Basketball collage attempt

bikingbets

After culling as much information from this forum as possible, I have worked out my first crop of basketball collages. Tell me what you think of this sample:

WingsOfLovePhoto

Hey there. I like the layout! Its really nice. The only nit I have is the amount of yellow that I am seeing.....could be my monitor....but besides the bleachers and floor the yellow spills onto the players skin tones. Not quite sure how you would fix that other than decreasing the saturations of the yellows or light brushing a skin tone hue onto the faces.

sankyler

WingsOfLovePhoto wrote:

Hey there. I like the layout! Its really nice. The only nit I have is the amount of yellow that I am seeing.....could be my monitor....but besides the bleachers and floor the yellow spills onto the players skin tones. Not quite sure how you would fix that other than decreasing the saturations of the yellows or light brushing a skin tone hue onto the faces.

Start with white balance adjustments ... take time but well worth it

bikingbets

Thanks for your help. I have a tough time with white balance in some gyms. After working on the images for a while it's hard to see them objectively. I'll try the balance adjustments.

zonaphotos

What software did you use?
I like the layout. What software did you use to create it?

Deirdre Calhoun
www.zonaphotos.com

ASkip

bikingbets wrote:

After culling as much information from this forum as possible, I have worked out my first crop of basketball collages. Tell me what you think of this sample:

Hi,
Thought i'd poke in even though I'm no artist.. Layout is nice, the only thing that I might fix is the variety of borders on the pictures. The big one is white bordered, the medium one is black bordered, the small pictures have a Huge black border (thinner might be better). Wouldn't it be more cohesive if they were all the same, or the same color at least?
And do they really go by "Lady Leps"? I think i'd spell out Leopards for those of us who might not think Lep is short for Leopard.
I have to take basketball pictures in a gym just like this, yellow floor, dark yellow bleachers and the walls are even yellowy green. Fixing the skin tone is a pain for me all the time, despite my attempts at setting the color temp properly. People out there in blue and white gyms just don't know how good they have it.
The girls will love their posters. and that team shot is super cute!
anna

bikingbets

zonaphotos wrote:

I like the layout. What software did you use to create it?

Deirdre Calhoun
www.zonaphotos.com

Thanks for the comment. I used Microsoft Picture It Publishing Platinum for this. I believe they've stopped making it, so I'm hoping my computer with Windows XP lasts a while longer as it's not compatible with Vista.

bikingbets

ASkip wrote:

Hi,
Thought i'd poke in even though I'm no artist.. Layout is nice, the only thing that I might fix is the variety of borders on the pictures. The big one is white bordered, the medium one is black bordered, the small pictures have a Huge black border (thinner might be better). Wouldn't it be more cohesive if they were all the same, or the same color at least?
And do they really go by "Lady Leps"? I think i'd spell out Leopards for those of us who might not think Lep is short for Leopard.
I have to take basketball pictures in a gym just like this, yellow floor, dark yellow bleachers and the walls are even yellowy green. Fixing the skin tone is a pain for me all the time, despite my attempts at setting the color temp properly. People out there in blue and white gyms just don't know how good they have it.
The girls will love their posters. and that team shot is super cute!
anna

Thanks for the kind words and the tips. I'll put black around the team image and see how it looks.
Yes, they really do go by "Lady Leps." But they are not leppers.

It's good to know that I'm not the only one fighting yellow in a gym!

LET's go Leps
Let's GO Leps
Let's go LEPS!