Get Inspired: August issue 4 August Issue 4 | Page 157

Your camera screen should look something like the photo on the right. Leaving even a little more space around
your photo may make it even easier to
square things up. Next, hold your
breath and snap! You may even want to
take a few photos to have options.
Don’t worry if you get a toe or two in
the shot, as long as nothing is overhanging the layout, like the belt of your
robe, yes I have done that!
Once you have uploaded your photos
onto your computer, it is time to do a
little editing. I use Windows Live Photo
Gallery, it came free with my computer
and is super easy to use, but there are
several free online options as well, like
Picasa and PicMonkey. This is what my
editing software looks like in use.
To the right of the photo you will see tools like “straighten”, you can use this to tweak
your photo if it is slightly off square. By clicking on the drop down menu below the
“crop” tool, you can choose “proportion” and then “square”, this will allow you to get
a perfectly square photo. If you are having difficulty lining up your edges, you may need
to crop your page just a little inside the outer edges, that’s okay! Next, use the “adjust
exposure” tools to tweak your page. I like to up the “shadows” a bit, increase the
“contrast” and “brightness” a fair amount and reduce the “highlights” a bit.
I also use this program to resize my photo to
about 600x