Make sure that your photograph still tells that story when you’re done cropping it. You don’t want to cut away any details that might change that story or alter the message i… See more

People make for the biggest distractions—our eyes are naturally drawn to faces in photographs. But our eyes are also drawn to text, especially if we can read an entire w… See more

That’s how your audience will feel if you crop a subject’s face too close to the edge. On one hand, this can be a handy emotional effect if that’s the style you want to go for. B… See more

A general rule of thumb is to avoid cropping people’s limbs at the joint. It creates an awkward visual effectthat looks more like an amputation than a framing device. You should als… See more