 TERESA J. SWEET |
Portraits for a 10x10 Album I've never created the digital flush albums before, but I will be offering them this year. I know the typical size of the portraits in these albums are 10x10. For those of you who offer these albums for your bride and grooms, do you find that you have to "alter" taking the pics of the wedding day than you normally would? For example, you can't really do a good closeup because if they wanted to use it, then it would be cropped too much to fit to a 10x10, correct? How do you judge each portrait when you take it? Or do you just zoom out and then crop it in a photo editing program afterwards, if necessary? Please let me know! Thanks!!
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Whatever workflow works best for you, Teresa. Sometimes you "see" the square composition in your viewfinder, and then you expose for it, sometimes you create it later in PP. There's no "best way". And it will vary from situation to situation. So you adapt. Grab the possibilities as they present themselves to you. Not necessarily in a set sequence. Go with your gut feeling. Have fun!
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Jerry Frazier |
There's no way I shoot for anything except what I see in the frame at the time. You never know what you might do later, so it's a waste of time to worry. Just shoot what you see, and you'll figure it out later!
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LightAnon.com - Steve Parrott Contact Steve Parrott Steve Parrott's Gallery |
I've done many 10 x 10 albums. I very seldom use a photo at full size, which would require LOTS of cropping. I agree with just shoot what you see. My album pages are collages. I create a blank 10 x 10 canvas in PS, lay on some designs, then size my photos however I want and put them into the canvas. I will often use one of my "lower rated" photos as a 10 x 10 canvas, diffused to be faintly visible, then size and drop my other photos into it. There are plenty of "album designer" programs out there, but I just do it all in PS. I can do it myself in PS quicker than I can trying to learn another piece of software. If you MUST use a photo full frame and as large as you can get it, just size your photo to 10 inches in height, and let the width fall where it will. Then drop it into a nice 10 x 10 background. And before you give up on sizing it at a full 10 x 10, go ahead and do a test crop to see how it will turn out. Sometimes you will be surprised, and the crop can actually benefit the photo.
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