Cropping images for your work journal

If you are photocopying images from a book, cutting out images from a magazine or using an image you have found online, think about whether you need the whole image or just one or more of the details in it.

If you only want a few details, then you should crop the picture by cutting out those sections you want to include in your work journal.

You can photocopy or print the image out and then cut out the details you want. If it's an online image you could use the cropping tool on any image-editing software, or print it out and then cut it up.

The cropped photo

For instance, in the photograph above there's a llama on a mountain over-looking Machu Picchu in Peru. You could crop this image to cut out the backdrop so you have the llama only, as shown.

Don't fall into the trap of just collecting lots of images to include in your work journal because you can. Before you use any images think about why you need that particular image. Only include an image if there is a good reason for having it.