It depends on the site that you use I guess. I shoot my shots at the default 2:3 ratio as I often print 8X12 or 16X24. Sometimes with portraits I will crop down to 4:5 for 8X10 or 16X20 prints.
But if I post the photos in the native 2:3 ratio the buyer has the option to order prints in that ratio from 4X6 on up without cropping or order a print size they like.
If they order a print in a different ratio it warns the print will have to be cropped in checkout. The buyer then has the option to decide where they want to crop the image. That saves me from having to make that choice. Maybe to the buyer the photo has elements that are not as important to them as they are to me, so that is fine with me. It's their purchase, and not everyone shares my vision of the finished product.
I am not sure what the monitor ratios have to do with anything in the OP though. My camera has a 2:3 ratio, I sometimes use a 4:5 ratio for 8X10's or 16X20 for crops and my monitor is listed as a 16:10 aspect ratio. I guess I don't know enough about ratios to know why it is listed 16:10 and not 8:5 hehe.
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Originally Posted by candleman
hmm... i've considered both.. my problem is i'm thinking in terms of sales.
how do i sell different sizes of the same thing? bu tyet in commonly used sizes so framing is easy.
i guess custom sized (scaled) is the only way to go if a crop causes problems.
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Last edited by Cuchulainn; 10-15-2008 at 01:45 AM.
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