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Have a dozen or more mug shots?
A grid of squares gets that gang of
yours looking good—together.
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Picture your group
Have a dozen or more mug shots? A grid of squares gets that
gang of yours looking good—together.
Equal divisions yield page-
shaped fields. This has two
assets: 1) The photos have a
familiar, portrait shape, and
2) every shape including the
page is identical. Downside:
Letter-shape proportions are
visually ambiguous.
Divide the page into a grid. Two types:
Square divisions are sym-
metrical, simple (all four sides
are the same) and unambigu-
ous. This imparts an unusually
sharp, intentionally designed
look. Downside: Square mugs
are harder to crop.
We people are social creatures. We
congregate. We work together, attend
school together, form clubs together.
We network. We rub elbows. We’re
reaching out to touch someone, it
seems, all the time. And yet for all
our similarities, we look plenty differ-
ent. We have different faces, hairstyles,
body builds, clothing. Put us together on a
page, and we can make a motley herd.
So how do we picture a group of us? The
key to a great design is to get uniform. Get
the scale, cropping and backgrounds of your
photos as similar as possible, then arrange
the results on a neat grid. A few ideas:
81/2”
11”
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Scale and crop for uniformity
The first step is to get your photos looking as similar as possible. Heads should be
the same size, eyes at the same level, backgrounds smooth as possible.
After Start with the most closely cropped original (above, left), then scale and crop the others to match. Center
each face in its frame, and put everyone’s eyes on the same level. Male and female adult heads should be pretty
much the same size. Head shape, hairstyle and tilt affect the perceived size, so make small adjustments by eye.
Except for your school pictures, a group of photos is rarely
taken under uniform conditions and so will benefit from
post-production work. Lighting is key; adjust it as well as you
can. The things to avoid (left, left to right) are heavy shadows
(the kind a flash makes against a wall), washed out highlights (often from a flash), odd color casts and blurry
images. Similarly, a dark photo in a field of light ones, or vice-versa, will draw unwanted attention.
Before Well-lit photos
taken at different view-
ing distances.
Start with the image that has the least cropping
room, and make the others match.
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Faces inward (mostly) Distribute by value Soften with color
Place your photos
Place your photos on the grid, facing the perimeter photos inward (mostly)
and distributing the dark-light values as evenly as you can.
Adding a dark field will lower
the contrast, which softens
the message. The dark also
makes a canvas out of which
to reverse our name (left).
Snap your photos to the grid. Face the perimeter photos
inward or straight ahead. Where possible, distribute the dark-
light values evenly (note the lighter images are highlighted
above). Once grouped, look for things you missed earlier—for
example, are all the faces centered, and are they really the
same size? Make small scale and cropping adjustments.
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Variation 1 Big images
One or two big images in a field of small ones can add emphasis or context.
Be sure to maintain the visual balance of the layout.
A mug shot enlarged
One mug shot bigger than
the others will draw special
attention. Square format is
retained.
Offset
Similar-but-different image
will broaden the story and
lessen the impact of the first
image. Different proportions
and absence of alignment
help it remain different.
A different kind of image
Completely different images
give the mug shots context.
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Variation 2 Add words
Replace some photos with colored squares, which can function as a table of
contents, highlights or links. Centered words mimic the centered faces.
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Center focus
The strength of a square is its
natural pull into the center.
Centered faces and text take
advantage of that and yield
a sharp, repetitive design
of real clarity. Note the tiny
shadow behind the text.
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A single color flattens the
page (Left) Distributing photos
yields an interesting checker-
board pattern, but same-color
squares flatten the design—
note how they “connect” and
form a single field.
(Right) Bring the design to life
by eyedroppering from the
photos a palette of desaturated
colors (below). Note how the
squares no longer connect but
form a vibrant tapestry.
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Variation 3 Subtract
It’s the same grid, but here the white field shapes the design. It’s now full of dynamic
forces that move the eye left, right, up and down, full of energy, very modern.
Put the focal point on the
axis Who says white space
is passive? Here, it’s incred-
ibly active, pressing in on all
four sides and defining the
central shape, which radiates
out from the center logo like
a pinwheel.
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Hard and soft edges The higher the
contrasts, the more energy a design
has. (Above, left) Against white, the
photos’ hard edges actively move the
eye left, right, up and down. (Above,
right) Dark field has soft edges, and
what a difference! It’s the same layout,
but the page is much quieter.
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A
grid
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at gan
g of
you
rs lookin
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—
togeth
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Picture
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fam
iliar, portrait shape, and
2) every shape including the
page is identical. D
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Letter-shape proportions are
visually am
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ple (all four sides
are the sam
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m
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seem
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b
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atch. C
enter
each face in its fram
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e level. M
ale and fem
ale adult heads should be pretty
m
uch the sam
e size. H
ead shape, hairstyle and tilt affect the perceived size, so m
ake sm
all adjustm
ents by eye.
Except for your school pictures, a group of photos is rarely
taken under uniform
conditions and so w
ill benefit from
post-production w
ork. Lighting is key; adjust it as w
ell as
you can. The things to avoid (left, left to right) are heavy
shadow
s (the kind a flash m
akes against a w
all), w
ashed out highlights (often from
a flash), odd color casts and
blurry im
ages. Sim
ilarly, a dark photo in a field of light ones, or vice-versa, w
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taken at different view
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to
s in
w
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(m
o
stly)
an
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istrib
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g th
e d
ark-ligh
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es as even
ly as yo
u
can
.
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ill low
er
the contrast, w
hich softens
the m
essage. The dark also
m
akes a canvas out of w
hich
to reverse our nam
e (left).
Snap your photos to the grid. Face the perim
eter photos
inw
ard or straight ahead. W
here possible, distribute the dark-
light values evenly (note the lighter im
ages are highlighted
above). O
nce grouped, look for things you m
issed earlier—
for
exam
ple, are all the faces centered, and are they really the
sam
e size? M
ake sm
all scale and cropping adjustm
ents.
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N
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C
entered.
Variation 2 A
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s
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m
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s w
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co
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ten
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igh
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ts o
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ks. C
en
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w
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s m
im
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faces.
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The strength of a square is its
natural pull into the center.
C
entered faces and text take
advantage of that and yield
a sharp, repetitive design
of real clarity. N
ote the tiny
shadow
behind the text.
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sin
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co
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s th
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g
e
(Left) D
istributing photos
yields an interesting checker-
board pattern, but sam
e-color
squares flatten the design—
note how
they “connect” and
form
a single field.
(R
ight) B
ring the design to life
by eyedroppering from
the
photos a palette of desatu-
rated colors (below
). N
ote how
the squares no longer connect
but form
a vibrant tapestry.
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O
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b
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ages in
a fi
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f sm
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asis o
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B
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m
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th
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alan
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f th
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A
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sh
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t e
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ne m
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the others w
ill draw
special
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retained.
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ilar-but-different im
age
w
ill broaden the story and
lessen the im
pact of the first
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age. D
ifferent proportions
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help it rem
ain different.
A
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n
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in
d
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f im
a
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C
om
pletely different im
ages
give the m
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ibly active, pressing in on all
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central shape, w
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out from
the center logo like
a pinw
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g
e
s The higher the
contrasts, the m
ore energy a design
has. (A
bove, left) A
gainst w
hite, the
photos’ hard edges actively m
ove the
eye left, right, up and dow
n. (A
bove,
right) D
ark field has soft edges, and
w
hat a difference! It’s the sam
e layout,
but the page is m
uch quieter.
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