Crosses, #21, Armenia, 2022
A Basic Poster Project–What Subject Matter?
During your photography outings, if you find yourself with groupings of similar items or subjects, perhaps you could consider building a basic multi-image poster. Done well, it could be a way of advertising your upcoming show, or it could simply be as a personal gift for friends and family.
What you include on your poster could be anything–iconic buildings in your city, selected portraits, old bicycles, trains, trees, cars, animals, gemstones, related landscapes… the sky is the limit (so how about a cloud collection!).
The idea is that all the images are related in some way and are all also composed in a similar way.
In Photoshop, load your first image, then work with Canvas Size to get the finished poster dimensions you want. Then open (in a separate window) and move each successive image into place on the canvas. It helps to sketch out some rough dimensions on a piece of paper beforehand, based on the number and size of your individual images.
If you like, expand the canvas one direction or the other and add a title or any other relevant information… perhaps even an appropriate quote.
Once created, just about any local photography store can print it out for you at whatever size and quality you have in mind, up to and including gi-normous.
Unique to Armenia–The Cross
Armenia’s complex and ornate Christian crosses work well as an example of this multi-image poster concept. They are quite varied and they are everywhere in Armenia. Almost immediately after seeing the first one, I figured this out and started “collecting” cross images, all composed in a similar fashion, with the idea already in mind of making a poster.
The Finished Poster
This example measures 60cm x 80cm (roughly 24″ x 31″). At the bottom left, I have noted the monasteries from whence the photographs came and, on the bottom right, the year and copyright info.
It seemed appropriate to use Armenian script to title the poster, along with a translation in English.
Crosses of Armenia Poster, Armenia, 2022
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