We just featured two great projects in the Tips & Projects Center for Father's Day that could be used for any occasion, really.

For a really cute collage all you need are letters spelling out a word and a willing kid. Here you see adorable Caroline spelling out D-A-D-D-Y for Father's Day. You could use the same idea for Mother's Day, Happy Birthday or Congratulations. The possibilities are endless. Well, as long as the child feels like posing at least.

Here are some tips for creating your own letter collage.

Another good photo project for a Father's Day gift or other occasion are photo book plates. Book plates are a nice way to label the books you own. Adding a photo makes them extra special.

To make your own download the bookplate pdf's from the project page, print them out and glue them into your books.

There are four different designs you can use. Thanks Joel for letting me use your picture as an example. You can use one these book plates to label your copy of "Studio Lighting and Me". Ha-ha.

-Jenny

Sometimes when you are taking pictures, it may seem like you can't get your entire subject in one shot. Or maybe you are having trouble expressing how large something is.

Instead of trying to fit your subject in one picture, try taking a bunch of pictures of different parts of it. Print all the pictures out and place them together to create the whole image. You can overlap the pictures or cut them up like a puzzle. These are two examples I created from a trip to Paris.

Joel Rosen did this beach collage, you can click on it and view it larger.


Joel also did this big collage of the National Archives in Washington DC.

These collages will look cool in a scrapbook or mounted and framed. I have grand visions of covering an entire wall like this. I'll let you know how that pans out.

- Jenny Cisney