Selection and Placement: You got the shot, now get it in the book! Photography Selection and Placement: You got the shot, now get it in the book!
Photo Process Photo selection - Consider technical quality and compositional techniques
Photo Trends Composition Black & White plus Color Cut out Background COB)/Partial COB Series Extreme Crop
black & white with selective color
Cut-out backgrounds (COB’s)
partial COBs
Photo Series North Side HS | Ft. Wayne, IN
extreme crop
photo selection ~ poor selection Unnecessary space Arm covers face Back of head Weak crop No faces period Fuzzy focus
photo selection – quality selection Action reaction Tight crop Ball in photo Technical quality
Photo Placement Photo placement Determine quality photos as well as best alternatives to meet deadlines
photo placement Advisor Notes/Tips We begin with a basic Pagesurfer w/18 photo boxes (2 as group photos). Consider the best photos for the larger vertical on the left side and the dominant of the montage on the right.
photo placement ~ weak vs. strong dominants Advisor Notes/Tips Our first choices for the large vertical and dominant of the montage are weak. Determine your best photos and showcase them in larger photo boxes.
photo placement - extreme horizontal Advisor Notes/Tips The horizontal photo of the coaches is not the best proportion for the photo box. The three players listening to the coach is much better.
photo placement ~ spread development Advisor Notes/Tips We moved the coach photo to the montage and placed another photo in the bottom left-hand corner of montage. Weak crop of photo. Players warming up creates a much better crop/proportion for the box. Although the larger vertical contains a strong photo, there could be a better choice. Enlarging the montage dominant allows us to move the previous dominant to that position.
photo placement ~ spread development Advisor Notes/Tips Although the larger vertical dominant contains a strong photo, there could be a better choice. Replacing the jump ball photo, we have a much better crop.
photo placement ~ spread development
photo placement ~ spread development Advisor Notes/Tips Is the coach reaction photo in its best position? Moving it to the photo box next to the scoreboard, we create a state championship game montage. We added the two photos and moved the original montage dominant to the bottom right of montage. Have have several boxes left to fill. It’s deadline time and the season is over. Althougth the extreme horizontal photo (left page) provides a nice choice, we could use that photo in other boxes.
photo placement ~ spread development
photo placement ~ spread development
photo placement ~ spread development
photo placement ~ spread development Advisor Notes/Tips Added rail of white space between montage and photo/quote package.