So, you’ve chosen a quinceanera invitation that has a photo. Sometimes quinceanera invitations vendors say that you have to provide the pictures. That’s ok, here at SuperQuince, we’ll tell you how to print your own photos, this post will teach you how to take a pretty good picture for your quinceanera invitation and we’ll also show you how to print it on your home computer or local photo lab.
Taking a Good Picture for your quinceanera invitations
The first step of taking a good picture is to borrow the best camera you can get. Digital cameras are the best thing to get. Why? You can shoot 50 pictures and choose the best one. Under your camera settings, increase the picture resolution to its max, this will allow you to crop your picture and still get a perfect print for your quinceanera invitation.
I’m assuming you have a consumer camera not a professional camera, so dial your camera settings to A or Automatic, this setting is usually green. Also turn your flash on. Ok, that’s that for camera settings. Now you have to decide on what kind of picture you want. Full body or portrait? Portraits are only the head and part of the shoulders, these are the easiest to do, since you can shoot them anywhere.
Let’s say you want to shoot a portrait. The next step is to look for a background with no distracting objects: people, sofas, cars, etc. If possible take the picture on a park or backyard. Preferably take the picture outside for better lighting. If you wanna be a pro then try to shoot the picture early in the morning or late in the afternoon, the worse times are from 12 noon till 3 p.m. Another great tip is that when you’re shooting the picture, then sun should NOT be hitting the quinceanera’s eyes. The sun should hit her back. Make sure the flash in on all the time and that you’re not too far from the quinceanera. A good guide is that you should zoom the camera all the way out, and only half of the quinceanera should fit the camera viewfinder. You should be very close to the quinceanra, no more than five feet. Try to center all your shots, since the area of focus on most consumer cameras is at the center. If the sun is not too strong you can try to take some pictures with no flash, for a more natural feel. If the sun is TOO STRONG try to take pictures on some shade. This last step is the most important of all, you know what it is? you should SMILE… Angry quinceaneras are OUT…
Printing your photos for your quinceanera invitations
Once you’ve shot the perfect picture, transfer it to your pc and open your favorite picture program. I’m gonna be using photoshop and I’m gonna be posting the psd file so you can download it if you want, you can use this file as a guide. The usual picture size for quinceanera invitations are 2.5 inches x 3.5 inches, but don’t forget to double check.
We’re gonna print two pictures of the above size to a 4×6 regular print. So, create a new document and set your size to width 6 inches and height 4 inches at 300 dpi RGB. 300 is the resolution and RGB is the color mode.
Save your new file as 4×6 and create another file with the following dimensions: 3.5 x 2.5 or the actual size of your quinceanera invitations photos. The trick to do here is to drag and drop the small picture to the 4×6 picture.
I’m gonna have to stop here for “Photos for your quinceanera Invitations”, but tomorrow I will be uploading the original PSD file for you to download, please bookmark us! and come back soon. I would love to hear what kind of software you guys have at home and maybe I can upload a file specific to your program.
