Another favorite photo book project was a wedding memento for one of my closest friends. I had given a speech at her wedding and I combined the words from my speech with photos I had taken.
For the colorized effect in some of the photos, I used Photoshop to create a copy of the photo and placed it on top of the original. I converted the top photo to black & white and then used the eraser (50% opacity) to erase the top photo wherever I wanted color to show through. With this technique, I was able to "add" color to specific parts of the photos I wanted to highlight.
Front cover:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgACaIzvAdW-X_2GFvtmsRppB64KvjIzYWpEJpZmTFCA9qwGD5uVRdXBpd8mO2Ck7UIwL69liC2iXeLbuECuodizoXmuyOMcdGsgLvQ8z4b4Fcx1YtgwsSnhVVSjFlrF82zrAoSf-ajV9S2/s320/karen_book0.jpg)
Inside cover:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4Oj8vCZ1YrxJypA1mcFZ75FtXNjU0gbWYguvdl4MYWZBF0YdAtUDOch-yHqLPrwr2HpKu5-u_fVB6DKNB-SRHZ56AmqQUx3tB2EbhT9yrdlD9h0bnqloYnqHtQjOFzz-rDzwHb9-1xTf/s320/karen_book1.jpg)
Sample pages of colorized photos with words from my speech:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi130d1cBizq5NG0GNzhCuUioiN3hp3bFeN2y99M17ITVpNlynYDqCRhNeVxHR5pUoi17xSm9tq40OQrEmjYmfKnvjKfudjoYrQgbBneCPibgZM_qWBaDBAtVGisxQJ44fOSXprULLqm_Ii/s320/karen_book2.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI9Wue-Z5TnPes2XiuzRsYDpfufjCsUi-gfS6rcMdM8GA7CgOdoqrGj34jTyid3tccUlMkIgf_0BAKvfIvB8QbSS0a8AaWX91Tbr4uX7DqwL6bZnp5xAHMEIvMuyzNhfNeECBn0H_O7wN/s320/karen_book3.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiLv2N9LyoojZWJjkPJ6lcAwhb-LVQaIMi_z4LA-OlZJEM33WXSdQ0UcmK7Ev3_gDQgat9UxM_Rp_r_pjVQBm3aDMz1Gz0KShcRfc62sAMteON78qJoc13y_V5fxkvG6u_QwCHAl6APqPo/s320/karen_book4.jpg)
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2 comments:
I love this book! I love it! And luckily for me, I own it! (:
This is truely the best gift ever. I have made a few... Great for bridal showers as well.
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