by Debbie Hodge | Sep 27, 2012 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge When you’re working with four photos there are basic photo cropping and sizing choices you make again and again: crop all photos the same size or create emphasis with a larger photo? crop with same orientation? works great for stacked or side-by-side....
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 26, 2012 | Design Principles, Feature, Ideas Spurred by Design
by Debbie Hodge In a symmetrically balanced visual design, elements on either side of a central axis balance one another. The act of riding a bike requires the balancing of physical weight on either side of a vertical axis. The act of creating a symmetrical visual...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 25, 2012 | Digital / Photoshop Techniques for Scrapbooking, Feature, Ideas via Product & Technique
layout by Deborah Wagner Want to get started with digital scrapbooking but trying to make sense of just how it’s done? In this series of articles we show you a digital scrapbook page and then connect the dots between the elements on the page and the Photoshop...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 24, 2012 | DoubleUp, Feature, Sketches and Layered Templates
See how scrapbookers Marie-Pierre Capistran and Tara McKernin used a one-page sketch/template from our Bundle #56 on their two-page layouts. Both Marie and Tara continued the “series” of photos in the original sketch over onto the second page, but each...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 21, 2012 | 5 Year Journal, Feature
This is the ninth installment of: “Keep a 5 year Journal.” At midmonth, Tami shares her progress and the list of questions for the upcoming month. Click here to see all 12 months. by Tami Taylor We are on the home stretch of the hard part. You’ve chosen where...
by Debbie Hodge | Sep 20, 2012 | Everyday Life, Feature, Yourself
by Debbie Hodge What are the places you visit daily, and what are your habits around those places? Next time you’re out, take a few photos and get them onto the page with the details that will trigger memories later and make a record of your community. Main...