Photo Tip of the day

As you probably know, I am a huge fan of using photo enlargements on my layouts. I usually prefer to have my photos printed 8.5 x 11 to fit into my scrapbook, but not all photos I take are: A) Perfect or B) Fit into that 8.5 x 11 vertical size I love so much. So what do I do? I crop and convert, usually to black and white.

I wanted to share two layouts which I did this on so you could see the original photo and how I "cropped and converted" to make the photo fit the page (and definitely more appealing - at least on the City of Lights layout!)

This photo was taken in extremely low-light. I converted it to black and white and lightened it considerably before printing it to use on my page. Although the photo is definitely grainy, I still love it. 

I love this picture of my son and I, but I wanted to scrapbook it 8.5 x 11, so I looked for a creative way to crop it. I always think that not every part of a person needs to be in a photo (for example, I cropped almost all my hair out of this shot!)
 

I hope you get a chance to scrapbook with enlargements and also to look for creative ways to crop and convert them...you might be surprised with what you come up with!

Comments

[lindam]

Laura you're so awesome!! Thanks for your tips! Beautiful and touching layouts!!!

[Petra Coolen]

Love your photo tips!
Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from Holland :)

[lisa houpt]

I am definitely up for this challenge!! I always love your layouts - such big beautiful photos that tell the story!!

[Melinda T]

Great photo tips! Love using big photos too on layouts!

[Amber]

Laura -- do you print enlargements at home, or have a preferred printing source?

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Love your photo tips!
Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from Holland :)

[Laura]

Amber - so sorry, just seeing your comment. I don't print any photos at home. I did use scrapbookpictures.com until they went out of business. I've started using Persnickety Prints and they do a great job as well!