Quinnipiac University Annual Report Photo Montages

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Photo montages were created in Adobe Photoshop for Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Each montage is composed of several photographs supplied the University. For each page that featured a photo montage, I took images that I liked and brought them into Photoshop experimenting with various masks, patterns and layers to eventually get an overall feel for each page, then refining as the project progressed. Some montages use a circular structure and others a rectangular structure. Some of the montages used 15 or more Photoshop layers to achieve the desired effect. Below: A series of steps starting with a central photo and, gradually, extending outward—applying various masks and layers to finally achieve the final image shown at right.

Quinnipac University Photo Montages for Annual Report by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Design

Step No. 1 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Step No. 2 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Step No. 3 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Step No. 4 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Step No. 5 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Step No. 6 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Step No. 7 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Step No. 8 — Example of a Photo Montage from a Quinnipiac University by Paul Kazmercyk at Granite Bay Graphic Design

Below: several of the finished montages as they appeared in the final printed annual report.