When laying out a book, my sister always uses the low resolution versions of the photos first, and later after everything has been finalized, replaces them with the full size photo files for printing. But sometimes a full size version isn't sharp enough to go to print, and that doesn't become obvious until she sees the full resolution file, so then it has to be replaced, either by another sharper photo taken at the same time, or if there isn't one then I need to recreate the scene again as closely as possible and take a new replacement photo. And such was the case with a beautiful photo of Baron and Naomi having a quiet moment together in a corner of the room on Christmas.
The original photo wasn't sharp enough to be used as a full page, as it had been cropped out of a much wider photo...
So I had to set up the original scene again as closely as possible and reshoot....
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But those pesky lines and the ball on the top of the stone pillar behind them were causing tension points again, plus the couple needed to be off-centre more to the left, to accommodate the text and central spine. So again it took a dozen attempts to get just right...
The final two-page spread in the book...
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