Ideas for Photo Collages

Traditionally, a collage was created by the artistic composition of different materials attached to a surface. Photo collages were made by gluing multiple pictures on a paper to create an overall theme. The advent of digital photography and the ability to use computer programs such as Photoshop (see Resources) to combine photos and print a single combined image has greatly increased the flexibility and popularity of photo collages. Places ...

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How to Make a Panoramic Shot out of Several Pictures

Panoramic shots are elongated images portraying views such as landscapes. Not every camera is equipped with the panoramic shot option, which is why certain alternatives exist to making a panoramic shot manually. You can piece together several pictures side by side, either digitally on a computer or by gluing them together by hand to form one panoramic image. The first rule of such a project is that the pieces must flow and be part of a whole, rather...

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How to Use the Shutter to Control Light in Photography

With an adjustable camera, you can take pictures in the brightest light and in the deepest dark. This flexibility is made possible by the aperture and shutter, which regulate how much light enters the camera. When the photographer adjusts the amount of time that a shutter stays open, she controls how long the film will be exposed to light. The faster the shutter speed, the less amount of time light enters the camera. Shutter speeds are available...

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