From the course: Learning to Critique Photos
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Cropping and how it affects the meaning in an image
From the course: Learning to Critique Photos
Cropping and how it affects the meaning in an image
- You know, we crop all the time when shooting, even during the original exposure, by what we choose to include or exclude from the frame. But we have even more control over what is being communicated by cropping the image after it has been taken. You can actually save or improve a photo by cropping out parts of it that might be distracting or interfere with the composition. But you can also change meaning in a photo by cropping out key elements. Sometimes, this is the one thing you can do after the image has been taken to most improve it. As a street photographer, it's most important for me to capture the moment and the elements within the frame, keeping the important elements sharp. And for me, that's more important than having the final composition. And here are a few examples of this. And, you know, in a way, this is the way I shoot. I like to keep it loose, and then once in post, I will tighten it up and crop it the way it was meant to be shot in the first place. It's just that I…
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