Rolo Posted August 31, 2011 Share #41 Posted August 31, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) I sell many loose prints, hundreds a year, and the favourite size is 10x8". It matches the 10x8" frames that many people buy. It also tends to suit portraits as well. Clients don't often want 9x6" as they perceive it being too small in print area and narrow, nor 12x8" because with a 3" border and a 2" frame, say, it's an 22x18" assembly. 10x8" rules and I have to crop to suit the image as best I can. If I'm framing the print, I have a lot more flexibility, but I'm always viewing the print area for it's contribution to the finished work. BTW, you won't find many 3:2 portraits in art galleries. Maybe, in using a Leica M, I've picked the wrong tool, if cropping isn't allowed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Hi Rolo, Take a look here Cropping prints and borders. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pico Posted August 31, 2011 Share #42 Posted August 31, 2011 No deity has described the ideal photo photographic aspect ratio, and if any Geek proportions seem similar then it is entirely by accident. Crop as your wish. I rarely crop that is my sin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adji.AP Posted August 31, 2011 Share #43 Posted August 31, 2011 For those who like to sporting, perhaps someone could create a new thread called Fight Club? This good thread would probably end up being locked and that's too bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 31, 2011 Share #44 Posted August 31, 2011 Frankly, I don't care that I am a bad photographer by cropping some of my photographs. If I consider it an improvement it is good enough for me. I'm not going to let myself fettered artistically by some self-imposed restraint. After all, Rembrandt's Nightwatch only became famous after being cropped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted September 1, 2011 Share #45 Posted September 1, 2011 I no longer use large format cameras or tilt-shift lenses. If I want to avoid converging verticals in a scene using my M, I prefer using a wide angle lens, backing up as needed and cropping away the foreground, rather than using vertical controls in LR. Go ahead, call me a purist. Whatever it takes to get the shot...and make the print. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoshawnuff Posted September 1, 2011 Share #46 Posted September 1, 2011 My answer is to the person who clicked the ' Thanks ' button beneath your comment. .. Prunelle, Learn how to walk before you try to run. To my eyes, you just got a camera yesterday. Your crap snaps give you away! I haven't been on this site long, but this is as rude as I've seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pico Posted September 1, 2011 Share #47 Posted September 1, 2011 Advertisement (gone after registration) Have you seen movies from Sergei Eisenstein? Some images were cropped to very narrow strip across the screen, and others severally cropped. Bit of a learning experienced of the visual statement for the visually impaired, the format dogmatics. Learn up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Posted September 1, 2011 Share #48 Posted September 1, 2011 Frankly, I don't care that I am a bad photographer by cropping some of my photographs. If I consider it an improvement it is good enough for me. I'm probably a bad photographer full stop. Some take shots, decide later a crop would do more justice to the initial idea (or a whole new idea all together), others like the purity of the moment captured, and again others like heavy photoshop art. I like that diversity. Gives me lots of inspiration to help me search for, and develop, my own style. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted September 1, 2011 Share #49 Posted September 1, 2011 It's a personal choice, and it's up to the photographer whether they crop or not. Like most personal choices there's no right or wrong, just a choice that's err personal. I crop when I feel it necessary. If someone else chooses not to, that's fine. I'll still manage to sleep at night. What you see on many forums - not just this one - is a sort of "my way right or wrong" attitude where people seem unable to accept that there their opinion may only be that, an opinion, and not a fact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesop Posted September 4, 2011 Share #50 Posted September 4, 2011 ...Ned, I salute the "transparency" of your offerings - full frame photography is a strict discipline that not many will naturally gravitate towards. And, as you may have gathered, it is not the norm within our esteemed forum. Having said that, it would be remiss of me not to suggest that said discipline be equally applied to the more acerbic of your comments, particularly in situations when you feel goaded by X or Y. And for the record, I fully embrace your "no-cropping" stance which, as stated before, it is not a discipline for everyone. I am also a fan of Azzo's work, and see no reason for conflict between both positions. As they say in Africa, a good market will create many footpaths. I look forward to a "full frame" themed competition. Print or post it like you shot it, lest you, ahem, come a cropper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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