Today, I am sharing with you my tutorial for a DIY Father's Day photo montage.
You will need:
-Large cardboard or wooden letters-white works well if you're wearing colours or patterns; black will work well if you're wearing light-coloured clothing.
-A plain backdrop
-A camera
-A tripod-or a volunteer you are happy to make silly faces at!!
That's it, folks!
Just think up a fun little message you want to send to your dad and spell it out! It took me an entire afternoon and lots of fiddling with the self-timer on my camera before I got the shots I wanted.
Then, being the amateur photographer that I am, I felt inclined to have a play on Photoshop (I use Elements) and I decided to go for a bit of colour-selection to really make the letters pop!
I pulled all my shots together onto one A3 sized canvas and fiddled until I had the look I wanted-depending on the length of your words you may have smaller or larger photos than I have.
I used a website I love called Photobox to print my montage onto a Matte A3 poster and, lucky for me, they were having a 60% off sale on all poster prints! How about that for timing! So I managed to get it for super cheap, but even at normal prices, they are very reasonable. I have used these guys a lot over the years for my A levels etc. and each time they have really delivered. Super-fast service and high-quality at that!
So there you have it. A fun, unique idea for your dad on Father's Day-if you're stuck for ideas, this is the DIY for you!
Happy Father's Day to all those fab dads out there!
Emily
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EMILY. You amazing thing.
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten Father's Day.. ooops. :/ xxxx
Haha aw thanks Cat :-) I'm glad I reminded you about it, you bad daughter, you! ;-)
DeleteEmily, once again, you have come up with something brilliant! I love this idea, not just for Father’s Day, but for so many other occasions too!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Meghan, what a lovely comment :-) You're right-it's a very versatile project
DeleteI love the way you edited the photos. Very cute. I can't wait to do it for my husband with the kids. I'll just have to find someone to take them because I am horrible at taking pictures. Thanks for sharing at Mom's Library
ReplyDeleteIt's such an easy project to do, and you can personalise it any way you want :-) I just used a tripod and self-timer to take the photos. Thank you for leaving a comment :-)
DeletePopping through from the link-up over at Mom's Library. SUPER clever idea and carried off with pizzazz!
ReplyDeleteDebbie Clement
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Thank you muchly Debbie! It's lovely to see such positive comments :-)
DeleteThis is adorable. We did some dad photo gifts too, but your takes the cake. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com
ReplyDeleteAw thank you Jodi, that's so nice! :-)
DeleteEmily! This is adorable and I'm trying to do it for my dads birthday this weekend! But i cant figure out how to get all of my pictures on one card like yours! How did you do it?!? Im desperate for help right now! haha
ReplyDeleteHiya Brytan :-) I used Photoshop to pull all of the images onto one A3 flat background, then I sent that image off to be printed as a poster. I hope that helps :-)
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