 GMT -5 Susie said:

My kids are too young for senior pics specifically, but in terms of displaying family photos/portraits, we did a gallery wall in the upstairs hall in our old house, so that only people going up to bedrooms would see it (but we would see it regularly). There were professional pics of each child, and of us, but it wasn't limited to any one person or any one point in time. There was a photo from our wedding, a photo of my family from my brother's wedding (my mom died shortly thereafter), photos of the kids, etc. Even if the senior portraits are the reason you create it, you can mix other things in to reduce the "shrine" vibe.

I've thought about this but was wondering about tying in the different styles. Maybe if everything is in the same frame/matte it will look more cohesive?

[pierogigirl]

Nov 22, 2022 10:42:28 GMT -5 rooster222 said:

Nov 22, 2022 10:12:23 GMT -5 Susie said:

My kids are too young for senior pics specifically, but in terms of displaying family photos/portraits, we did a gallery wall in the upstairs hall in our old house, so that only people going up to bedrooms would see it (but we would see it regularly). There were professional pics of each child, and of us, but it wasn't limited to any one person or any one point in time. There was a photo from our wedding, a photo of my family from my brother's wedding (my mom died shortly thereafter), photos of the kids, etc. Even if the senior portraits are the reason you create it, you can mix other things in to reduce the "shrine" vibe.

I've thought about this but was wondering about tying in the different styles. Maybe if everything is in the same frame/matte it will look more cohesive?

All of the pictures/art in my house is in a black frame with a white mat. There are different frames, but it looks purposeful because the frames are the same color. I'm working on a gallery wall right now, too, but struggling with the layout.

[thegan]

I usually pic a favorite or two to frame and have one dedicated gallery wall where the pictures can be switched out. I have also started printing all of the session in a photo book, so I have the physical copies and can flip through, but they don’t take up a lot of space. I have been doing photo books since my oldest was a baby, so it’s a fun way to reminisce.

[stemmie]

I don't have any wall-hung photographs of people in the downstairs of my house.

I have a gallery wall upstairs with photographs of family going back to DH/my grandparents in various sizes. DS's high school does a traditional tuxedo/cap and gown shoot- nothing artistic at all. I have my favorite version of each in a 10x12" size in a double frame hung right above a 20x24"(the biggest picture on the wall) of the grandfather for whom he was named (it's a really cool picture taken in the 1930s of him working as a railroad station master). He's an only so I don't have to factor in another child. I have a candid 5x7" of him getting his BA downstairs on my desk along with one of him getting off the bus on the first day of kindie looking completely worn out.

[sandandsea]

My mom has the three of ours (siblings)on a wall together as 8x10s. They were our normal school pictures until our senior pics when she picked her favorite and that has survived forever. They’ve lived either in the guest bedroom with some heirloom furniture/decor or in a hallway to the bedrooms over they years.

[Roc A Bee]

I’d pick 1-2 to display in the house and make a nice photo book with the rest. You can leave it on the coffee table.

[pittpurple]

I have photos going up the stairs that I switch out each year - except for a couple that have stuck as overall favourites. All sorts of different frames but I hung them up specifically to balance each other out. I really like it.

[rooster222]

Thanks for all of the input. I ordered 3 8x10's that go together, a formal 8x10 to frame on our piano and an 11x14, just because I love it and I have no idea where I'm putting it! Our photographer released the rights so they weren't expensive to print.

I did also make albums for us and one for each of the grandparents and I think those will be gorgeous!

[macmars45]

My parents put all 5 of us kids senior pics and a pic of them together in their 40s on one wall together. They are 8x10s. My dad is a semi professional photographer and took all the senior pics himself. On another wall in the same room are the wedding pictures for the 4 of us who married.