A Guide To Cropping

Most pictures will need cropping to reach their full potential. Cropping is cutting the edges out of an image to make it more complete. This can mean that you focus on one subject, put them in one of the thirds, make the picture balance and cut off excess space.

When taking pictures you should think about how you can crop them later, remember that you cannot put the edges back onto an image that is zoomed in too far. However, you can crop a zoomed out image in further. You should always keep this in mind.

An image can be made a lot more interesting if it is thin or thick, rather than the usual square or 4:3 image. For example this picture of a spider has been cropped thinly to show only the spider and a path in front of it. this shows the spider is moving and facing towards a journey ahead.

Keep in mind that you can crop your images.