by Debbie Hodge | Oct 24, 2012 | Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge When my children were babies, I would take a roll of photos in black and white every few months. Getting black-and-white photos had to be a planned thing. Today, the majority of scrapbookers are taking photos in color, knowing they can easily convert...
by Debbie Hodge | Oct 17, 2012 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
by Debbie Hodge Here are 4 approaches that work with common crop and size combinations for scrapbooking five photos: series (row or column) grids and blocks 4 + 1 arrangement layered cluster 1. Arrange 5 photos in a series When your photos are of similar size and the...
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 | Aug 16, 2012 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
When you’re working with three photos there are some basic choices you make again and again: same size or create emphasis with a larger photo? same orientation? and, thus, stacked or side-by-side? all different sizes and orientations? Here are 5 approaches that...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 25, 2012 | By # of Photos, Composition, Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
When you’re making a page with two photos, your photo sizes and crops as well as the orientation of your photos will impact how your arrange elements on the canvas. See how the pages below work with a variety of cropping and orientation choices. See, also, how...
by Debbie Hodge | Jul 24, 2012 | Feature, Photos, Picture Your Story
When you want to show both the details and the context of a situation or when you want to reveal different angles of a subject, use the same (or very similar photos) with different crops. Jana Morton used two shots of her son at bat and cropped each differently. The...