What a Small Change Can Do!

Dreamer in Denim shared this layout in the Subscriber Area and I thought it a perfect example of how to share that ONE small change can make a big difference!

Above is the before and after (I left them together so you could see better). Here is what I wrote to her:

Regarding visual weight on your WONDERFUL layout, try enlisting your family to tell you what the first thing they see when you hold up a layout is. My men do it for me all the time. I appreciate their support. After I look at a layout for SO long, I don't "see" it any more. I need a fresh look.

For me, as your fresh look, I see the skates first when I look at the layout. I see the photos second.

What are the principles working here? The size of your photos certainly gives them visual weight and that is the size principle working.

However, the white of the skates is such a large area, that the color design principle is actually working to grab more weight than the size of the photos. Try grabbing the off-white/grey color from her skates in the photo and filling the skate element in with it to see what a big difference such a small thing can make in a layout.

Otherwise...that's ane awesome layout! Great balance.