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Unify Crop mugs the same size

Start with the picture that has the least cropping room,

and make the others match.

Before Straight from the cam-

era theyre good shots that havecolor, background and even

poses in common, but the view-

ing distances are unequal. Note

how the closeup (bottom right)

seems most important.

AfterMug shots in a row or group should be presented uniformly. Start with the most closely

cropped original (above, left), then scale and crop the others to match. Position the results along theeye-level line. Youll need your eye for this, because heads are funny. Male and female adult heads are

surprisingly similar in size, but head shape, hairstyle, angle and tilt all have a big effect on perceived

size, which can mean making small scaling and cropping adjustments so they all lookalike.

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Position Crop closeups at eye level

Eye to eye A portrait close enough to convey eye-to-eye contact should

be cropped at eye level, which is about two-fifths of the way down the page.Note that the closer you zoom, the more intense the connection becomes.

Up and away Because distant objects

appear higher in a visual field, as you zoom

out, move her eye level toward the top.


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Simplify Crop out the dead stuff

Who are those strangers? Photos taken in real life almost alwayscontain stuff you dont want, like the backs of distant strangers in a vacant

air terminal. The first rule of photo cropping is to get rid of everything that

doesnt contribute to the composition.

Tight, focused, compellingWell and simply cropped, every

square inch tells a story of friendship

and intensity.

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Angle Level those horizons

Dont empty the bay! (Above) Its easy to overlook a slightly tilted horizon, especially when another angle (the

bridge) is thrown in. But horizons should be level, and water must be level. When a photo has water, think of a soup

bowl, and dont spill it. Leveling an image will require cropping all four sides.

Be bold! While a camera tilt

(left) is weak, ambiguous and

undesirable, a bold, artistic tilt

can energize a composition! Its

especially effective on images

that have strong, straight lines

like those at right.

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Zoom Crop to tell a story

JASON HARTFORD

Different distances tell different stories Above left is a

baseball in the dirt, completely pedestrian; at arms length youd

pick it up and throw it. But zoom in (right), and the story is differ-

ent. This is an intimate distance. You see the leather, the dirt, the

seam, the weathering. They fill the screen, activate your senses.

You can feel the ball in your hand. You hear the crack of the bat,

the roar of the crowd; you can touch the history of the game.Good photos reveal worlds within worlds. Zoom in and see

what you find. Youll be surprised.

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Extreme Crop to fit a space

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Unlike traditional zippers that have exposed teeth, invisible zippers are designed

with coils that run the length of the zipper tape and roll inward, with coils concealed

by the zipper tape. The result is a no-show opening that, when closed, looks like a

continuous seam, without any top-stitching or fabric lapped over to cover zipper

teeth. Texture and flasp net exating end mist of it snooling. Spaff forl isnt cubular

but quastic, leam restart that cant prebast. Its tope, this fluant chasible. Texture

and flasp net exating end mist of it snooling. Spaff forl isnt cubular but quastic,

leam restart that cant prebast. Its tope, this fluant chasible.

Elesara and order is fay of alm. A card whint not oogum or bont. Pretty simple,

glead and tarm. Texture and flasp net exating end mist of it snooling. tnt not oogum

or bont. Pretty simple, glead and tarm. Texture and flasp net exating end mist of

it snooling. Spaff forl isnt cubular but quastic, leam restart that cant prebast. Its

tope, this fluant chasible. Silk, shast, lape and behast the thin chack. It has larch to

say fan. Why? Elesara and order is fay of alm.

Texture and flasp net exating end mist of it snooling. Spaff forl isnt cubular but

quastic, leam restart that cant prebast. Its tope, this fluant chasible. Silk, shast,

lape and behast the thin chack. It has larch to say fan. Why? Elesara and order is

fay of alm. A card whint not oogum or bont. Pretty simple, glead and tarm. Texture

and flasp net exating end mist of it snooling. Cant not oogum or bont. Pretty

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Position Crop to change a meaning

The original photo has lots of room on the sides, so its

good for cropping. The problem is that her gaze is unin-

volved with our message, like maybe she sees a bird onthe roof. But dont throw this image away. Instead . . .

Crop boldly! Zoom in and push her radically to

the right, off the page, which adds mystery.Just

like that,our sense is no longer that shes looking

at a bird but thinking about the school. Youll find

similarly alterable meanings in many images.

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JASONHARTFORD

Unify

Cropmugsthesamesize

Startwiththepicturethathasthele

astcroppingroom,

an

dmaketheothersmatch.

BeforeStraightfromthecam-

erathey

regoodshotsthathave

color,backgroundandeven

posesin

common,buttheview-

ingdistancesareunequal.Note

howthe

closeup(bottomright)

seemsm

ostimportant.

A

fterMugshotsinaroworgroup

shouldbepresenteduniformly.Startwiththemostclosely

croppedoriginal(above,left),thenscaleandcroptheotherstomatch

.Positiontheresultsalongthe

e

ye-levelline.Youllneedyoureyeforthis,becauseheadsarefunny.Maleandfemaleadultheadsare

surprisinglysimilarinsize,buthead

shape,hairstyle,angleandtiltall

haveabigeffectonperceived

size,whichcanmeanmakingsmall

scalingandcroppingadjustments

sotheyalllook

alike.


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cl

oseupsateyelevel

EyetoeyeAportraitclose

enoughtoconveyeye-to-eyecontactshould

becroppedateyelevel,whichisabouttwo-fifthsofthewayd

ownthepage.

Notethatthecloseryouzoo

m,themoreintensetheconnectionbecomes.

Upandawa

yBecausedistantobjects

appearhigherinavisualfield,asyouzoom

out,movehe

reyeleveltowardthetop.

SimplifyCrop

ou

tthedead

stuff

Whoarethosestrangers

?Photostakeninreallifealmostalways

containstuffyoudontwant

,likethebacksofdistantstranger

sinavacant

airterminal.Thefirstruleof

photocroppingistogetridofeve

rythingthat

doesntcontributetothecomposition.

Tigh

t,focused,compelling

Well

andsimplycropped,every

squa

reinchtellsastoryoffriendship

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AngleLeveltho

sehorizons

JASONHARTFORD

ZoomCrop

to

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llastory

Differentdistancestelld

ifferentstoriesAboveleftisa

baseballinthedirt,completelypedestrian;atarmslengthyou

d

pickitupandthrowit.Butz

oomin(right),andthestoryisdiffer-

ent.Thisisanintimatedistance.Youseetheleather,thedirt,the

seam,theweathering.Theyfillthescreen,activateyoursenses.

Youcanfeeltheballinyour

hand.Youhearthecrackoftheba

t,

theroarofthecrowd;youcantouchthehistoryofthegame.

Goodphotosrevealworld

swithinworlds.Zoominandsee

whatyoufind.Youllbesurp

rised.

Dontemptythebay!(Above)Itseasytooverlookaslightly

tiltedhorizon,especiallywhenanotherangle(the

bridge)isthrownin.Buthorizonsshouldbelevel,andwatermustbelevel.Whenaphotohaswa

ter,thinkofasoup

bowl,anddontspillit.Levelinganimagewillrequirecropping

allfoursides.

Bebold!Whileacameratilt

(left)isweak,ambiguousand

undesirable,abold,artistictilt

canenergizeacomposition!Its

especiallyeffectiveonimages

thathavestrong,straightlines

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ExtremeCroptofitaspace

PositionCroptochangeameaning

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Unliketraditionalzippersthathaveexpos

edteeth,invisiblezippersaredesigned

withcoilsthatrunthelengthofthezipper

tapeandrollinward,withcoilsconcealed

bythezippertape.Theresultisano-show

openingthat,whenclosed,lookslikea

continuousseam,withoutanytop-stitchin

gorfabriclappedovertocoverzipper

teeth.Textureandflaspnetexatingendm

istofitsnooling.Spaffforlisntcubular

butquastic,leamrestartthatcantprebast.Itstope,thisfluantchasible.Texture

andflaspnetexatingendmistofitsnooling.Spaffforlisntcubularbutquastic,

leamrestartthatcantprebast.Itstope,thisfluantchasible.

Elesaraandorderisfayofalm.Acardwhintnotoogumorbont.Prettysimple,

gleadandtarm.Textureandflaspnetexatingendmistofitsnooling.tntnotoogum

orbont.Prettysimple,gleadandtarm.Te

xtureandflaspnetexatingendmistof

itsnooling.Spaffforlisntcubularbutqua

stic,leamrestartthatcantprebast.Its

tope,thisfluantchasible.Silk,shast,lape

andbehastthethinchack.Ithaslarchto

sayfan.Why?Elesaraandorderisfayof

alm.

Textureandflaspnetexatingendmistofitsnooling.Spaffforlisntcubularbut

quastic,leamrestartthatcantprebast.Itstope,thisfluantchasible.Silk,shast,

lapeandbehastthethinchack.Ithaslarchtosayfan.Why?Elesaraandorderis

fayofalm.Acardwhintnotoogumorbon

t.Prettysimple,gleadandtarm.Texture

andflaspnetexatingendmistofitsnooling.Cantnotoogumorbont.Pretty

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