Color BLAST

Hard to believe, this is a self-taken photo of my daughter. In high school, she really got into photography and would experiment with taking photos. This was a good one. Even though it is in black and white, a big blast of color all around will bring your eye to the center. Almost monochromatic, the bold colors add drama. Over doing it on embellishments will draw the eye away from the photo.Try keeping the detail in one area. Notice how there are no embellishments except in the flowers...and they are embellished as much as you want with flowers, button centers with ribbon in the button holes. This one was a lot of fun!!

A DRAMATIC PHOTO

This photo turned out very well in black and white. Those big eyes seemed to pop off the page at you and the mood is distinctive...he was tired of grandmama trying to catch a good picture of him! I wore him down!! I wanted the "draw" to be toward his eyes, so I picked black and white papers and embellishments with just a touch of color.

Another Good Photo!

This child is HARD, HARD, HARD to photograph. She is NEVER still and always seems to turn her head just as the flash goes off! How to fix this problem??? Dress her up and then tell her you want a photo...she loves to show off hats, etc. Her Mama tied her hair up with a scarf and got several excellent shots!!!

Picking Photos for Projects

I do not scrap ALL my photos. I pick the ones I just love. Sometimes it takes 25 pictures to get the one that is just perfect. My grandson has these huge eyes and the camera caught them at the right moment!