How to make a Real/Photo Frame

What is a Real/Photo you ask? It’s something that has probably been done before, but I’ve decided to coin this phrase to describe it. It’s a photo that incorporates a real object that appears to be leaving the photo. This will teach you how to make one using a Nintendo controller. 

Before we start I’m going to give you a warning. I have no power tools. You don’t need real tools to do this. If you have power tools, it could be a lot easier. But if you own power tools you probably don’t need my help making this thing anyway.

Ready? Here we go.

Here's what you'll need to make the frame.

–1 Photo with part of it leaving the page (I took a picture of my hands holding an NES controller. I made sure in Photoshop that the size of the controller was roughly the size of a real controller… width= 12.2 cm height= 5.25 cm)

–Picture Frame: for this project you want a frame that is thing and metal/plastic. You also want to make sure that the frame itself is thicker than the part that holds the picture.  If that's not clear, read through the instructions first so you see what it means.

–1 NES Controller

Tools:

–1 hammer

–1 nail

–1 Screw

–1 Screwdriver

–1 pair of scissors

–1 Sharpie

Step 1 Taking the photo

Since I was using the part of the controller to be what was leaving the frame, I wanted the photo to match the size of the real thing.

I first took a photo of my hands holding the controller, and then used Photoshop to adjust the size of the photo so that the controller and cord were life size.  You can use the ruler tool to measure how big things are. Ironically I have no photo to demonstrate this. But I can tell you that the exact dimensions of a standard Nintendo controller are 12.2cm x 5.25cm.