to crop or not to crop

[marline]

I took this photo of my daughter in the park...not sure whether t crop it .please give me some advice

[LoveDSLR]

My two cents.

Beside a very tight crop, you can consider cropping it based on Golden Spiral to place emphasis to your daughter.

The sample photo below (for illustration purposes) included some basic pp, straightened, background brightness adjustment and removal of the post at the back.

[autofocus]

Learn to use a very basic rule of composition called "the rule of thirds." Picture a tick tack toe grid super imposed over your viewfinder (or screen, or photo)...at any of the four points where those lines intersect is usually the best place to position your subject..regardless of what it is. Most will agree that a center positioned subject, vertically and horizontally, will make for a very boring photo composition. Also use those horizontal lines as to where you want to place your horizon line so that you'll have a 1/3 - 2/3 (foreground vs background). It's not uncommon for people new to photography to place everything smack in the middle...make a mental note to look at works of art, or even ads on TV and magazines. More often than not, you'll see the rule of thirds being used.

Hope this helps

Vince

[marline]

wow !!very helpful tips indeed.it's a bit difficult though to focus on compostion and everything else when you're trying to take pictures of a children (that's my opinion) ;they're always on the move.maybe i'll eventually get the hang of it.
The cropped picture does pull me towards my daughter .yep it works.i guess too much of the background take attention away from the subject huh.
Thanks for the advice i will consider it when i try this again.I've seen some spectacular shots that i'm trying to take notes of .so it's practice ,practice and some more practice for me .


cheers

[autofocus]

Originally Posted by marline

wow !!very helpful tips indeed.it's a bit difficult though to focus on compostion and everything else when you're trying to take pictures of a children (that's my opinion) ;they're always on the move.maybe i'll eventually get the hang of it.
The cropped picture does pull me towards my daughter .yep it works.i guess too much of the background take attention away from the subject huh.
Thanks for the advice i will consider it when i try this again.I've seen some spectacular shots that i'm trying to take notes of .so it's practice ,practice and some more practice for me .


cheers

....and cheers to you friend

Vince