Print sizes at a glance
These are the sizes we sell. Each artwork page shows the sizes it comes in, with live prices.
| Format | Size | In millimetres |
|---|---|---|
| Poster | A4 | 210 x 297 |
| Poster | A3 | 297 x 420 |
| Poster | A2 | 420 x 594 |
| Poster | 50x70 cm | 500 x 700 |
| Poster | 70x100 cm | 700 x 1000 |
| Framed poster | A3, A2 | 297 x 420, 420 x 594 |
| Canvas | 30x40 to 60x80 cm | 300 x 400, 400 x 500, 500 x 700, 600 x 800 |
| Framed canvas | 30x40 to 50x70 cm | outside the frame: 352 x 452, 452 x 552, 552 x 752 |
| Metal | 30x40 to 50x70 cm | 300 x 400, 400 x 500, 500 x 700 |
| Wood | 30x40, 40x50 cm | 300 x 400, 400 x 500 |
Mugs come in one size. The product page shows how the picture sits on it, and the crop step shows exactly what prints before you pay.
A4, A3 and A2
A3 is twice the area of A4, and A2 is twice the area of A3. Each A size keeps the same shape, so a picture that fits A4 fits A3 and A2 without a new crop.
The centimetre sizes are a slightly different shape. A 50x70 cm poster is a touch squarer than A2, so the crop step shows exactly what prints.
Which size for which wall
Above a sofa or a bed: 50x70 cm or 70x100 cm, hung wide. A small print over a big piece of furniture looks lost.
In a hallway: A3 or A2. A pair of plates side by side suits a long, narrow wall.
In a study, a shed or a tackle room: A4 or A3. Hang it at eye height for someone standing, or a little lower above a desk. Keep paper and canvas away from damp.
Wide or tall?
Let the fish decide. A fish held side on is longer than it's tall, so most catch photos and plates are wide. A portrait photo of an angler holding a fish up close may suit a tall print. Don't force one into the other.
Carpology makes the same point from the camera side: tall shots suit social media, while wide ones suit screens and prints. If you're taking the photo with a print in mind, shoot it wide.
Framed print sizes
Framed posters come at A3 and A2, in black or natural wood. Gelato, who make them for us, list the frame as 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front.
Framed canvases come in black, dark wood or natural wood. Gelato give their outside sizes as 352 x 452 mm for the 30x40 cm canvas and 452 x 552 mm for 40x50 cm. The 50x70 cm canvas measures 552 x 752 mm framed. The frame is 14 mm wide and 32 mm deep.
Canvas or framed print?
A framed poster has a crisp edge and shows fine detail best, such as the scales on a mirror carp. Canvas has a soft, textured surface and wraps round the edge, so it needs no glass. For a bright room with a window opposite, canvas avoids the reflections. Framed posters sit behind plexiglass, which is lighter than glass but still reflects a little. If the wall faces a window, hang a canvas.
Sizes for a catch photo
A photo can only print as large as its pixels allow. When you upload, we check the file against every size and grade each one: the sharpest prints, sizes that print well but look a little soft up close, and sizes we block. You'll see the grades before you pay.
Use the original file from the phone or camera. A screenshot or a photo saved from social media has far fewer pixels, so it'll only manage the smaller sizes. A styled print needs at least 800 pixels on the short side. Our catch photo guide explains how to get a sharp one.
Hanging height and spacing
Hang a print so its centre sits at about eye height for someone standing. Above a sofa or a sideboard, leave a gap of a hand or two below the frame. The furniture and the print then read as one group.
For a pair or a row of plates, keep the gaps equal. A hand's width between frames works for A3. Bigger prints can take a little more. Lay them out on the floor first, then mark the wall in pencil.
A set of species plates
A row of three species plates, all the same size and frame, makes a wall that looks planned. Choose fish from the same water, or fish from the angler's own story: the perch they started on, the carp they chase now. See our coarse fish prints and carp prints. Each A3 framed print is about 321 mm wide, once you add the 12 mm frame on each side. Three in a row need a little over a metre of wall with the gaps.
How to measure your wall
Measure the width of the wall or the furniture below it. Many people choose art about half to two thirds of that width. It's a rule of thumb, not a standard, so trust your eye.
Cut paper to the size you're considering and tape it up for a day. If it looks small from across the room, go up a size. For a print of your own photo, upload it first: the tool shows which sizes the file can support.
When you're ready, browse every print with its sizes and prices, or read how to photograph your catch.
Craig Fearn runs Scale & Fin, a UK studio that prints anglers' catch photos and fish art to order. He writes the guides here, and every fact in them links to the body that published it.