Kevin's tattoo parlour

[Fortigurn]

I'm still working out how to create decent borders and titles in CS2, so any advice on that score would be appreciated (centering text is a pain, and that text should be lower I think).

[gstark]

I'm still working out how to create decent borders and titles in CS2, so any advice on that score would be appreciated (centering text is a pain, and that text should be lower I think).

I'd concentrate on getting the basics right, first. For instance, this one is seriously unstraight. If that's how the sing is, then fine - it needs some external pointers (like a straight doorway or window) to convey that information.

But if the sign is straight, then your image should also probably try to impart that fact, unless there's a special effect that you're trying to achieve. In this image I don't see that, nor do I see any external references to doorways or windows, and thus I'm simply seeing a crooked image.

Well exposed, though.

Getting back to your question, I have yet to see any image that I considered to have been improved by the addition of a border or frame through a PP technique.

[Fortigurn]

I'd concentrate on getting the basics right, first. For instance, this one is seriously unstraight. If that's how the sing is, then fine - it needs some external pointers (like a straight doorway or window) to convey that information.

This being Taipei, the sign was indeed at exactly that angle. This being Taipei, the sign was at that angle largely because of the angle at which the shonky 'building' which it was attached was leaning (we are talking about a tattoo parlour which only has three walls, after all).

That aside, I take your point about a visual reference for the context in which the sign is presented. I cropped this from a larger image, so I will see if I can find a reference point to use, and recompose.

Well exposed, though.

Thanks, I put that down to my flash, which is a very reliable performer. Good film helps too (Kodak HD 200 in this case).

Getting back to your question, I have yet to see any image that I considered to have been improved by the addition of a border or frame through a PP technique.

I have never done it before, but I'm taking a series of shots which I wish to entitle in order to provide the viewer with certain information, and to me titles look strange hanging off the end of an unbordered photo. I want a clear separation between the title and the photo.

[Fortigurn]

Ok, here's the new crop:



As you can see, the camera was absolutely plumb (check the rope for a real life plumbline). Just about everything in the entire image was at a shocking angle, including the buildings to which those signs were attached.

The rope is free hanging, and so provides a reference point for true vertical.