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sign, so are the “rules” that govern them: the concepts of
tension and balance. Tension is a state of imbalance within
an image—a big sky and a small subject, for example, is a
situation with visual tension. Balance is where two items,
which may be dissimilar in shape, create a harmony within
the photograph because they are have more-or-less equal
visual strength.
Double-Trucks and Panoramic Pages. Using images
in the panoramic format can add great visual interest, particularly
if using the bleed-mount digital or library-type albums
(see pages 110–11). Panoramics cannot be created
as an afterthought, however, since the degree of required
enlargement will be extreme. Panoramics must be planned
and good camera technique is essential. If shooting a
group as a panoramic, focus one-third of the way into the
group for optimal depth of field and use a tripod to ensure
the image is sharp. Make sure that you have enough
depth of field to cover front to back in the group. If the
bride and groom are the center of your panoramic shot, be
sure to offset them so that they don’t fall in the gutter of
a panoramic or two-page spread.
Details. Contemporary wedding albums almost always
feature many more images than a standard wedding
album. These images are often combined, montage style,
in an album or on a page to lend a sense of wealth and
richness to the story. Image details make up the bulk of
such colorful layouts. Once your mindset is established
that these types of images will be part of the album, you
begin to see them everywhere throughout the day. They
can be of the wedding cake—a favorite—or the bride’s
shoes, or the bouquet, or dozens of other items seen on
the wedding day. Often, the details are what make a wedding
an elegant affair.
DESIGN TEMPLATES
Photographer Martin Schembri has created a set of commercially
available design templates that come on four
different CDs and help photographers create elegant
Yervant often uses graphic elements to balance pages. Here, he used a huge script letter T, for Tanya, that is suggestive of the pose of the actual
Tanya on the right. The eye ping-pongs back and forth between the letter T and the bride.
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