Comments on: Do you Scrapbook with One or Many Photos?

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Texture Tuesday with Wildheart | Scraps Of Mind — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:22:19 +0000

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By: karooch

karooch — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:35:11 +0000

Very definitely this is a hobby Kylie. And the only rules are the ones you choose yourself. But it’s always interesting to share our different opinions. And it’s nice that we do have different opinions I think, otherwise all scrapbookers would be clones…yuk.

By: KylieM

KylieM — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:12:44 +0000

Well it has taken me ages to reply to this, I have had it marked as ‘new’ on my bloglines just waiting for me to have a chance! I posted today about it as well. I love scrapping with multiple photos, it doesn’t matter if the shots arent perfect then .. its adds to the fun! You can see from the LO’s on my blog today that sometimes it is impossible to get that perfect shot, but together they make the perfect LO. That being said, I have a number of single shot LO’s that I adore. Ones taken of my kids, in motion, in thought .. just showing their personality. The one thing that I really do detest tho is ‘set up’ photos, that is an action shot that is paused so that a photo can be taken, it looks so fake and I think loses its appeal.

I also believe that a number of photos can be very strong on a layout, it just depends on the story you are telling, and the layout you use. In the end it is personal preference, this is a hobby, and who says there are rules!?

Thanks again Karen for a wonderful article.

By: karooch

karooch — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:17:35 +0000

I think many of us do tend to get comfortable with certain color schemes June. I wrote a three part series of articles a few months ago on Scrapbooking Color Schemes to help people in choosing colors out of their comfort zone.

By: June Campbell from Scrapbook Video Tutorials

June Campbell from Scrapbook Video Tutorials — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:58:10 +0000

It was the trip of a lifetime, for sure. I was celebrating a landmark birthday. I have two albums from that journey — both jam packed with memorabilia and photos. I’ve been photographing and posting some of the layouts and embellishments from that trip on my blog. I worry a bit that the colors all look dark and drab when viewed online. The colors of the Antarctica are white, black, blue and gray — so although I tend to favor bright colors, these particular albums are definitely a different color spectrum for me to be working with. I wonder if all scrapbookers lean towards a certain color scheme in many of their albums.

By: karooch

karooch — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:47:58 +0000

Oh Wow, June! The Antarctica sounds like an incredible experience. I bet you have a sensation album from it.

By: June Campbell from Scrapbook Video Tutorials

June Campbell from Scrapbook Video Tutorials — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:45:09 +0000

I mix layout types, depending on the situation. When I went to the Antarctica a few years ago, I put at least four photos on each page, because I had so many photos and I couldn’t imagine leaving many of them out. On the other hand, if photos are scarce, of if one photo is particularly meaningful, I use one to a page. For smaller albums (8″ by 8″, for example), I usually use one photo and do at least some of my journaling on the photo in Photoshop.

For large album, I have sometimes used one large photo and several small ones that support the large one.

By: Antoinette

Antoinette — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:47:40 +0000

I do a bit of both Sometimes there are a lot of photos I want to add, but I try to have 1 big photo and the others as small as possible. Other times just the one picture is enough to tell the story and adding more would ruin it. Although I like both styles, somehow the layouts with just 1 photo look “stronger” – not sure how to explain it.

Antoinettes last blog post..Flaunt Thy Layout

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:05:19 +0000

I should have linked to my new scrapbooking site...let me try that again! Maggies last blog post..Summer Work on Red’s First Grade Pages

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:04:33 +0000

Thanks for your comment on my new blog. How sweet of you!

I like Ali Edwards blog and Becky Higgins blog, among others because I love how they have taught me to “photoblock” and work creatively with several pictures, while still leaving some “white space” to let the eye rest and recover.

I am currently putting about 30 pictures on 2 12X12 pages. I am printing smaller and smaller (mostly 2X3–smallerl than wallet size) to save on ink and get one year on about six pages for their school books. Sometimes, I wish I had a larger photo, and will work that in more and more, but I’m learning.

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