Creative Essentials
Elements of design.
I have been playing with colors and different ways to showcase my photos. I realized after taking photos and adding them to my website that something was lacking. I love taking photographs, but I knew there was more that I could do with them. From collages to quotes, different types of typography, color combinations and more, I had barely skimmed the many ways I could be more creative with design and photography.
The decision was made…
I want to learn more about color theory, design, composition and typography. A quick trip around the Internet led me to some great resources which I will share later. I also found a list of books I am interested in taking a peek at the next time I head to the bookstore. In the meantime, I began sketching some ideas (in my new planner of course), with layouts, color schemes and more. I will be sharing them here as I add photos to my site. As far as the picture above…
This is the color palette I used:
Font. The font used in the image is: Goudy Old Style {Regular}
I specifically chose this font because of its balanced design. It’s a Serif typeface that’s not only readable, it’s quite pretty.
Photoshop. It’s the wonderful world of LAYERS! For those of you who don’t use Photoshop, you must try it! Honestly, it was daunting for me at first… and then I realized 2 things:
- The world of Photoshop is not all that scary.
- Nobody, and I mean nobody, knows every last detail about the program. I am not even sure that the developers know its full capabilities. I do know that they are geniuses, and I love them for it!
Slowly but surely, some great tutorials will be available here on my site for your viewing pleasure! Until then, let me know if you have any layouts you’d like to share or any design ideas. Leave a comment with your links below so everyone can take a peek!
