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Are YOU tired of seeing the same old boring scrapbook pages - you know the ones with the kids mug staring straight into the camera! Give me a break!

Scrapbooking is all about creativity - are you REALLY as ho hum as all that? I think not. I think your family is active and fun and crazy - your photos need to reflect that - HOW?

Scrapbooking is all about expressing your creative side and producing a scrapbook full of memories for your family.

But all too often, scrapbook pages become boring. You run out of scrapbook ideas and great photos. Sometimes all you need is a new perspective - or angle on the subject.

Instead of all of taking all of your photos like portraits, try to take some photos from different angles. A good eye for a photo can be more important than your equipment.

Get lower than your subject, get higher, take photos from the side. My husband and I always take pictures of our feet in one of our travel photos...we have pictures of our feet on a ferry in the San Juan Islands. We have photos of our feet peeking out of the sand on the beach in Texas. We have snapshots of our sandaled feet Mexico on a crowded bus (lots of feet in this picture).

Close- up photos have greater impact than long distance ones unless you need to show people in context.

A shot from below can create an imposing impression and one from the side is more relaxed. A photo taken from above gives a sense of space.

Tilt the camera instead of holding it horizontal or vertical.

Take many photos of the same subject from different angles and then choose the best for your scrapbook. You will be surprised by the excitement you can create on your pages.

Just as every subject can be taken from different angles, so can every scrapbook page be thought of from different angles.

For example. The basic baby footprint page has a picture of the newborn and beside it, the precious baby footprints. But try to think of a unique angle on this page. What if you took those baby footprints and walked them all around the photo - making a frame. Another angle might be to take actual photos of the baby's feet to put along side of the footprints instead of the baby's face.

Try taking lying on the grass and have someone hold the baby on a piece of heavy plexiglass over you. It will look like the baby is floating with the sky as a background.

Angles.....

About the Author: Cindy Smart is the owner of Super Smart Scrapbooking Services, an online member only monthly scrapbooking service offering digital scrapbooks by professional artists for busy people. Are you too busy to scrapbook? Let us do it for you. For more information see www.supersmartscrapbooking.com