Ideas for great layouts with lots of people!

Tuesday 19th January 2010 09:24pm 1
Lis H
Lis H
1 Posts
I've a number of different occasions to tackle and I'm looking for ideas for 12 x 12 layouts when you have 15 - 20 photos, of groups of friends: it's hard to leave someone out, but together the effect is very 'cluttered'!! I've used the 3 x 3 format (called "Brady Bunch" layout by a friend!) and it looks good, but if I use that for everything......
Tuesday 19th January 2010 11:09pm 2
Tammy M
Tammy M
259 Posts
Lis,

Lots of photos can be a challenge. To capture our holiday season, I have turned to doing collages as we usually have so many photos. Like you, I don't want to leave any one out.

You can see my blog post about my Christmas collages.

Another way to ensure that you 'fit' everyone in, is to alter the size of the photo prior to printing. For example, if the photo contains you and your best friend zoomed in to fill most of the 4x6 space, but you want all your photos to be 1.5x1.5, then use a photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 to crop and resize the photo capturing both of you. Be sure to use 300 dpi to maintain print quality.
Friday 29th January 2010 10:02am 3
Donna P
Donna P
33 Posts
Lis, you should check out the sketch books from Becky Higgins. She has some great idea on how to scrap that many photos in a layout....
Sunday 14th February 2010 09:01am 4
Donna K
Donna K
4 Posts
I agree with Donna, Becky's books are great. I would also do a search online for multiple photo sketch ideas.
Friday 19th February 2010 12:22am 5
Barbra S
Barbra S
10 Posts
I look for sketches that use whatever number of photos I want to put on a LO. Sometimes the sketches will list the photo sizes used (so very helpful!), other times I just guess. I have a book of sketches from CK and Becky Higgins that I use a lot. I also have a bunch of sketches that I've printed off from scrapbooksetc.com.
If the photo sizes needed are not the standard 4x6 or 3x5, I go to www. scrapbookpictures.com where I can get just about any size I need printed. They are reasonably priced, I think. They have a number of finish options (glossy, matt, b/w, sepia, spot-coloring, etc...) Pretty awesome and their turnaround is pretty quick. I've only ordered from them a few times so far, but each time I've gotten my pictures back w/in a week from ordering.

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