Vertical cropping for ring exchange album design discussion
Outdoor wedding photographers album Buffalo NY, originally uploaded by Neil Cowley. In this horizontal spread, I cropped the images in a tight panoramic 1:5 format to show the tight moments of the bride and groom placing the rings on each other’s fingers. The tight spacing and blurred edges allow for a quick ‘read’ of the eye across the page and back – that emphasis is heightened by the horizontal bars of color running through the background of the image. Those lines were drawn from the implied continuation of line I ‘felt’ between the photos after laying...
Read MoreTransparency and background texture overlays create a sense of depth on the page
Transparency and background texture overlays create a sense of depth on the page, originally uploaded by Neil Cowley. Transparency and background texture overlays create a sense of depth on the page. The main key-line box forms the frame for the main ground of the page design. A mildly transparent image of the brides dress lying on a couch forms an arc across the page background, the arc blends with the design of the opaque images, and the transparent image in the center of the page breaks the bounding box and opens up the page with a sense of depth and adventure, combined with the receding...
Read MoreWedding Guestbook design personalized with engagement photos
Wedding Guestbook design personalized with engagement photos, originally uploaded by Neil Cowley.
Read MoreSimple storytelling in wedding album design
Simple storytelling in wedding album design, originally uploaded by Neil Cowley. Simple storytelling in wedding album design accomplished by expanding horizontal width of the photo across three image story set in this photojournalistic album...
Read MoreWedding portrait series album design layout inDesign
Wedding Album Design 29.jpg, originally uploaded by Neil Cowley. Vertical portrait photographs in wedding album layout using Adobe InDesign software templates. These four vertically oriented portrait images which have been uniquely sized in their horizontal dimension to bring variety of pace and prominence in the layout...
Read MoreContinuation of line in wedding album design
mountain_album_02.jpg, originally uploaded by Neil Cowley. Good design should be so subtle it’s obvious
Read MoreHow do you design for lines?
Adirondacks upstate NY Wedding Photographer – Photojournalist style Originally uploaded by Neil Cowley Do you have page layouts that deal with continuation, connection or assumed lines? Join the album design wiki and share your...
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