# Photoshop Q: Faking an open brochure

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-q-faking-an-open-brochure/208594>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [November 30, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-q-faking-an-open-brochure/208594 "2006-11-30T09:03:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/photoshop-q-faking-an-open-brochure/208594/1 "2006-11-30T09:03:37Z")

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In the process of trying to put to gether my portfolio at the moment and unfortunatly I haven’t been able to get printed copies of a lot of my work to photograph.

I wanted to photograph my work like brochures I have done with the spreads open on a white surface because you get the ‘real’ curves and shadows of the page, but since I’m lackign in the printed work to photograph I want to know if there is any techniques that can be use to fake an open brochure?

[http://www.svenkils.de/issue\_03/works/Lichtung/index.html](http://www.svenkils.de/issue_03/works/Lichtung/index.html)

the above link doesn’t contain faked shots but so you can see what I mean (quite nice work in there also!). I just don’t want to use flat on works I want to have something a little bit better with some depth.

anyone with suggestions thanks in advance.