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Friday, November 26, 2010

Make it Focal - Part 2 - Color

If you look back at the scrapbook page I shared, in Make it Focal - Part 1, you can see that, in addition to looking at the composition of the picture itself, another thing I did was use COLOR to help the photo stand out.  Bright colors are GREAT for drawing the eye to a focal photo!  In that case I used yellow to mat the photo for several reasons.  For instance, the bright yellow formed a nice complementary accent to the blue of the page. Also, the yellow in the mat reflected the yellow in the blanket in the photo itself.  However, the most important reason was that the contrast of the bright yellow against the blues of the rest of the page, helped draw the eye to that focal picture. 

Here's another page where color was an important component in creating the focal point:
Notice how the red bird really stands out compared to the other photos.  I helped ensure that it did by using a red background paper.  I used several other tricks to help the focal stand out.  I'll talk about them in the coming weeks.  In the meantime, what ones do you spot?

Here's another simple layout where color was used to draw attention to the focal picture - this time by contrast with the black and white photos - as well as the maroon in the mat that surrounds it.

Do you spot other things that were done to bring attention to the focal picture?

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