I love the idea of scrabble tile posters with a vintage feel so this week’s photo project is simple homage to inspirational photographers like Charlene Precious and Alica Bock.

Equipment:

1. Camera (I used  Nikon D700 with a 50mm lense)
2. Printer
3. Paper
4. Scrabble tiles (vintage wooden tiles would look the best)

Process:

1. Firstly, find some vintage wallpaper images on the internet. There are a lot of free textures at places like Design Freebies or Web Design Ledger.
2. Print the images onto plain paper at a high printing resolution so they are nice and sharp and bright.
3. Place your paper near a window if you don’t have studio lighting and use the natural light to get a lovely evenly lit shot.
4. Place your scrabble tiles on the paper in whatever message you like (love + happiness seemed like the right words for me today).
5. Take at least a couple of shots of each setup – I always use a range of focal lengths to ensure I get a nice crisp image to choose from (for the ones above I shot at f3.5)
6. Download your images into Photoshop.
7. Brighten, lighten and sharpen until you are happy with the image.
8. Use a lovely vintage action like Paint the Moon’s Miracles (I added Blessings to the ones above as well).
9. Create a vignette to give your images that vintage feel.
10. Print + enjoy!

You could use these for a desktop background, a postcard to a friend or an art piece for your wall.

For more scrabble tile inspiration, check out amazing artists like Cassia Beck [you may decide to just buy ones of her beautiful pieces instead!].

Happy snapping!