# Journal — guides to buying, framing and hanging prints > Practical guides on choosing, framing and hanging photographic prints, plus notes from photographing animals and Irish landscapes. - Canonical page: https://hollzphotography.com/blog - Business: Hollzphotography — signed animal and Irish landscape photography prints - Photographer: Amy Byrne, Ireland - Contact: info@hollzphotography.com · 083 881 3982 ## Articles - [Wall art room by room: nursery, home office and hallway](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/wall-art-for-every-room) — 2026-08-20. Which prints suit a nursery, a home office and a hallway — sizes, subjects, heights and colours for the three rooms people leave until last. - [How to photograph your dog (and get one worth framing)](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/how-to-photograph-your-dog) — 2026-08-19. Practical dog photography tips — get down low, use the right light, freeze movement, keep their attention, and how to tell if a phone photo will print well. - [Irish landscape photography: chasing light in a country with none](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/irish-landscape-photography-light) — 2026-08-18. How to photograph the Irish landscape in bad light — golden hour, the twenty minutes after rain, blue hour, and which conditions actually print well. - [Christmas gifts in Ireland: order dates and gift ideas that keep](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/christmas-gifts-ireland) — 2026-08-17. Irish Christmas gift planning — last order dates for prints, what to buy for hard-to-buy-for people, budgets by relationship and how to gift a print well. - [Wedding gifts in Ireland: what to give when they have the list](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/wedding-gifts-ireland) — 2026-08-16. Irish wedding gift ideas beyond the envelope — how much to give, when a print works better than cash, choosing an image for a couple, and delivery timing. - [Pet memorial gift ideas that are not tacky](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/pet-memorial-gift-ideas) — 2026-08-15. Thoughtful dog and pet memorial gift ideas — a framed print, what to say in the card, what to avoid, and how to have a photo of their animal printed. - [Living room wall art: what actually works above a sofa](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/living-room-wall-art) — 2026-08-14. How to choose living room wall art in Ireland — sizing to your sofa, one big print versus three, colour matching to a warm Irish room, and what it costs. - [The animals behind the prints: Forever Home Sanctuary](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/forever-home-sanctuary-prints) — 2026-08-13. Many of the animals in these photographs live at Forever Home Sanctuary, a small animal sanctuary in Ireland. Here is who they are and where print sales go. - [Housewarming gifts in Ireland: choosing art for someone else's home](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/housewarming-gifts-ireland) — 2026-08-12. How to buy wall art as a housewarming gift in Ireland without guessing their taste — subjects, sizes and rooms that are safe bets, from €10. - [Gifts for dog and horse lovers in Ireland](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/gifts-for-dog-and-horse-lovers) — 2026-08-11. Print gift ideas for dog people and horse people in Ireland, from €10, including commissioned portraits of their own animal and what to buy at each budget. - [Print size guide: which size fits which wall](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/print-size-guide-inches) — 2026-08-10. 5×5″, 8×10″, 12×16″ and 16×24″ compared in centimetres, with the wall widths, rooms and furniture each size actually suits. - [Framed or unframed? Choosing how to buy your print](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/framed-or-unframed-prints) — 2026-08-09. What you get with an oak-framed print versus an unframed one, what picture framing costs in Ireland, and when it is worth framing locally instead. - [How to plan a gallery wall (four layouts that always work)](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/gallery-wall-ireland) — 2026-08-08. Grid, salon, row and staircase gallery wall layouts, with spacing, frame mixing and a paper-template method that saves you drilling twice. - [How to hang a picture properly (the 145 cm rule)](https://hollzphotography.com/blog/how-to-hang-a-picture) — 2026-08-07. The simple gallery rule for hanging pictures at the right height, plus fixings for Irish walls, spacing above furniture and how to hang prints on a stairway. ## Pages - [Print shop](https://hollzphotography.com/shop) - [Gallery](https://hollzphotography.com/gallery) - [Print guide](https://hollzphotography.com/prints) - [Wall art in real rooms](https://hollzphotography.com/wall-art) - [Print sizes guide](https://hollzphotography.com/print-sizes) - [Gallery wall guide](https://hollzphotography.com/gallery-wall) - [Gift guide](https://hollzphotography.com/gift-guide) - [Journal](https://hollzphotography.com/blog) - [About Amy](https://hollzphotography.com/about) - [FAQ](https://hollzphotography.com/faq) - [Pet portraits & commissions](https://hollzphotography.com/commissions) - [Events](https://hollzphotography.com/events) - [Contact](https://hollzphotography.com/contact)