Creative Photo Ideas and Photo Collage Projects

Unique Photo Ideas & Photo Gift Ideas

When you want to create unique photo crafts, creative photo gifts, custom scrapbook photo pages, add text, borders or artistic special effects to your digital photos or photographs, make the investment and buy Photoshop. Photoshop is not as hard as it looks, it may be a little expensive, but if you're really serious about your digital photo art, give it a try.

Creative digital photo art using Photoshop does take some time to get comfortable with and the best advice I can give when creating with Photoshop: Learn the tool bar, keep trying new things and watch the tutorials. FYI...There are great Photoshop (plus loads of other) classes on Lynda.com. Check it out to learn with a marvelous tutor, at a reasonable price.

Of course, there are still those of us that want to create photo art by hand, we may not even have a digital camera. If that's the case, just make high resolution copies of your precious photo memories, get out your scissors, glazes, ephemera, Mod Podge or glue and start creating unique photo gifts or whimsical photo scrapbooks:)Remember, there are still amazing photo albums out there that you can personalize.

CAPTURING THE MOMENT
It's safe to say that close to 90% of the photos in the average photo album are of people. We love to see ourselves in pictures surrounded by our family, our pets and close friends.

Most of us line everyone up and have them pose for the shot. There's nothing wrong with that, for a framed print or a holiday card. With digital photography, it's easy to keep snapping off shots...there's bound to be a good one in the bunch, but with standard film it can get somewhat expensive to keep shooting for a prize winner.

I've found that when using images to create scrapbook pages, video montage or photo collage, a little bit of pre-planning is worth the effort and will truly improve the photo gifts and memories you create.

Before you click the shutter, ask yourself, what do you want the photo to say?

It may seem like a silly question, but it will help you capture the images that can be used for precisely the right photo art application.

Once you've planned the shots that you're looking for...I always try to remind myself to:
Hold the Camera Straight
Find a Point of Interest
Get in Close
Check Backgrounds
Elbows tight to your side.
Inhale
Exhale
Hold Steady
Click

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Organizing Photos

You've got to clean the kitchen, before you start cooking!

Are you overwhelmed by boxes of photographs or digital photo files?
Do you need a little motivation to organize your photo memories into photo albums, photo montage or scrapbooks? Maybe you just want to find time to burn your photos to a disk for safe keeping.
Organizing photo's is quite a job, if it's been awhile:)
If you try to keep it simple, the task of organizing photos can be a wonderful trip down memory lane. Grab your kids, or significant other and don't forget the kleenex.

So where do you begin when organizing your photo memories?

Well, it's a little like cleaning your closet. Gather enough small boxes and label them accordingly. Past, present, kids, family, pets, vacations, sports, special occasions,crafts....you get the picture.
This holds true for digital photos, as well. If you haven't been filing your photo's into individual folders on your hard drive, on a disk, or in a photo gallery format, start small. It doesn't have to be daunting task.
Start somewhere and finish. Then start somewhere else.
Set an egg timer for 15 minutes and see how much you can get accomplished.

KISS "Keep it simple sweetie."

The Art of Bits and Pieces Collage

Photo Memories and Photo Display Ideas

When a certain artist who makes mirrors, tables and bowls decorated with images, trinkets, tile fragments and often hidden words in the designs was asked what her artwork meant to her she said: "I think I like it because it tells so much about my story." Or anyone's life, for that matter. Life smashes things to bits, and you put it back together and make something beautiful with the pieces."

Red Wing Shoe Company 100 Yr History Mural: To view, just click on the first frame under the Print Start film strip.

I've been taking photos, since I was a little girl. There's just something about freezing a moment in time that feeds my spirit.

Now, with digital photography, a whole new world has opened up. You can adjust, add, mend and create amazing works of art with simple photos. I use Photoshop CS, but there are many software programs to choose from to enhance photography.

If you don't feel you're computer savvy, make copies of your photos, at your local printer and get out your Mod Podge or scrapbook pages.

As many of you may know, a few years back, I was granted the honor of creating possibly one of the worlds largest single digital image collage for the Red Wing Shoe Company, celebrating their 100 years of history.

Literally, hundreds of hours, thousands of photos, millions of bytes, billions of bits, frustration, tears and passion were the elements of life for this project spanning over 648 square feet in its majestic state.

When I agreed to do the project, it didn't dawn on me what was in store. I pushed my Mac and Photoshop CS to the limit on this 16-panel piece, with each panel pushing 2 gigabytes of information each. Adobe was shocked at my ignorance and didn't provide much soothing support. It's true that what you don't know can't kill you.

It was an experience that I'll never forget and made me realize that I can do anything. We have a video clip available, if you're interested in taking a peek.
225 Water Street Creative Arts & Holding Company: 225 Water Street a Creative Arts & Holding Company that specializes in all things creative. Our sister company, "The Cre8tive Collaboration Gang" produces special corporate events, trade-shows and video. When we're not out producing corporate events or video's, one gang member is gluing things to other things and coaxing others to do the same. 225 Water Street specializes in mosaic tile, mosaic tile art, mosaic tile supplies, mosaic tile classes, digital photography, photo collage, whimsical gifts and the art of all found objects.
International Museum of Collage: he IMCAC is dedicated to the collection, study and exhibition of collage, assemblage, construction, montage, photo-montage, digital collage, concrete poetry, collage poetry, film, sound collage, and other constructive arts.
Picasso: His life.
What is Healing Collage?: Healing Collage(sm) is a unique process developed by Sheila Asato
for personal insight, creative development and spiritual growth. It is a creative synthesis of graphic design principals, Japanese collage
therapy, the Watchword process and Kaplan-Williams' dream cards.
It's quite powerful.
Andy Warhol: This inspiring artist and filmmaker is considered a founder and a major figure of the pop art movement.

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