As I see my evolution unfold before me as a photographer– I am starting to think BEYOND single-images that get lots of likes on social media. Instead, I am very interested in this notion of creating image-collages — a visual tapestry of images.
1. WordPress and ’tiled gallery’
A simple solution is to use wordpress.com, and use the ’tiled gallery’ feature. This is what I use to automatically have my images collage into a nice little format as seen below:
![Little Saigon, 2018](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/abstract-orange-2000x1336.jpg)
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![London, 2018](https://i1.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/green-and-red-abstract-london-015-2000x1325.jpg)
![Lisbon, 2018. Shot with RICOH GR II in Positive JPEg mode, with further contrast added in Lightroom](https://i1.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/abstract-lisbon-person-014-2000x1325.jpg)
![Red abstract. Tokyo, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/91386E05-46A4-4CB1-8554-EB079B707900-2000x1325.jpeg)
![Green abstract. Tokyo, 2017](https://i1.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/17A526F0-1011-4ABA-91F5-53B95E8D3CE0-1325x2000.jpeg)
![Blue tarp abstract. Tokyo, 2017](https://i2.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/27AF1EAC-3D0A-4163-88A2-692CDE2E0FE9-2000x1325.jpeg)
![Red, yellow, blue abstract. Tokyo, 2017](https://i2.wp.com/erickimphotography.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/85091B29-7FA9-4E22-93F9-B0E89F36A207-2000x1325.jpeg)
I currently am hosting my website on 1and1.com, and using wordpress.org with the WordPress ‘Jetpack’ plugin — which also allows me to use the ’tiled gallery’ function.
2. Which photos should I include in my collage?
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Honestly– do whatever you want! For myself, I like to select images which put a smile on my face.
Simple ways you can also categorize your photo-collages:
- Location: For example, all photos from a certain city like all photos from Mexico City or Saigon. Or you can expand it to include all photos from a country (like my ONLY IN AMERICA project).
- Mood: Select photos which evoke a similar mood (usually I categorize this based on the camera I shoot with, with or without flash, and the color tones).
- Thematic concept: For my SUITS project — I included photos of men in suits, all looking and feeling miserable. My thematic notion was simple: Create a photo project which tells the viewer, ‘Money doesn’t buy you happiness– we must discover happiness somewhere else.’
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3. Consistency and variety
I think when you are making a photo-collage, we want to keep things visually interesting for yourself and for your viewer. A simple strategy is this:
Include images which look visually similar, yet look visually dissimilar.
For example what you can do:
- Include photos all shot with the same camera (but of different subject-matter).
- Have photos of all the similar composition, but with all different cameras.
- Photograph the same subject-matter (all men in suits), but in different scenarios/situations.
- Shoot all the same aesthetic (all monochrome high contrast photos), but with different things you photograph.
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