Cropping Photographs for better composition
Not all the pictures are perfect straight out of the camera, often it is the cropping which makes an image more powerful. It may mean to trim those distractions, get the subject into viewer\’s prime attention, or to change the orientation of the image. This in turn, will strengthen the overall composition and photograph.
Watch the short video below on the importance of cropping (before or after the photo is taken) to create a better photo.
Watch the short video below on the importance of cropping (before or after the photo is taken) to create a better photo.
Historical Images that have been cropped
Picasso by Alfred Newman (1954)
Assignment
Select 5 different photos from your Rules of Composition photo shoot. Load them into a Google Presentation and label them with the Rule of Composition you shot them for.
Crop the photos using the Camera Raw Editor to change the Rule of Composition from what you originally shot it for to a different Rule of Composition.
Click open image and save it in your Z: drive, with a new name. (maybe new rule_cropped)
Load the photos into a Google Slide Presentation showing the before photo labeled with the original Rule of Composition and the cropped photo labeled with a new Rule of Composition side by side.
Crop the photos using the Camera Raw Editor to change the Rule of Composition from what you originally shot it for to a different Rule of Composition.
Click open image and save it in your Z: drive, with a new name. (maybe new rule_cropped)
Load the photos into a Google Slide Presentation showing the before photo labeled with the original Rule of Composition and the cropped photo labeled with a new Rule of Composition side by side.