Display Thursday: Scales

Feb 23, 2012  |  Posted by: Megan Stay

This entire week has been a whirlwind of information, inspiration, and a lot of socializing. There are an unquantifiable amount of things I’m going to be implementing in my business to make it loads better for you and I, both. I can’t wait to share all the gory details. And believe me, MegRuth is getting a facelift, from surface to guts.

My entire goal in being a photographer is fulfilling my need to make beautiful stories and your need to retain memories for generations. It’s taken me a long time to realize that. But now that I do, it’s better for everyone, especially you.

One of my favorite classes at WPPI was the influence of cinematography on album design by Amina from Stillmotion. I love designing albums. Putting together the day in a relevant and interesting story that fits each specific couple is something I’m continually working at and becoming better. Sometimes you can think of a wall in your home like a page in an album. Below the smaller images lead the eye to the main focal point, which is the biggest and centered image. Letting you know that it is the climax of the story.

P.S. Love the well kept stack of books next to the couch.

Image via Design Sponge
This is another common scale arrangement in albums. A center image could be of an entire family or the bride and groom. The surrounding images? Either details from the wedding day or individual shots of children, kids with parents, the parents themselves, the family dog, or even details. All those small bits around the edge make up the whole in the center.
Image via bhg
The great thing about the scale of this image is that it’s no centered. That uncomfortable placement actually makes your eye hover for longer because your brain is trying to determine why your so squirmy when looking at the pairing. Plus the colors (being opposites on the color wheel) working very wel together and lead to dynamic play between the two pieces.
Image via Design Notes

Do you play with scale in your images? Have you ever thought of your wall like an album page? Take a look at a magazine. See how they lay things out. How do those items relate to each other in their respective sizes and placement on the page. You’d be surprised how much it can relate to your walls at home!

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