Framerguy
PFG, Picture Framing God
I have used cameos many times in my framing and I usually place them in an oval cutout in the lower left corner or centered in the top mat with a foamcore spacer between the top mat and the bottom mats to allow enought room for the cameo to clear the glass.
I decided to do a different presentation on this particular print, Hunter's Haven, by Terry Redlin. The mallard cameo was so close to the size of the mallards in the image that I decided to place them in the image area. I also found out in doing this that a piece of Reflection Control placed behind a piece of regular framer's glass disappears completely. No double reflection, no glare off the inner sheet of glass, nothing. So I mounted the cameo on the RC glass behind the regular glass with a spacer between to allow room for the cameo and the rest of the framing is pretty much regular treatment.
I apologize for the quality of these photos, I am a framer, not a photographer. But they should give a fair idea of what was done to create the image illusion.
Here is the framed print:
Next is a closeup of the cameo area:
A quarter shot from the front:
And finally, a quarter shot from the rear:
This was a real eye catcher as customers would casually look at the framing and, as they turned to walk away, noticed something out of the ordinary and really got close to it and just stared!! The dead giveaway is the shadow cast by the cameo onto the surface of the print.
The most asked question was, of course, "How'd you DO that?"
Framerguy
I decided to do a different presentation on this particular print, Hunter's Haven, by Terry Redlin. The mallard cameo was so close to the size of the mallards in the image that I decided to place them in the image area. I also found out in doing this that a piece of Reflection Control placed behind a piece of regular framer's glass disappears completely. No double reflection, no glare off the inner sheet of glass, nothing. So I mounted the cameo on the RC glass behind the regular glass with a spacer between to allow room for the cameo and the rest of the framing is pretty much regular treatment.
I apologize for the quality of these photos, I am a framer, not a photographer. But they should give a fair idea of what was done to create the image illusion.
Here is the framed print:

Next is a closeup of the cameo area:

A quarter shot from the front:

And finally, a quarter shot from the rear:

This was a real eye catcher as customers would casually look at the framing and, as they turned to walk away, noticed something out of the ordinary and really got close to it and just stared!! The dead giveaway is the shadow cast by the cameo onto the surface of the print.
The most asked question was, of course, "How'd you DO that?"
Framerguy