{"id":144463,"date":"2019-05-25T16:01:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T23:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=144463"},"modified":"2019-05-25T16:11:31","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T23:11:31","slug":"how-to-create-a-photo-collage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/25\/how-to-create-a-photo-collage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Photo Collage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

1. WordPress and ’tiled gallery’<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A simple solution is to use wordpress.com<\/a>, 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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I currently am hosting my website on 1and1.com<\/a>, and using wordpress.org<\/a> with the WordPress ‘Jetpack’ plugin — which also allows me to use the ’tiled gallery’ function. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Which photos should I include in my collage?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Honestly– do whatever you want! For myself, I like to select images which put a smile on my face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simple ways you can also categorize your photo-collages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Location<\/strong>: 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<\/em><\/strong><\/a> project).<\/li>
  2. Mood<\/strong>: Select photos which evoke a similar mood (usually I categorize this based on the camera I shoot with, with or without flash<\/a>, and the color tones).<\/li>
  3. Thematic concept<\/strong>: For my SUITS<\/em><\/strong><\/a> <\/em><\/strong>project — I included photos of men in suits, all looking and feeling miserable. My thematic notion was simple: Create a photo project<\/a> which tells the viewer, ‘Money doesn’t buy you happiness– we must discover happiness somewhere else.’<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    3. Consistency and variety<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Include images which look visually similar, yet look visually dissimilar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

    For example what you can do: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Include photos all shot with the same camera (but of different subject-matter).<\/li>
    2. Have photos of all the similar composition, but with all different cameras.<\/li>
    3. Photograph the same subject-matter (all men in suits), but in different scenarios\/situations.<\/li>
    4. Shoot all the same aesthetic (all monochrome high contrast photos), but with different things you photograph.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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