A little help getting creative w/ combining pictures?

[Skatingzooyork]

So I did a maternity shoot for some friends and she really wanted some pictures of her in the babies room so I asked her if she would want to spell out the babies name in single shots that will be framed and hung. That part is fine but I combined the pictures for online (email/fb/myspace/etc) and it works but just wondering if anyone had a better idea of how to represent it compiled.

Here is the final shot (insanely long or too small to really see them):

Click here to view it "large": http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/...a1ea175a_o.jpg

Obviously it can't be like a normal collage of pictures because you want to be able to read the name...

Thoughts?

[sfr002]

I would put a tighter crop on all of them. Maybe BW them all?

[Joshua Gull]

Only so much you can do after the fact, but if you do anything like this next time around make the letters extremely bold, or if you can find them ahead of time and think of it grab some actual large wooden letters at your local crafts store, paint them white or black, and go from there.

I'm with Shane too, I think this series would look better in B&W with tighter crops also.

[Skatingzooyork]

I would put a tighter crop on all of them. Maybe BW them all?

Only so much you can do after the fact, but if you do anything like this next time around make the letters extremely bold, or if you can find them ahead of time and think of it grab some actual large wooden letters at your local crafts store, paint them white or black, and go from there.

I'm with Shane too, I think this series would look better in B&W with tighter crops also.

I like the idea for the wooden letters, I will have to remember that for future shoots; this wasn't really planned, just something I thought of it while I was there.

B/W was part of the plan I just hadn't started any of the B/Ws yet. And I thought of cropping them but I wanted to keep them all the same size so I just skipped it. Smalltrees gave me a great idea but if that doesn't work, I will go back and crop them some.

Thanks guys for the CC!

[Skatingzooyork]

Here is the results from Smalltrees suggestion, I think they came out a lot better then the original:


View Large: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/...75300516_o.jpg


View Large: http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/...22a7d3db_o.jpg

[smalltrees]

the individual composition/poses... work well together... planned poses?

[Skatingzooyork]

the individual composition/poses... work well together... planned poses?

There was a little thought process on how the poses would look together but I never planned to do a compiled picture like this so I'm just really glad it worked so well together!

Thanks again!

[stitchkid]

that actually looks really good. Personally I think this works better in color (especially if it's for a baby's room).

[newbix]

damn.. that looks bad ass..

[Ironraven]

I think I'd put them in one of those frames with multiple openings... because breaking up the photo would look better IMO.

[sfr002]

Looks good! Just fix the spot in the grass between the O and the M

[newbix]

Looks good! Just fix the spot in the grass between the O and the M

yeah.. thats what i thought too.. just that little splotch

[Skatingzooyork]

that actually looks really good. Personally I think this works better in color (especially if it's for a baby's room).

Thanks - I personally like both but the wife likes the BW.

damn.. that looks bad ass..

Thanks!

I think I'd put them in one of those frames with multiple openings... because breaking up the photo would look better IMO.

I think that is what she is planning I just wanted to do something different for the digital version.

Looks good! Just fix the spot in the grass between the O and the M

yeah.. thats what i thought too.. just that little splotch

Ah crap! Missed that spot! Thanks for the heads up, I will fix it!