Do you scan them or photograph them? If you photograph, laying on a flat surface or hanging up or leaning against something?

I photograph them laying on the floor w/ extra white space and then crop in PSE. I have found that I have to concentrate and try to line up the LO w/ the grid lines in my view space to have it as straight as possible. Natural daylight is a must too so my colors are clean.

I lay them flat on the floor over a white 16x24 canvas that I keep.

I photograph them out on my deck in the morning. Pretty fancy, huh! LOL.

I photograph the from above using natural light (if the weather is good - and not winter) or line them up on the tiles in the bathroom and use a flash. I use Lightroom to straighten the photo before cropping.

I always shoot multiple photos in case I'm tilting...

I hang mine on the wall at eye level in my laundry room which has lots of natural light and bright light in the evening... I find it easier to get a straight on shot and there are no shadows of me above the layout. Then edit and crop in PSE

I stick them on the wall in my living room and photograph them. I use to stand over them but I'm too short and they always ended up wonky.

I usually stick my layout with a little bit of folded masking tape underneath it, onto a wall and photograph it

I photograph mine on a big sheet of white foam core board. I prop it up against my ribbon jar on top of my scrapbook cubes in my room and snap away.

i photograph mine too. either i lay them down on the floor next to the patio door and photograph from above - or i found that my daughter's room has lots of natural light, so i've been propping them up on her dresser lately.

Ditto Jen. I photo mine against a propped up piece of foam core too. I've never been able to get a good straight pic of my layouts from above.

I do the foam core too - it is easier to adjust colors if needed. If I can't use natural light, I use my external flash

photography = propped up against white foam board.

Well I stick mine on the wall ie eye level and snap! Edit it at photoshop :)

I use natural light, lay it flat on the floor and take a picture from above with a 50mm lens. Editing done in photoshop!

I made a light box and photograph them them.

I do exactly like tenmylove. Well, the dimensions of my canvas are different :-)

i did a tutorial on photographing layouts in 2009.... (that seems like sooo long ago but it is still the same method that i use)

http://www.studiocalico.com/tutorials/photographing-layouts-by-maggie-holmes

i just read through it and the only thing that i do differently now is that when i crop the image i don't leave a small white border. i crop right to the edges of the layout.... but that is personal preference and you can do that part how you like.
i have found this to be the best way to photograph layouts and hope it helps!!

I photograph mine too. The scanner gives a wonky shadowy effect to it.

I'm a dinosaur......... I scan

I just got a scan app for my phone and I'm going to see how it turns out