Cropping!

    Wedding photographers need to pay close attention to how photos are cropped.  Obviously we want to get the crop right in the camera.  But it doesn't always happen.  In those situations we as photographers must identify how we can improve a photo with cropping.

    The other thing that we need to consider is the crop dimensions.  Changing the dimensions of the crop can make or break a photo.  Often good wedding photos can be made amazing just by changing crop dimensions.  The crop dimensions I use most are 1x3, 1x2, 4x5 and 1x1.  There are no rules to cropping, its more of an art than a science.  The best advice I can give is don't be afraid to crop an image in any dimensions.  The final prints will have a bar at either the sides or the top.  I find it gives the image a classy touch.

    The photo below I took at a wedding here in Ottawa at Orchardview.  When I first looked at this image I almost went right past it.  Nothing stood out to me until I cropped it.

 

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