There are many reasons why you might want to put your scrapbooking page layouts online. You may just want to share your latest album project with family and friends or post a photo of a scrapbooking page onto your personal blog. If you want to be part of the online scrapbooking community, you can submit your page layout photos to a forum gallery. Finally, a photo of your scrapbooking page can be entered into online contests, competitions or a scrapping challenge.
Getting your traditional scrapbook pages into a digital form can be done with two different methods. You can either use a high-quality digital camera to photograph the page or scan the page into your computer. Either method can turn out an excellent photo of your scrapbooking page, but each has its advantages and disadvantages.
Taking a photo of your page layout with your digital camera can be a challenge. You need to carefully consider available lighting. Use natural lighting, and turn off your flash. Flash can cause reflections on photographs and shiny page elements. Go outdoors for natural light or indoors near a sunny window. For best results hang or lean your page upright to avoid...